in the same way that jack represents many of the different jack tales, totenkinder is "just about every witch in fairy tales", according to willingham, as long as that witch was unnamed in their story. therefore, frau totenkinder is not any of the witches of oz. in his online fabletown forum, willingham clarified that totenkinder and cinderella's fairy godmother are two separate characters (later confirmed in "cinderella: from fabletown with love".), and that the story from "1001 nights of snowfall" was probably a nonspecific story similar to that of the witch archetype. she is also not any of the named witches of arthurian legend (e.g. morgan le fey, or the lady in the lake) but she did make contributions during that era. she introduces herself to dunster happ as "bellflower", which is her original name from childhood. this is backed up in "peter and max: a fables novel", in which she states that she does not rely on one name alone because it could be used against her, if she used one long enough to consider it her true name. this is the same reason why mrs someone refuses to give her real name to anyone. however, ozma not only recognized her in "rose red" but also showed that she already knew "bellflower" to be frau totenkinder's oldest name.