Saint Lucia

The dark legend of Saint Lucy’s day.

Did you know, that in the middle ages, the 13th night of december was considered dangerous? It was a night were animals could speak and spirits and magical creatures were roaming the streets.

Today, Scandinavia and Italy celebrate an italian martyr known as Saint Lucy (or Saint Lucia) who is said to have blinded herself but was given her sight back by god. When burnt at the stake she was not wounded but was eventually killed with a sword.

Although in modern times portrayed as a saint wearing a candle lit wreath, many accounts (from the middle ages and even into the late 1900’s) describe Lucy to be a witch, an evil spirit or a leader of spirits. This is connected to her name’s similarity to ”Lucifer”, the devil himself.