>Many thanks to all who contributed to the 'shrines' thread,
>which taught me a lot. Correspondence now seems to have
>dried up but if anyone has any information on the kind of
>chapels or shrines which sprang up on former pagan sites as
>a means of christianising them, I'd still be grateful to
>hear from you.
>
>laura jacobus
>
It's mostly not architectural in scope, but Maire MacNeill's clasic "The
Festival of Lughnasa" about the adaptation of an ancient Irish festival in
a Christian environment is a beautiful example of how far Christianization
can go in a folk context.
Phyllis
Phyllis G. Jestice
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