英语词汇windy cap的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Windy Cap. Laplanders of yore and many other ancient peo- ples made a profitable trade in selling favorable winds to mari- ners, as did individuals like Bessie Millie of the Orkney Islands, who sold winds to sailors for sixpence as late as 1814. These people undoubtedly had knowledge of the weather that others didn’t have at the time, but the belief persisted that they could actually influence the winds. It is said that King Eric of Sweden was so familiar with the “evil spirits” that controlled the winds that wherever he turned his cap, the wind would blow. Olaus Magnus, a Swedish historian, says he was commonly known as Windy Cap.

词汇	windy cap
词源	Windy Cap. Laplanders of yore and many other ancient peo- ples made a profitable trade in selling favorable winds to mari- ners, as did individuals like Bessie Millie of the Orkney Islands, who sold winds to sailors for sixpence as late as 1814. These people undoubtedly had knowledge of the weather that others didn’t have at the time, but the belief persisted that they could actually influence the winds. It is said that King Eric of Sweden was so familiar with the “evil spirits” that controlled the winds that wherever he turned his cap, the wind would blow. Olaus Magnus, a Swedish historian, says he was commonly known as Windy Cap.
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