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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Jim, The triad theme, like the unrecognized hero who returns theme, is among humankind's most ancient. Anthropologists and psychologists speculate and muse ad infinitam over the very question you posed, a question that is ultimately unanswerable (the only sort worth asking in my not-so-humble opinion). RE the hero who returns and is unrecognizable to his closest, after I posted on that subject, I thought of the most important one: the risen Christ. Best, MG --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > > Dwyn (5th-6th cent.) Dwyn (aka Donwen, Donwenna, > Dwynwen) was a Welsh > > virgin saint who settled in Anglesey. She is the > Welsh patron saint of > > lovers. According to her legend, she was being > pursued by a young man > > named Maelon. But in a dream, she was given a > drink that cured her of > > desire and turned Maelon to ice. Then she made > three requests: that Maelon > > be thawed, that all true lovers either succeed or > be cured of their > > longing, and that she herself would never wish to > be married. > > This "three wishes" topos crops up commonly in > "fairy stories", but I > was surprised to see it in relationship to a saint. > Does anyone know > where this topos came from? > Cheers, > Jim Bugslag > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join > medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave > medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's > owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html