Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 487
s of theseheavenly Twins were carved frequently upon the j^fows ofancient ships. The phosphorescent stars or Will-o-the-wisps, which during storms sometimes light upon the mastsof ships, used to be known as St. Elmos Fires: St. Elmois obviously St. Alma or St. All Mother, and the St. Helen Cf. A… … Fio. 201.—From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Synibolisni (Inman, C. W.) was believed that two stars were propitious, but that asolitary one boded bad luck : according to Pliny a single IX.] brides bairns 477 St. Elmos fire was called Helen, but the two they callCastor and Pollux, and invoke…
Archaeology · England -- Antiquities
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