medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>From: Nancy Caciola <[log in to unmask]>
>Thus Camille is right, at least for some parts of medieval culture. In some
>regions there are stories of certain dead bodies coming back to life as
>long as there is flesh on the bones. These usually may be characterised as
>"popular" stories, and many of them come from the British Isles.
You used the term "British Isles." Are you saying that you found that
attitudes were the same in all regions of the island of Britain and no
different in Ireland?
One might mention the story of Oran (aka Odhran or Adhrain), the monk of
Iona who is said to have volunteered to be a foundation sacrifice for a new
chapel (supposedly the same as the building identified today as Relig
Odhrain). He was dug up three days later (no reason is given for why) and
said something Columcille didn't like. The statement suggested that the
afterlife was not what Colum cille had been preaching. Supposedly Colum
cille was horrified and ordered that Oran be quickly re-interred before what
he had to say got spread around. I'm not sure of the date of the story (it's
from after Colum cille's lifetime). But it certainly testifies to a belief
that people could come back rather easily.
Francine Nicholson
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