ANST - sacred spears ...

[j'lynn yeates]

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> I don't know about Charlemagne, but there were several
> "Holy Lances" that got carried by various people and
> were attributed to be THE Holy Lance.  See
> http://www.ostgardr.org/seahorse/articles/Holy.Lance
> for more details.

not to mention that most of the cultures in the european and
meditteranean have legends where sacred spears figure prominantly. 
these legends flowed / blended into the later christian mythos. 
offhand i can think of several references to spears in the myth and
legends of several of the indic and celtic peoples i am familiar
with.... all who valued spears highly in their day-day and recurrent
themes in their cultural symbol sets.
 
consider it one of the most powerful sky-phallic symbols .... which
makes the image of the crusaders following a "sacred spear lashed to
a pole" even more humerous (g)

'wolf


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