PERCHTA

   Perchta or Percha, the Elf Woman, is a Germanic Sun and Mother goddess. She is a White goddess whose titles include Shining One and Bride of the Sun.
    Perchta has long white hair and wears a white cloak. She can be seen moving through fields, like mist. The matron of spinning, she cannot tolerate laziness or wastefullness. Perchta punishes the lazy and the wastefull by scratching thier faces, or by scratching thier stomachs open. (yikes)
    Invoke Perchta for fertility, spinning, and the fertility of cattle and sheep. The sun is her planet. The last day of Yule is sacred to her. Pancakes are traditionally made in her honor then, and the remains of the meal left as offerings for her. It is said that anyone who tries to spy on Perchta when she comes will go blind that year.