The Gesta Herewardi described a witch consulting a spirit in a spring. Springs were often believed to be home to land wights, and many later law codes lamented people continuing to make offerings at springs and waterfalls, well after their alleged conversion…
“Then in the middle of the night Hereward saw them go out silently to a spring of water which flowed to the east near the garden of the house. So he promptly followed them, and at a distance heard them talking, questioning some unknown guardian of the spring and awaiting replies.”
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