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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The recent thread about 'holy water' has another aspect - that of Christians being unable to drown and pagans / unbelievers drowning. This has Biblical examples (Parting of the Red Sea, Noah, Christ walking on water etc) and was a motif used extensively by Medieval Christian writers. If anyone is interested I can supply some additional examples Chris Daniell PS As I am leaving my current job I will only be on this e-mail address until end of play Thurs 4th Nov ********************************************************************** 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