Re: Martyr springs

["Spirit One Email" <laurel@spiritone.com>]

Diane,
    I don't think that St. Clair would not be considered connected to
Norsemen.  Rollo came there after he was long dead and already the legend
was flourishing.
Laurel
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Hettrick <dhettrick@earthlink.net>
To: Sinclair List <sinclair@jump.net>
Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 10:50 PM
Subject: Martyr springs


>
>>The statue of Saint Clair, over the Holy Well, has been
>removed to the safety of the Church.  The well allegedly sprung from where
>the blood of the martyr flowed.
>
>One of Ingmar Bergman's films was called "The Virgin Spring"  It was based
on
>a play which I believe was based on a Norse legend about a young girl who
was
>raped and murdered.  A pure spring emerged at the site where she died.
>
>I believe that I have run into this in another context - a martyr's death
>place marked by the emergence of a pure spring of water.  I just tried
doing a
>web search and while I found some fascinating folklore sites, I did not
find
>information on this particular legend.  I am wondering if there is a
>connection with St. Clare being connected with Norsemen & their applying
some
>of their cultural stories to him.
>
>Diane Hettrick
>Seattle
>dhettrick@earthlink.net
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