medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In a message dated 23/05/2006 07:45:46 GMT Daylight Time,
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<<Did any honourable member of the league mention the study by canon G.H.
Doble on Saint (Se)levan, in The saints of Cornwall, Part 1, p 3-9 ? [p. 9,
some details about the carvings were two panels contain the representation of
"two fishs, apparently on one hook"].>>
I have this delightful pamphlet (the series was originally in pamphlet form,
one per saint, and has been so reprinted). The "two fish" refers to a
gruesome legend, surely garbled: Selevan was catching fish for a meal for his
sister and her two children, and kept catching two fish of a rather bony type,
and so he kept throwing them back. Eventually he accepted the two fish, took
them home and served them to his kin. The children choked on the bones and
died. Lovely. There are parallels here with the legend of St Neot (which
makes a lot more sense).
Susan
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