Mother holle

Sometimes she appears as the beautiful White Woman, floating or hovering above the surface of her pond. At other times, however, she is invisible. Then one hears only the pealing of her bells and other dark rumblings from deep beneath the surface “Mother Holle's Pond”

Whenever it snowed in the olden days, people in Hessia used to say, “Mother Holle is making her bed” Grimms' note to “Mother Holle”