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From: "Work/MaKinne" <workmakinne at email.msn.com>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2002.01.01 (01) [E]

> I think it is fairly obvious
> that the mythologized forms of the European female witches' flight by
> means of broomsticks or _wals_ (staves) has something to do with this,
> also the nocturnal apparitions' erotic twist.

I have run into a citation from the Old Frisian, I believe, of a woman /
shaman / goddess figure named "Walubera," which the author translated as
"Stick-Bearer," and likened to the Seidhkona of the Old Norse.  I have
wondered if this name Walubera could have any connection with the later
Walburga, as in "Walpurgisnacht." I have always wondered about the
origins
of this "Saint" Walburga / Walpurga. Evidently, her cloister in Southern
Germany was named  "Heidenheimer Kloster," which translates as
"Heathen-Home." Very curious.

Happy New Year to all,

Dawn in Des Moines

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