Mother Shipton
Ursula Southeil (* 1488, probably in Knaresborough, † 1561), perhaps Ursula Sonthiel; better known as Mother Shipton, was, according to tradition an English soothsayer. The first printed version of their alleged prophecies appeared 80 years after her supposed death date, this includes mainly regional predictions, and two verses shown to be prophetic. 1684 appeared The Life and Death of Mother Shipton by Richard Head, a fictional biography.
Life
Southeils existence can not be clearly proven by historical sources. Richard Head claims in his book The Life and Death of Mother Shipton, she was born in Knaresborough in Yorkshire in a cave, which has since been called the " Mother Shipton 's Cave ." Ursula Southeil is described as exceptionally ugly. They got married in 1512 a carpenter named Toby Shipton and have her life made prophecies and predicted the future. The first printed publication of 1641, a pamphlet by an anonymous author refers allegedly to the collections by Ursula Southeils maid Joanne Waller, who kept Southeils prophecies and traditional.
Prophecies
The 1641 published pamphlet should contain predictions for the great plague, the death of Cardinal Wolsey and the Great Fire of London. The British Secretary of State and chronicler Samuel Pepys noted in his diary entry of 20 October 1666 that the heir to the throne when he was informed of the outbreak of fire in London, was referring to " Shipton's prophecy ":
He ( Sir Jeremy Smith) says he what on board " The Prince ", When the newes come of the burning of London; and all the Prince ( of Wales ) Said what, did now Shipton's prophecy that out;
Pepys does not mention whether the prince refers to a printed prophecy or word of mouth to a circulating story.
Most of today's outstanding alleged prophecies Mother Shipton's go to the 1862 published book Mother Shipton by Charles Hindley back and differ materially from those verses in the former printing works of 1641 and 1684th Hindley admitted already in 1873 that he released the prophecies had invented, including an announcement of doomsday for 1881: "The world to end at shall come, in eighteen hundred and eighty one" ( "The world will come to an end in 1881 ").
1881 also appeared the first book documentary on the making of legends about Mother Shipton by William H. Harrison Mother Shipton - The Yorkshire Sybil Investigated, The Result of a Critical Examination of the Extant Literature Relating to the Yorkshire Sibyl. Harrison comes to the conclusion that there was no lasting evidence of a historical core of the stories about Mother Shipton. Mother Shipton belongs in the same category as King Arthur or Robin Hood: Mythical Figures, possibly based on a real person, whose stories were always more decorated.
Others
Southeil is named after two pubs: in Portsmouth ( with a life-size figure Southeils above the entrance ). and Knaresborough.
Between Knaresborough and York, the Mother Shipton's Cave can be visited in a park environment, an attraction is a mineral source ..
In the English -speaking world the check - Tageule named Mother Shipton Moth because of resembling the head of a witch wings drawing.