I was born in a cowl and have heard that it means you are a natural psychic and witch and also in the war time sailors would pay a high price for one as it meant you could not drown...does any one know if all this is true?
Or if any one has heard any more myths about them I would love to know...
2006-11-05 22:35:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I have heard the same as you. Whether any of it is true, I know not...although I've heard it less in the commonly-used term "psychic" and more as a visionary/seer into the future.
2006-11-05 22:43:25 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok.... well first it's not your placenta sack, it's the amniotic sack.
"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."
2006-11-06 13:35:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Cawl is like a monk's hood and is sometimes still on the forehead of a new born. Myth says that the Hermit-VIIII of the AncienTarot de Marseilles cards has a cowl. The Hermite has an hermetic knowledge about death by water.
Amitiés.
2006-11-06 09:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the myth is that you will never drown as the cowl acts as a protection, maybe this is where the myth of the witch comes in as many were drowned unfortunately
2006-11-06 16:24:55 · answer #4 · answered by ethera 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a caul, and it's when the baby is born with the amniotic sac still round it.
I've never heard of it meaning you are psychic, but in seafaring communities it was traditionally seen as meaning you would never drown.
It has also been seen more widely as a sign of general good luck.
2006-11-06 06:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I asked my friend who's Irish what 'born of the caul' means after reading a book by an Irish author who was talking about that, she said she had always believed what you have said and that its just considered to be very lucky and gifted, so hope you always will be, good luck.
2006-11-06 06:44:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard the same - although it is not altogether true about the placenta being completely unbroken. i was also born this way
2006-11-06 09:27:17 · answer #7 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought it was a caul.
I believe that a caul is very lucky for fishermen to take on a sea journey with them as you said, so that they will not drown.
Its also meant to be very lucky for a baby to be born with one.
2006-11-07 05:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were many legends about that, the two most prominent was that of being fated to not die by drowning and being gifted with second sight.....
2006-11-06 10:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it not true that just old was tell back in the old day to day than no psychic and no witch
2006-11-06 06:47:54 · answer #10 · answered by EVA J 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋