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I received this info from a friend:
> >I'm sorry, but I don't know for sure why St. Edeyrn
> is depicted riding a
> >stag. I have only two clues.
> >
> >1. A legend says that Edeyrn spent his early life
> as a friend of King
> >Arthur. A man named Edeyrn appears in an old
> Arthurian legend that
> >involves a hunt for a stag.
> >2. St. Edeyrn was a forest hermit (as opposed to a
> desert hermit). One
> >could assume that the wild animals were his tame
> friends and servants.
> >Thus a stag could have been his usual means of
> transportation (rather than
> >a horse or mule).
> >Information found on the Internet: Iin Lannédern,
> Brittany (France), which
> >gets its name from the saint, there is a parish
> church. It has a cross
> >decorated with figures, including that of St.
> Edeyrn (also called Edern)
> >riding a stag. The church also contains the
> saint's tomb and six
> >polychrome low-relief sculptures illustrating his
> life.
MG
>
> I'm in Germany, a long way from my notes. But
> something in a deep recess of my mind is prompting
> me to recall some conflation with a rather more
> universal saint, perhaps to do with feast days.
> Can't be Eustace because his days are autumnal.
> Julian the Hospitaller is two weeks away. Could that
> be it? Sorry, I'm rambling.
>
> Graham
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Marjorie Greene
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> Gesendet: Mo 06.01.2003 02:16
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> Cc:
> Betreff: [M-R] Edeyrd & stag
>
>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of
> medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear Phyllis,
>
> When I typed the requisite words in my
> search engine,
> the only site that looked remotely helpful
> was this
> one:
>
>
http://www.belinus.co.uk/folklore/Mabinogion/Mabinogion22.htm
> Unfortunately the page seems to be eternally
> unavailable. But I thought the Mabinogion
> lead might
> be helpful.
> Good luck,
> MG
>
>
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