Lug
This idea, to survive, has modified itself into a belief less objectionably pagan, that a butterfly hovering near a corpse is a sign of its everlastin
This idea, to survive, has modified itself into a belief less objectionably pagan, that a butterfly hovering near a corpse is a sign of its everlastin (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx
- attestation: This idea, to survive, has modified itself into a belief less objectionably pagan, that a butterfly hovering near a corpse is a sign of its everlastin (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
"This idea, to survive, has modified itself into a belief less objectionably pagan, that a butterfly hovering near a corpse is a sign of its everlasting happiness.
The shape-shifting is sometimes complicated by taking place on the lines of rebirth: as cases in point
may be mentioned Lug, reborn as Cuchulainn\ and the repeated births of Etain."
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