Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26014103-20160521135038/@comment-28288412-20160630184102

87.146.93.252 wrote: When seeing Salem for the first time at the end to volume 3, I instinctively assumed she was the Winter Maiden gone haywire. In the Maidens' story the Grimm were not mentioned, so maybe they did not exist yet back then. The Winter Maiden could have longevity, creating or just getting involved with the Grimm over time. Just a theory, though. Salem is not the same person as the Winter Maiden.

That is confirmed.