Mother Holle (also known as Frau Holle, Mother Hulda or Old Mother Frost) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. A rich widow lived with her daughter and her stepdaughter. The widow favored her younger biological daughter, allowing her to become spoiled and idle while her older stepdaughter was left to do all the work. Every day the stepdaughter would sit outside the cottage and spin beside the well. Then she meets Mother Holle...
