In a message dated 99-06-19 15:32:24 EDT, [log in to unmask] writes:
Checking in from Germany on the subject of unholy wells. I've found a
couple around here called "Teufelsbrunnen" which means "Devil's Well". That
seems a distinctly unholy connotation. Also found some oddly named springs
and wells near sites called "Hexentanzplatz" which means "Witches' Dancing
Places" also rather unholy.
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I don't think this necessarily implies an "unholy well". Possibly the local
Christians knew that non-Christians went to the well for healing or other
rites and gave the well a bad name to scare people off.
Ellen Evert Hopman
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