modelnut
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Location: Georgia, USA
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 Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: Old movie possibly anime |
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I am looking for an old movie that I saw on TV in the 1970's. I don't know the name but I know what it was about. Here is a quote that describes the story:
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Mother Hulda tells the tale of a rich widow and her two daughters: the elder was spoilt and idle, because while she was bad, she was the widow's own daughter; the younger one unloved and overworked, because while she was good, she was the stepdaughter. Every day the stepdaughter would sit outside the cottage and spin beside the well. One day she pricked her finger on the point of the spindle. When she washed the blood away, the spindle fell from her hand and sank out of sight. When she leapt into the well after it, she found herself in the otherworld of Holda, who kept her as maidservant for several weeks. Then Holda was so impressed by the girl's meekness and industry she sent her back to her family, with an apron full of gold.
The mother sent the lazy daughter down the well to get more gold. Copying her sister, the lazy daughter bloodied her finger and leapt into the well. But Holda reproved her idle nature by sending her home covered with pitch.
Origins
The exact origin of Mother Hulda is difficult to trace but it is certain that the character originated in Norse mythology, where she is associated with a number of different deities including Frigg and Hel; also in German, there is an etymologic connection between the name Holle, the name Hel, and the word for hell (Hölle).
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I very much remember the good daughter being asked by Mother Hulda (or Holle) to help her children shake out the pillow cases (of course they sang while they did it.) As they shook, feathers flew out and turned into snowflakes which went on to cover the world in winter.
I remember seeing this movie about the same time as I saw Alakazam the Great http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054265/ which was (I just learned) originally called Saiyu-ki (1960).
Hope somebody saw this besides me! 
-Leelan |
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