The monstrous landscape of medieval Lincolnshire---giants, nicors & other creatures :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/12/the-monstrous-landscape-of-medieval.html …pic.twitter.com/2tS3tDOdlS
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Thurspit, Alvingham (1579), on edge of Outmarsh---contains ON þurs, 'giant/ogre' etc, cf. hrímþursar, 'frost giants'pic.twitter.com/TPsPVXnMds
Outside of Lincs, Hescombe (So), Hascombe (SRY), Hessenford (Co) all=OE hægtesse 'witch' :) http://www.bosworthtoller.com/017878 pic.twitter.com/ReGJw5OXee
No trolls in Lindsey either, but some in West Yorkshire: Trowlers Gill/Troller's Gill, 'the troll's arse ravine' :)pic.twitter.com/98QYqzcBsb
See further http://germanic.eu/Heathen-and-mythological-elements-in-English-place-names.htm … for a selection of local names referring to giants, witches and monsters from across England :)
Interesting piece of local folklore! Presumably Nicky Nye is a neck/nicor ('water-monster')? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neck_(water_spirit) …https://twitter.com/BrianRhys/status/753641061529088000 …
I've thought that too, but what is a Nordic/ Germanic Beastie doing in a Welsh river?
Makes etymological sense, but indeed! Seem to recall Norse influence in some Welsh folktales etc+Norse names in area of Severn?
Also English influence in this area in medieval period and after eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic) …?
The Nicarpool at Lincoln; no sign of the medieval water-monster, tho'...! H/T @CatherineEsse http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/53325186.jpg …pic.twitter.com/R1c58n2yWc
but they *are* murky waters, so who can say what lies beneath ....
true! ;)
@caitlinrgreen just imagine fame if James Usher'd decided to use this beast to market teaspoons etc rather than what became 'Lincoln Imp' :)
@caitlinrgreen then we might now be in an era of Lincolnian 'Auld Nessie' type tourism :) well, perhaps ;)
I suppose all monsters are figments of our imagination but their non-existence also ends the era of our heroes
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