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I can't find a definitive answer: was the apparrition-tree at Fatima an oak?
Rob.
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From: "Jim Bugslag" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] The Crown of Thorns
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> > There is a consistent tradition in 15th century Welsh religious verse
that
> > the Crown of Thorns was made from what in Welsh is called ysbaddaden,
namely
> > `whitethorn' or `hawthorn'. This may merely be some local peculiarity,
but
> > Grigson does note that `the hawthorn has slightly sinister associations
in
> > folklore: above most plants in the far west of Europe (it is) a
supernatural
> > tree'.
>
> I have been investigating numerous tales throughout Europe recently of
miraculous
> images of the Virgin Mary which were found in various sorts of trees, but
the
> hawthorn is prominent among them. According to William A. Christian,
Apparitions
> in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain (Princeton, 1981), there is a
relation in this
> to the Burning Bush at Mt Sinai, and typologically, to the Immaculate
Conception.
> Thanks to Martin Howley for his reference to Robert Graves, and to others
who
> have proffered references to tree mythology.
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
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