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the virgin mary during medieval times, this was surely a hold over from earlier cultures who understood the flax 'creation stories' to be linked with the various 'spinning goddesses'. the goddesses ( holle, hulda,frigg, brigit,perchta, and the wyrd sisters) were charged with the gifting of the flax seeds
something of great worth and usefulness to the folk. the spinning work contained all of the symbolism of the creation cycle: the beginning creative spark, the living, active work and then the 'harvest', completion or fulfillment of the worthy task. with the death of the plant, came the birth of the seeds...
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