Abundantia (abundance) is a Roman goddess, personification of abundance, prosperity and good fortune. She is loosely modeled after Demeter and resembles Copia, Annona, and other goddesses of wealth, harvest, and prosperity. His name can be written Habundia, Abundia, Habonde, Abonde or Habundie.
Its attributes are the cornucopia, a golden pod of grain or palm leaf. She is often displayed on Roman coins, holding a cornucopia, indicating the emperor’s generosity and at the same time blessing the empire.
She became Domina Abundia, a fairy queen from France. As queen of the fairies, she is known as Old Dame Habonde, Notre Dame d’Abondance, Wandering Dame Abonde, Queen of the White Ladies; misty spirits, vilies (wilis, veelas), sylphs and banshees. “Roman de la Rose”, a medieval novel, tells that one in three children born traveled with Abonde three times. Only their souls would travel, their physical bodies would be at home, as dead, and they would be misty and incorporeal. Abonde was told to lead night hordes of Ladies through houses and farms, eating and drinking whatever they could find. If one left them food and drink, Abonde would bless the house with prosperity. If not, the white ladies would destroy the harvest, break into warehouses, and vandalize property. This walk, also called the Wild Hunt, took place during Midwinter. It has been attributed to Herne, Odin, Valkyries, Mother Holle, and various other Dark Deities, as well as Abundantia.
It is interesting that even though she seems to be a very popular, beloved and important goddess, not much is known about her. Some people say it is the same goddess as Perchta (Percht, Bertha), some say it is the Scandinavian Fulla (Volla, Vol), but others say it is another form of Demeter / Ceres. She has been compared to Erda (Eartha, Jord), Frau Holle (Holda), Nichneven (Nichen) and all the other witches in the European pantheon. Like Fulla, she has golden hair and blue eyes like cornflower, and she is beautiful and young. Like Frau Holle, she is an old woman who tests you by giving you different tasks.
In all its aspects, it will punish the wicked and reward the good. He likes kind, hard-working, generous people who share what is his and help the homeless. How you treat animals and the weak in society is especially important to her; the elderly, the poor and the sick. She is also very strict with rest and respect for vacations. All of these are Virgo qualities. Abundantia is the heavenly Virgin.
Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm use Frau Holle in her different aspects in their fairy tales. In Frau Holle, the good girl is going to serve her for a year and since she is a kind, nice, respectful and hard-working girl, who does well all the tasks that are imposed on her and without complaining, she is rewarded with that. Every word he says turns into gold coin. His stepsister, a lazy, crying, unfriendly, proud girl who doesn’t settle for anything, comes home talking frogs and covered in tar. The girl in the red shoes steps on the bread and is dragged into the swamp to serve it and learn to be humble and respect food.
Abundia is most likely a moon goddess, not an earth goddess. Its abundance rains on the earth, like a rain of gold coins that covered the young woman, who gave her clothes to a poor woman, trusting that no one would see her in the dark, a rain of tar that covered the unpleasant stepsister or snow that they are said to be the feathers on your pillows and duvets.
