BOC: UFO refs in ETI

M R Godwin hssmrg at BATH.AC.UK
Wed Oct 30 07:26:50 EST 1996


On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Daniel Wikdahl wrote:

> They're called witches' rings in Swedish too ("Haexringar")!!!

Although they are called 'Fairy rings' in English, it is quite possible
that this has the same meaning of "enchanted rings" rather than rings for
cute Tinkerbell-style dancing. The word "faery" meant "enchanted" before
"fairies" were invented (see Tolkien "On Fairy Stories" and Shippey
"The Road to Middle Earth")

- Mike Godwin



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