Folklore, Myths And Legends Of Britain

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Deyts, Simone-Antoinette (1971), ‘The Sacred Source of the Seine’, Scientific American, 225:1, pp. 65-73. Edwards, Eric W (2014), ‘The Goddess Coventina of Northumbria’, Eric Edwards Collected Works, https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/the-goddess-coventina-of-northumbria/. The name was immortalised in ballad form in 1801 by Clemens Brentano. In it, a beautiful woman named Lore Lay lived in the area. Her lover betrays her by accusing her of bewitching men with her beautiful singing voice. Observations on popular antiquities, [v2] chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar customs, ceremonies & Around 1000 votive offerings of bronze and stone were found at her temple, and they most commonly represent the body part in need of healing. Other, more general effigies show the devotee holding an offering, such as fruit, a dog, or a purse of money (Deyts 1971: 69). These show a sense of general devotion to Sequana, alongside the requests for healing. Dark Water Spirits

The traditional games of England, Scotland & Ireland, w/tunes, singing rhymes & methods of playing ... v 2: Oa Clarke, David (2017), ‘Dead Flows the Don’, Dr David Clarke, https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/2017/03/30/dead-flows-the-don/. Rivers enable industry and trade – the growth of Newcastle upon Tyne depended on the export of coal along the Tyne. Our shipbuilding made us an industrial powerhouse. Many other rivers boast similar tales of might or glory.And rivers act like highways across the land. British popular customs, present & past, illustrating the social & domestic manners of the people, arranged ac He further notes that the 19th-century historian Joseph Hunter thought the rhyme may have referred to sacrifices made to the water gods (2012). Clarke explains that the ancients considered rivers to be female, and he notes the belief that the Don was named for Danu, a Celtic mother goddess (2017). DartmoorObservations on popular antiquities, chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar customs, ceremonies & super Sandles, Tim (2016), ‘River Dart Claim’st a Heart’, Legendary Dartmoor, https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/river-dart-claimst-a-heart.htm.

Sandles even relates a tale from 1933, in which a Dartmoor author named Beatrice Chase heard the cry after attending a birth nearby. While the baby at first appeared healthy, people continued to hear the cry for three days. The cry only stopped when the baby died. Sandles notes that the weather was apparently fine, which rules out atmospheric causes for the cry (2016). Was it just a coincidence? He also notes that three weeks earlier, a man taking photos by the river narrowly avoided being swept away. Sandles wonders if the river compensated for this loss with the baby. Other SpiritsReader’s Digest (1973), Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain, London: Reader’s Digest Association. Chap-books and Folk-lore Tracts, 1st ser., v 2: The history of the seven wise masters of Rome [Villon Society] Folk and Hero Tales [bibliog. refs.; Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition, Argyllshire Ser. 111; intro Alfred N We were haunted children of a haunted isle. The more esoteric wing of hippiedom, intent on finding an alternative to the wipe-clean modernism of the sixties, discovered that their great-grandparents had tried exactly the same thing. Clarke, David (2012), ‘Dark River and Sheffield Spooks’, Dr David Clarke, https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/2012/10/11/dark-river-and-sheffield-spooks/.