[tied] Re: Burial customs in the countries around Denmark

I remember reading an account that mentions a trip taken by a Briton
or Cymbr Christian priest in England to the territory occupied by
Danes. I believe it was in Northumberia near York. The story tells of
the priest comming on a bizarre and gastly sight while passing a
swamp and seeing men, horses, cattle, and wild animals of different
types, all in various stages of decomposition. All had been hung as
offerings by their necks, from the great limbs of a huge and ancient
tree.

Could some of these bog people have been hung tree offering that had
quickly fell with their noose, and slipped beneath the cold waters?


Joseph S Crary