I find this Wikipedia page highly entertaining. I’ve found a Saint who could represent the last ear of corn at harvest time. If you like finding blends of paganism and Christianity, you will like this too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sidwell
I think she was once known as Sitha (not sure where I found that name, but I was reading about Bidwell Priory yesterday - almost certainly a site of pre Christian female religion). I went into a daydream about Sitha -> Cynthia -> Cinderella. Certainly my daydreams do not count as decent research. But it’s intriguing to think that these names might be connected.
Saint Sidwell is pictured with a scythe. In her story, her evil stepmother ordered reapers to cut off her head with a scythe. How much more pagan can it get? It’s pretty obvious to me that she represents that last special grain at the end of the harvest, the one you save for next year’s seed...
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sidwell
I think she was once known as Sitha (not sure where I found that name, but I was reading about Bidwell Priory yesterday - almost certainly a site of pre Christian female religion). I went into a daydream about Sitha -> Cynthia -> Cinderella. Certainly my daydreams do not count as decent research. But it’s intriguing to think that these names might be connected.
Saint Sidwell is pictured with a scythe. In her story, her evil stepmother ordered reapers to cut off her head with a scythe. How much more pagan can it get? It’s pretty obvious to me that she represents that last special grain at the end of the harvest, the one you save for next year’s seed...
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