I was told i was born with a veil or caul over my face and was all ready circumcised what if any is their mea?

Question

is there any spiritual or religious history ?

Answer 1

I remember my Grandmother telling me that her mother was born with a caul over her face, supposedly it means you have the ability to forsee the future, and communicate with spirits..never heard of a baby being born already circumcised, unless you were just born with little or no foreskin on your penis...dunno...interesting tho...

Answer 2

From wikipedia:

In medieval times the appearance of a caul on a newborn baby was seen as a sign of good luck. It was considered an omen that the child was destined for greatness. Gathering the caul onto paper was considered an important tradition of childbirth: the midwife would rub a sheet of paper across the baby's head and face, pressing the material of the caul onto the paper. The caul would then be presented to the mother, to be kept as an heirloom.

Over the course of European history, a popular legend developed suggesting that possession of a baby's caul would give its bearer good luck and protect that person from death by drowning. Cauls were therefore highly prized by sailors. Medieval women often sold these cauls to sailors for large sums of money; a caul was regarded as a valuable talisman.


Here is a link to the full article.

Answer 3

It sounds very strange that you were already 'circumcised'... and in this day and age, Sience would label that an abberation. Might mean something in those traditions that practice spiritual circumcision (before the irrational belief was dressed up as hygiene), like Islam, Judaism and Namibian shamanism. The caul is a very fortunate sign to many cultures and most magickal traditions advise that it is kept as some sort of 'charm'.

Answer 4

Medical Dictionary defines a caul as "membranes or portions of the amnion covering the head of the fetus at birth."
Older people say it means that person is like really special or has some sort of special destiny.

Answer 5

a) born without a foreskin? hard to believe... though, if you're a girl as your pseudo seems to imply, it becomes a lot more believable all of a sudden.

b) born with a caul? Sorry, but that means you're an evil sorcerer or werewolf and probably destined to become a vampire after your death, now, I must burn you at the stake and bury the ashes in 4 separate graves.

Answer 6

I don't know about the caul, but I think someone was telling a fib when they said you were born circumsized, or else you have an abnormality of the foreskin.

Answer 7

Sorry, I don't believe you were already circumcised.

Answer 8

Your local library has lots of information on that subject. Get up and go there and learn.................