AtDtDA (5): Candlebrow

[Michael Hiltzik]

Or perhaps it's an allusion to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin,  i.e. "Shining
Brow"? This would correspond to the Midwestern/Chicago motif......

On 3/31/07, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>               Mark Kohut:
>               My thought when I first read Candlebrow was it
>               was a "low-brow' play on highbrow....
>
>               Ya Sam:
>               'Dr. Vormance was on sabbatical from Candlebrow
>               University, where he ordinarily headed the
>               Department of Mineralogy.' (130)
>
>               Why is the university called 'Candlebrow'. Maybe
>               it's a reference to a skull candle with all the ensuing
>               symbolism?
>
> I believe it's in reference to Lucina/Santa Lucia, a light bearing Goddess
> originally from Rome, transplanted to Sweden:
>
>               Juno Lucina, Mother of Lights, was a goddess of childbirth
>               whose festival was celebrated with torchlights and bonfires
>               in Rome in early December.
>               As midwife of the miraculous Sun Child born at Winter
>               Solstice, it was said she brought children to light. Later
>               converted to Christianity as St. Lucy, she found a home in
>               Sweden, where Yuletide celebrations today still include
>               the procession of the Lussibruden (Lucy Bride), led by
>               a young girl wearing a crown of candles.
>
> http://www.crystalforest3.homestead.com/Yulelore.html
>
> So, on one level, "Candlebrow" references a midwife to the light.
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3ex559
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2qzdzn
>
> http://tinyurl.com/27pcca
>
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