Mother Shipton

Mother Shipton
Mother Shipton /shipˈtən/ noun
A type of moth whose wing-markings resemble the profile of an old woman
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  • Mother Shipton — s cave Ursula …   Wikipedia

  • Mother Shipton — Ursula Southeil (* 1488, wahrscheinlich in Knaresborough; † 1561), vielleicht auch Ursula Sonthiel; besser bekannt als Mother Shipton, war ein englisches Medium des Spätmittelalters. Sie wurde durch eine Anzahl an ungewöhnlich präzisen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mother Shipton —    According to popular belief, Mother Shipton lived in Tudor times and foretold many major events in English history. A *chapbook of 1641 alleges she was born at Knaresborough (Yorkshire) in 1488 and died in her seventies; however, these details …   A Dictionary of English folklore

  • Mother Shipton Moth — Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Mother Shipton's Cave — (or Old Mother Shipton s Cave ) is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near to the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well which has been a tourist attraction since 1630 due to its association with the legendary soothsayer and prophetess …   Wikipedia

  • Shipton — is the name of a number of English villages and hamlets (see List of generic forms in British place names):*Shipton, Gloucestershire *Shipton, North Yorkshire *Shipton, Shropshire *Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire *Shipton Brook, Buckinghamshire… …   Wikipedia

  • Mother Goose — This article is about the fairy tale character. For other uses, see Mother Goose (disambiguation). A page from a late 17th century handwritten and illustrated version of Charles Perrault s Contes de ma mère l Oye, depicting Puss in Boots The… …   Wikipedia

  • SHIPTON, MOTHER —    a prophetess of English legend, whose preternatural knowledge revealed in her prophecies, published after her death, was ascribed to an alliance with the devil, by whom it was said she became the mother of an ugly impish child …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Саутейл, Урсула — Урсула Саутейл (англ. Ursula Southeil, возможно Урсула Сонтхил) (1488 1561), более известная как Матушка Шиптон, была английской …   Википедия

  • Ursula Southeil — Statue von Mother Shipton Eingang zu Mother Shiptons Höhle …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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