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Bestiary Entry #33-The White Women


Territory and Habitat: Wilds, Waters, Burial Mounds, and Haunted Areas Across Hyperborean Lands, especially prominent in Celtic and Germanic Lands, as well as America.

A common and powerful female spirit, the White Women, also known as White Ladies, and Wise Women are a kind of spirit appearing as a beautiful woman in an ethereal white gown. Many of them haunt the place they left this realm. Some for murder, some for unfinished business. While others identical in visage are more fey than fatality. Some haunt the barrows and the burial mounds that populate the lands, built by the Old Ones. Some are in service to a deity such as those of Hertha Lake or those who tend to Holle in her land of treasures and wonders, or travel with the wild hunt of Perchta and Gaude. They are sometimes said to be Alfs Elves, while others paint them as ancestral spirits similar to the Very “Good Women” who tend to arrive to visit during the Yuletide. They are rarely aggressive, though they may be restless and confused. Especially in Dutch Lore, these spirits are considered the ghosts of Wise Women and healers, still capable of imparting gifts and healing.

Note: Church Authorities have found it difficult to crush belief in them and knowledge of them has spread and combined with the legends of Fey and Elves.

Eyewitness reports

1) An Old German Farmer was reported as having been on a hunt for an Ibex when coming across a cave encrusted in gems. The White Women seem to be surrounding Frau Holda, who was sitting on a cloud, he claims the goddess and her attendants gave him the gift of Flax Flowers. Years later he disappeared, never to be seen again, supposedly he returned to Holda.

2) A young boy sat out on the Yuletide to see the ethereal beings who came for the offered food, he was lucky as Perchta was not involved. The fair yet brutal goddess is not fond of being seen while out on the Yuletide, blinding those who see her. The boy was fine and found sleeping inside the cabinet the following morn.

3) Reports of a haunted castle in South Bohemia, Rožmberk with a ghost of a Noblewoman named “Perchta” further study is needed to discover if this is the goddess or a simply an overlap of nomenclature.

4) In a Dutch village near Eefde, the White Women are said to gather on a Hill and dance on Christmas Eve, the Hill is appropriately named Wittewievenbult “White Women Hill”

Conclusion: Be Wary, though the White Women are then happy to help, respect them and they will return the favor, many have not been corporeal in this realm for many centuries and are prone to pranks and misunderstandings, boredom sets in for everyone eh?

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Bestiary Entry #34-The Groundhog


Territory & Habitat: Pennsylvania and its various Groundhog Burrows primarily, actively venerated at versammlinge gatherings, power centers during the ancient holiday now known as “Groundhog Day” making Punxsutawney the focal point of the figures energy. Can be found across the USA and parts of Canada.

The Groundhog is a spirit and totemic animal of the American tribe known commonly as the Pennsylvania Dutch or Deitsch. The traditions surrounding it and its related Holiday are old, and can be traced back to the Bear Cult of the Old Ones, and the festival of the little lights and rising flames. The Groundhog or “King Groundhog” is an odd spirit as by accounts we have uncovered he is an ancient being born in the Chaos of the Long Long Ago. Despite his legend being fairly new in many ways. Able to control the weather or at the least predict it. “The One True Prophet” as they call him. With even the world famous Punxsutawney Phil being but a pretender, his “Oracle of Delphi” if you will, the Groundhog fulfilling a role akin to Gaia Apollo. Mother Earth (Hertha? Gaia?) is described as bound in her chains and proclaiming that those in need of prophecy must “Seek the Groundhogs Hole”. It is said the Groundhog is embodied in all the Groundhogs, with all of them being both The Groundhog and not The Groundhog. The “Cult of Groundhogism” as it is called is practiced among the Deitsch. Some practice it as Tongue-in-Cheek, while others with far more seriousness. The various Inner Circles and their “priests” of The Groundhog Prophets are of high import in regards to this spirit.


Eyewitness Accounts

1) The Groundhog is honored at various gatherings, in one instance an effigy of Punxsutawney Phil was hung for daring to be a pretender to the throne of The Groundhog. Implying some level of awareness that Phil is not the primary figure of this pagan cult. The men also tend to show their hands in front of them like paws when swearing oaths to a statue (often crowned in the same ceremony) of The Groundhog, as “Baby Groundhogs”.

2) A story told concerning the Groundhog and Mother Earth involves Mother Earth swearing that The Groundhog is the one true prophet, his association with an Elder God of the Old Ones, testifies to this figures age.

3) Groundhog Day is said to be the day that Butzemann (Protective rural spirits in Scarecrows) are built and blessed by witches, and is directly associated with the Goddess Holle. It is unclear the relationship between The Groundhog and Holle, but both have found ties to the Holiday.

4) Groundhogs Groundhog Day celebrations are powerful instances of tradition taking form, with the focal point around the various Groundhog Prophets, most notable figures such as General Beauregard in the South, as well as Punxsutawney Phil. Complete with numerous rituals and traditions, as well as an honor guard and keepers of his secrets. The speaking of Groundhogese has yet to be deciphered, though we are forced to conclude the scroll read off is pre-prepared if still powerful. Gobblers Knob possesses more power than it wishes to recognize, culminating in the Holiday's celebration. Much fun was had by all, and the Hot Cocoa was excellent.


Conclusion: The Groundhog is an important and powerful spirit, related primarily to its core tribe the Deitsch. Most likely harmless, but stronger then first perceived, may require consideration as a deity rather than a spirit. The Cult of Groundhogism including tertiary members, numbers easily in the millions. Though as of yet has remained a non-threat and been allowed to stand despite clear cut heresy to the Church.