medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
--- Martin Howley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> Bill:
> My understanding is that the identificion of
> the Blessed Virgin
> with the Queen of the May is late, certainly
> post-medieval, and that
> before this equation was made her chief floral
> associations were the rose
> and the lily - not the hawthorn.
Where does Olwen come in? Is the hawthorn association
with both the BVM and Olwen (or her father, actually)
a coincidence, or was it used poetically if not
theologically?
Andrea Luxenburg
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