April 15th
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 31 16:47:22 CST 2001
V302.2-3, B351.20-21 *the ancient rune that stands for the
the yew tree, or death*
Not so. According to Graves (White Goddess 194-95, 245-46),
the yew (or Taxus) was represented by the rune "I," and its
day on the calendar was the last of the year, corresponding
to the pagan Saturnalia and to the Judeo-Christian Kislev,
or Christmas. The rune "SS" signified the blackthorn
(Bellicum), a tree symbolizing "strife" and appearing on the
calendar at April 15th.
TaxUS day, afeter 1955.
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