Mother Shipton, also known as Ursula Sonthiel Shipton, was born in 1488 in Yorkshire, England, and lived until 1561. According to legend, her birth was the result of a union between her mother and the devil. When she was born, she was hideously ugly, and as she grew older she began to tell fortunes and predict the future. It is said that she predicted the invention of trains and the telegraph.
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Re. Peta Ennis' remarks, I really can't see how these family legends of decent from Mother Shipton (and a gold ring with braided hair around it that was hers etc) prove anything, charming as they might be. I'm not sure what family tree you are referring to, as I don't recall any mention of such in the Arnold Kellett book I referred to (a well-known and respected Knaresborough local historian - former Knaresborough mayor, retired teacher from the local school, one-time winner of the Yorkshire History Prize and 10-years editor of the Yorkshire Dialect Journal etc). I think people should just accept that sometimes we don't have a lot of information about the real biographies of characters like this, and sometimes we can't even be sure they existed. But, for example as with Robin Hood, being honest about that doesn't mean the stories aren't fun and fascinating local folklore. I think that, for example the Mother Shipton's Cave people should tell visitors the facts - as well as the folklore - instead of making out that the legendary biography is all unquestioned fact, as they did when I last went (Shipton was born in and later lived in their cave and became a famous prophetess predicting cars and telecommunications etc). I don't see it would matter. A Robin Hood exhibit I saw in Shrwood Forest last year took that approach. Then people can be well-informed as well as entertained.
Posted by OR in France on Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 04:21 PM
I must agree with OR in France. This whole comment thread dating back 3 years has one message after another building their case on someone else's emails! This illustrates a much larger (and possibly serious) problem that the internet has created: the obfuscation of facts by the sheer volume of everyone else's opinion. In the early 90s when the internet was new, there used to be deprecating jokes: "well it MUST be true if you read it on the INTERNET!" Now that a generation has grown up on the internet, sadly that old joke seems to have become a truism. I wish believers of whatever ilk would not be so sensitive to critical thinking - we need it now more than ever!
Posted by Larry K. in Wisconsin on Sun Sep 30, 2007 at 07:43 AM
I'm a christian and based on my own personal expierences I whole heartedly believe those poems of prophecy. I don't know if she wrote them or not. What I do know is what I've seen myself. It seems to me that who ever wrote these things were one of many individuals who had the priviledge to see certain things. What the people do with that information is up to them. That's why we were born with free will after all. I'm just glad in knowing everone gets what they deserve and nobody escapse through death.
Posted by richard perez on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 12:36 PM
If anyone were to visit Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough, there's plenty of information available on her. I'm inclined to believe in this sort of 'nonsense', but hey, each to their own and all that. It makes for a pleasant day out, if nothing else!
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Posted by seo in asdfsd on Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 07:39 PM
It is now generally acknowledged that Mother Shipton was largely a myth, and that many of her prophecies were composed by others after her death, and after the events they 'predicted'. Her prophecies were apparently recorded in a series of diaries but the first published book of her work did not appear until 1641 and the most noted work, by Richard Head, came out in 1684. Head later admitted to inventing almost all Shipton's biographical details.I had some canal boat holidays , and a wise old man told me interesting things about Mother Shipton last summer.
Posted by Sean on Fri May 23, 2008 at 04:05 PM
It is now generally acknowledged that Mother Shipton was largely a myth, and that many of her prophecies were composed by others after her death, and after the events they 'predicted'. Her prophecies were apparently recorded in a series of diaries but the first published book of her work did not appear until 1641 and the most noted work, by Richard Head, came out in 1684. Head later admitted to inventing almost all Shipton's biographical details.I had some canal boat holidays , and a wise old man told me interesting things about Mother Shipton
Posted by Sean on Fri May 23, 2008 at 04:07 PM
So, if this is a hoax then the prophecy must have been written just 80 years ago, since whomEVER wrote it was so amazingly dead on about iron ships, and planes, social conditions and China and Russia. I mean, there is no way it was written after it happened. It's just happening NOW.
Posted by Michelle on Fri Jun 13, 2008 at 06:27 PM
I usppose a lot of it depends on wether or not you believe in this sort of ting. Regarding Peta Ennis's remarks - thank you. And that was a very interesting read. I've been to the well in Knaresbrough, and into the cave. And having the Sight myself(though I can sense things, rather than see them like Mother Shipton did) I took the time to just spend some time quietly in the cave. I was the only one there, and I DID get a sense of a woman in the cave with me. And I'm pleased Peta wrote that response, particularly regarding her looks, because I didn't get the sense of a hunchback, but of a strong-willed, attractive woman, who very clearly had the Sight. Debunk this if you wish, but it is what I believe. And it is what many others believe. Why else are there always offerings of flowers around her statue? I'm going back tomorrow for my birthday, and I'll be taking a little offering of my own for her.
Posted by Averil White in York on Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 02:31 PM
i think, we have all the rights to express what we truly believe, no matter what religion were into.
Posted by Fairings in Canada on Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 10:07 PM
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