Aug 13, 2022
Cape Gull
Cape Gull hanging out in the summer breeze at Grafham Water
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Cape Gull
Cape Gull hanging out in the summer breeze at Grafham Water
The mysterious magic of the corn doll
The mysterious magic of the corn doll
Corn dolls or sometimes “corn mothers” are miraculous forms of straw fashioned from the last sheaf of cereals after a summer harvest. Therefore, these straw dolls are a noteworthy & supernatural part of the harvest customs of pastoral Europe. Some pagan cultures called these mothers “vetulas” (the Latin for “Old Woman” is vetula) though, in the 7th century, Saint Eligius (born 588) instructed…
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Stapelia vetula
Photographed by: Harry Harms