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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I believe that the spider actually spun a web over the entrance to the cave where "the Bruce" was hiding from the English. It protected him because the English believed that no one could be in the cave without having disturbed the spider web. So this is a case where the spider quickly worked to help save " the Bruce" , perhaps pointing to the true legacy of " the Bruce royal line???? Regards Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Daniell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:48 AM Subject: [M-R] Spiders > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > And don't forget the classic spider story involving Robert the Bruce > watching the spider in the cave and then defeating the English. I am not > sure of the first source for this, but indicates the tenacity and 'never > say die' attitude of spiders ... > > As far as I'm aware the date this was supposed to have happened has never > pinned down (there is a date range of 10 or so years during Robert's life), > so is this a secular motif and does it appear elsewhere? > > > Chris Daniell > > ********************************************************************** > 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.htm > > > > > All mail scanned for Viruses Last Updated: Mon, Mar 17 03:17:27 AM EST 2003 -500 (GMT) ********************************************************************** 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