Thanks very much Katy - much appreciated - and flattered that you thought I
might know this, I didn't!
Steve BB
>From: Katy Jordan <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Wells in Forests
>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:44:27 +0100
>
>Hi Stephen,
>
>I've only got example thing to suggest and I have a feeling it's so obvious
>you'll know it already, but...
>
>stephen beebee wrote:
>
> >
> > - whether there are any myths or legends that suggest a rapport
>between
> > wells and trees, or those deities associated with those places, or if
>there
> > are any tales in which the relation is more antagonistic;
> >
>
>In the Irish myths, the salmon in the well of wisdom ate the hazelnuts
>which
>fell from the trees nearby. The salmon was the oldest of animals. Finn
>mac
>Cool ('White, son of Hazel') gained wisdom and clairvoyance by eating one
>of the
>Salmon of Wisdom which swam in the River Shannon. So wells and hazel
>trees,
>plus a totem animal. Pretty powerful.
>
>Hazels do seem to grow readily by wells - I saw one this summer which had a
>spring rising directly from among its roots.
>
>Katy
>
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>Katy Jordan
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