Submitted by AhbabaOooMaoMao t3_ztumc0 in Connecticut
AhbabaOooMaoMao OP t1_j1h1td4 wrote
Reply to comment by chezenbred in Diana's Pool this morning. by AhbabaOooMaoMao
I never heard the story of Diana. Please share.
E: I couldn't wait.
The story is of the fair and heartbroken young Diana, who fell or jumped from the high cliffs to her untimely death. Is there a high streamside cliff or falls in CT or New England that doesn't share this mythos? Lover's Leap, Diana's Pool. In fact, looking it up, I see places called Lover's Leap all over the world. I'm intrigued anytime a mythos is shared across cultures, such as great floods or resurrection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lover%27s_Leap
Holy shit, it's everywhere.
And it's Ancient. Even Sappho is said to have leapt to her death over lost love in 570 BC.
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