Folklore question: woods / mills
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:41 pm
Back in the 90s when I was in college and grad school, I remember reading in a history book that in early America, there was a common idea that the woods were infested with spirits, and that mills were seen as staving off the wood spirits and offering protection to towns. I though to myself, "Oh, this why there is so much chaos in Twin Peaks after the mill burns."
Later I went back to the book I thought it was in and couldn't find what I'd read. I've never been able to find another reference to this.
Has anyone come across this idea? Or did I just dream it and think it was real?
My apologies if this topic needs to be moved out of season 3 discussion.
Later I went back to the book I thought it was in and couldn't find what I'd read. I've never been able to find another reference to this.
Has anyone come across this idea? Or did I just dream it and think it was real?
My apologies if this topic needs to be moved out of season 3 discussion.