Subject: | | Re: Yew trees |
From: | | "Ron Hornsby" <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 7 Sep 1999 17:00:05 +0100 (BST)604_US-ASCII Today, 7 September, is the feast of ...
* Regina or Reine, virgin and martyr (date unknown) - native of Alise (Bourgogne), she refused a marriage offer from the local Roman prefect; as she was about to be beheaded, a shining dove was seen hovering above her head
Last year Elena Lemeneva added: In my MA thesis I tried to find the earliest mention of this dove-story. What I found was the "Passio S. Reginae Virg. Mart." in the AASS Boll. 7 Sept. III, 39 - 40: [After tortures and last prayer] Et postquam oravit, miserunt illam in vas illud [...]51_7Sep199917:00:05+0100(BST)[log in to unmask] |
Date: | | Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:45:12 +0100 |
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Mark
Now that you've whetted our appetites,
please dig deep.
Ron H
BUS
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To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 06:46
Subject: Re: Yew trees
> In a message dated 99-09-27 12:37:10 EDT, you write:
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> << My favorite source for running down various botanical associations in
> Antiquity is Rober Graves' _The Greek Myths_. >>
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> Most of what I had heard about yew trees being associated with death comes
> from Graves' _White Goddess_. The problem there, unlike the _Greek
Myths_,
> is tracking down his sources. I do recall, however, that I did find a
number
> of links that bear out this yew tree = death theme, but it has been a very
> long time and will require some digging.
>
> mark
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