From: Patricia Wilson
Message: 8364
Date: 2007-07-03
I hope I am not too late to contribute - there was another post - from Adrian - but I cannot find it
I have been told that she might have it by her with flint etc - to kindle a fire - known as "Need-Fire" to your present day witch - or Seiðwoman - but in those days the spelling was probably Neið
The essential think was to kindle the fire afresh - grabbing a piece of already burning wood from the hearth would not have served the purpose.
In Ancient times it would have served a purpose of commuication with Spirit Helpers etc
So I have been advised - I have of course been picking the brains of a Friend - A Witch.
From Wiki=pedia Need-fire, or Wild-fire (Ger. Notfeuer, O. Ger. nodfyr), a term used in folklore to denote a curious superstition which survived in the Scottish Highlands until a recent date. Like the fire-churning still customary in India for kindling the sacrificial fire, the need- or wild-fire is made by the friction of one piece of wood on another, or of a rope upon a stake. Need-fire is a practice of shepherd peoples to ward off disease from their herds and flocks. It is kindled on occasions of special distress, particularly at the outbreak of a murrain, and the cattle are driven through it. Its efficacy is believed to depend on all other fires being extinguished. I will answer no questions on the subject - I do not teach now Kveðja Patricia -------Original Message-------
From: Fred and Grace Hatton
Date: 30/06/2007 13:11:03
Subject: [norse_course] touchwood?? on prophetess' belt Both M& P and Jones translate what she had about her waist not as a belt, | |||
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