They solemnized the return of the fiery sun wheel; they traced in those solstice days the operations on earth of Odin and Berchta.
On this account lunar and solar myths, daily and annual myths, enter into the story of Berta or Berchta.
After the introduction of Christianity, Berchta lost her first estate and lapsed into a bogie.
Berchta, however, and her weird troop he saw not; but the food set out for them had disappeared.
She was a beneficent deity, the patroness and guardian of all maidens (see Berchta).
