Произход на мита за Свети Патрик

Произход на мита за Свети Патрик

Ако се рагледат публикациите на този линк.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Saint_Patrick

Намираме първата публикация, от която тръгва мита за ирландският светия и това е;

The "S. Patrick's Purgatory" chapter of Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, 1866, by Sabine Baring-Gould

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Curious_Myths_of_the_Middle_Ages/S._Patrick%27s_Purgatory

От вторият линк директно прекопирах последният пасаж за източници.

It is worthy of remark that the myth of S. Patrick’s Purgatory originated among the Kelts, and the reason is not far to seek. In ancient Keltic Mythology the nether world was divided into three circles, corresponding with Purgatory, Hell, and Heaven; and over Hell was cast a bridge, very narrow, which souls were obliged to traverse if they hoped to reach the mansions of light. This was—

“The Brig o’ Dread, na brader than a thread.”

And the Purgatory under consideration is a reflex of old Druidic teaching. Thus in an ancient Breton ballad Tina passes through the lake of pain, on which float the dead, white robed, in little boats. She then wades through valleys of blood[12].

As this myth has been exhaustively treated by Mr. Thomas Wright (S. Patrick’s Purgatory; by T. Wright, London, 1844), it shall detain us no longer. I differ from him, however, as to its origin. He attributes it to monkish greed; but I have no hesitation in asserting that it is an example of the persistency of heathen myths, colouring and influencing Mediæval Christianity. We will only refer the reader for additional information to the Purgatoire de Saint Patrice; légende du xiii Sièćle, 1842; a reprint by M. Prosper Tarbé of a MS. in the library at Rheims; a Memoire by M. Paul Lacroix in the Mélanges historiques, published by M. Champollion Figeac, vol. iii.; the poem of Marie de France in the edition of her works, Paris, 1820, vol. ii.; an Histoire de la Vie et du Purgatoire de S. Patrice, par R. P. Franpois Bouillon, O. S. F., Paris, 1651, Rouen, 1696; and also Le Monde Enchanté, par M. Ferdinand Denys, Paris, 1845, pp. 157—174.

И се натъкнах на познато име, име която трябва да се запомни добре. Измислянето на история и най-вече на документи даващи информация за тази история е дело със заслуги най вечe на този индивид.

Thomas Wright III, M.A., F.S.A. (1810–1877)

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Thomas_Wright

От него вече е популярният вариант на Sabine Baring-Gould. Изводът е че Свети патрик е всъщност литературно творение на 19-ти век, като дори името е взето от Франция, свети Патрис.