The Alrunes were the larēs or penatēs of the ancient Germans. An Alruna-wife was the household goddess of a Germanfamily. An Alruna-maiden is a household maiden goddess.
“She (Hypatia) looked as fair as the sun, and talked like an Alruna-wife.”—Kingsley: Hypatia, chap. xii.
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