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Posted by SMAUG on December 22, 19100 at 10:42:14:
In Reply to: Winter Solstice - Christian v. Pagan...again posted by HILDE, Barmaid and Valkyrie-in-Training on December 21, 19100 at 09:28:55:
There are other connections between old Anglo-Saxon usages and modern Christmas tradition.
At least one scholar points out there is a connection between sea-monsters or sea-goblins known as "nicors' referred in the Beowulf/Brecca sequence and "Old Nick" (the devil) and "Old St. Nick."
It seems anything that started "nic-" was something supernatural that bore watching.
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