ANST - History of Wishing Wells

[j'lynn yeates]

On 24 Apr 98 at 12:19, John Ruble wrote:

> This is a good start. I would add "saints" to your list.  I remember
> reading about more than one saint associated with healing wells. 

actually, most of those well's had pagan dieties associated with 
them prior to the spread of christianity ... was a case of "out the 
with old, in with the new".  much more difficult to destroy a place 
of power in the hearts and minds of a people, but then can be 
re-defined to your puposes by your organizations propaganda office.

> And don't forget Mimir's well, from who's waters Odin drank to gain
> wisdom. The price? One eye...

not to mention hanging in a tree for nine days ... (there's that 3x3 
thing again ...).  pay particular attention to the connection with 
"suspension" and "transformation" (Odin, Jesus, Elusian Mysteries, 
the Sun Dance, ...)

or in a similar story, Finn and the Salmon of Knowledge ... such 
"gifts" always come at a significant price.  for more of these, from 
more cultures, check out a quarterly name of Parabola (a journal 
dedicated to myth and tradition ... have been a subscriber for almost 
20 years) 

'wolf

... When we hunt, we all function with one mind
... - Boingo, Pedestrian Wolves
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