In a message dated 99-06-26 04:28:03 EDT, [log in to unmask]
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Not too far from here are the towns Wednesbury and Wednesfield,
etymologically linked to Odin/Wodin. Although no one has done any
archaeology, I think, one of the churches (I forget which) is right on top of
a hill. Odin, of course, sought wisdom from the head of Mimir at a well/ash
tree site, Yggdrasill.
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Hills were also often dedicated to Lugh and later to Saint Michael. Most
Michael churches are placed on top of hills once sacred to Lugh. I'd be
interested to know if the same hill/Odin/Michael association exists?
Ellen Evert Hopman
http://www.neopagan.net/WillowsGrove/Index.html
"May I be a hill on the shore, may I be a staff to the weak, may I be a star
in the waning of the moon".
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