medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:00:41 -0800
Marjorie Greene wrote:
>
>Two observations: there is a parish (civil, equivalent
>of county) in Louisiana, St. Tammany. There is, of
>course, no such saint and no one is quite sure of the
>source of this strange name.
Popular histories (such as one finds on the Web) of USAmerican fraternal organizations point to patriotic societies of Saint Tammany (or of the Sons of St. Tammany) originating in the late Colonial and early Federalist periods and taking their name from a Delaware-nation chief named Taminend (vel sim.) prominent in stories of the colonial settlement of Pennsylvania. "Tamina" and "Tammany" seem to be the best known versions of the name, as in "Tammany Hall" the meeting place of the political organization famous in the history of the city of New York. The "saint" part is said to mock a contemporary practice of naming such groups after European saints. See, e.g.,
http://www.abaris.net/freemasonry/marin_red_men.htm
and
http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/EoL/chp9.html
Best,
John Dillon
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