[gothic-l] Flins: "an idol of the ancient Vandals"?

[llama_nom]

Hailai allai,

The Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, an eclectic mass of legendary,
historical & proverbial lore, by E Cobham Brewer (1895), contains the
following curious entry:

"FLINS: An idol of the ancient Vandals settled in Lusace. It was a
huge stone, draped, wearing a lion's skin over its shoulders, and
designed to represent death."

http://www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/data/469.html

...something I've always wondered about.  Does anyone know what
Brewer's source for this was?  Or if it has any historical basis?

Llama Nom



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