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Sankta Lucia or st lucyby ~cannibol

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i love lucy!
She became a patron saint of eye problems because legend told how she never wished to marry, and when a suitor admired her eyes, she plucked them out in scorn to discourage his advances

my initial intro to her was the christian versian, or some similar versian of her martyrdom of eye gouging and torture.
but i'm loving the scandinavian version, where the choral procession has all the candles, and the lead girl has a crown of candles! her name means light, the same root as la luz, lux, etc. there seems to be an important connection to light in the dark of short days.
Luciatåg, celebrated in scandinavia december 13th.
here is a lovely choral procession for st lucy~ [link]

and that essentially, she is the original christmas, or more importantly she was a solstice celebration, as xmas was started to challenge the world's solstice traditions and was never in the bible as jesus' birthday.

Elisabeth Ann Willmott~
In the Northern traditions the Sun was originally seen as female, her loving warmth longed for and wooed. She manifested as a Maiden at the time of her rebirth, hence Lucia's appearance at the Solstice. The eye is a potent symbol of the a...ncient Northern Sun-goddess. Poking out her eye is like Patrick driving out snakes. The blinding of the feminine force by the Church is the suppression of seers and seethe-priestesses, the taking away of "the Sight" made her palatable to the priests as a saint.

The shortest day of the year used to be Dec. 13 in the 1500's, because the Julian Calendar in use then and established by Julius Caesar about 50 years B.C., LOST 8 days.This was readjusted in the the 16th-17th centuries so that the winter solstice matches the actual astronomical date, Dec. 21. E' viva Santa Lucia e Siracusa

if you are like me, you are inspired by a new ancient tradition, that might be an answer to the consumerized religious crap that has so annoyed me.
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