Goose "companions"

[lmorris]

Hi,
        In regards your goose and the goose footed people, I know that there is
a wine in France with the label of the goose footed queen on it
(interting). I also read a book that goes in-depth in to history of this
goose connection in Europe, sorry I looked through my library and can
not find the book, but will look harder if you would like.

kind regards
leonard


Preston Pittman wrote:
>
> Elyn mentioned the goosefoot as a sign of the "Companions" - Elyn, I'm not
> sure what you mean by the "companions", however it brought to mind something
> I had forgotten to mention in my very long posting on the goose connections.
>
> The latin word for "goose" is "anser".  The arabic word for "companions" is
> "ansar" and in medieval Spain, members of Sufi groups (mystical sects of
> Islam - sometimes accused of heresy by orthodox Muslims) were sometimes
> called "Ansar".  I'm just wondering if there could have been a "goose"
> connection there, too, since most educated people in medieval Spain would
> have probably understood both Latin and Arabic.  Medieval mystics seemed to
> have loved little word and symbol games from language to language and I
> could easily imagine Arabic "ansar" taking on the symbol of a Latin "anser"
> but I have no direct knowledge of this.
>
> It seems to me that the goose symbol identifies places and people who have
> some occult or mystical significance.  The places along the Camino that use
> some form of one of the  words for "goose" or incorporate the goose or the
> goose-foot as a symbol all seem to have some ties to very ancient (perhaps
> pre-Christian) mysticism.
>
> I'ed be interested in knowing if anyone else has encountered this goose
> symbolism in regards to the Camino.
>
> >From: Elyn Aviva <TajminaaAOL.COM>
> >Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> >To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> >Subject: Re: Occult Goose and Priscillian associations
> >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:32:31 EST
> >
> >Fantastic! Thanks for drawing together the disparate threads of geese,
> >Priscillian, etc.
> >And then of course the goosefoot sign of the Companions... A friend lent me
> >a
> >book called the Druid Renaissance, edited by Phlip Carr-Gomm, and on the
> >cover is a drawing that looks amazingly like a goose foot. It's three rays
> >fanning out from three dots, and it's called the "awen," a Druid symbol of
> >bardic inspiration. Haven't yet read up on the history of the symbol, but I
> >will.
> >
> >Thanks again--
> >Elyn
>
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