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   M Winther to All   
   Re: The Virgin and the Unicorn   
   18 Sep 11 20:21:00   
   
   XPost: soc.history.medieval, alt.psychology.jung, alt.christnet.theology   
   XPost: alt.pagan   
   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "David Friedman"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:ddfr-CAB8D3.10202718092011@news.giganews.com...   
   > In article <4e7576ad$0$10603$c83e3ef6@anchorman-read.tele2.net>,   
   > "M Winther"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I noted that Yeats, in his poem The Second Coming, composed in   
   >> 1919,   
   >> seems to allude to this medieval legend. Yeat's theme is   
   >> interesting.   
   >>   
   >> "Turning and turning in the widening gyre   
   >   
   > ...   
   >   
   > What does that have to do with virgins and unicorns?   
   >   
      
      
   In the poem the beast is moving towards Betlehem to be born, like the   
   unicorn once did according to medieval legend.   
      
   Mats   
      
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