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单词 ley line
释义

ley line

See also: leyline

English

Etymology

From ley (meadow) + line. Coined by archaeologist Alfred Watkins, who believed that the toponyms ley, lea and leigh indicated Neolithic paths.

Noun

ley line (plural ley lines)

  1. (chiefly Forteana) A supposed alignment of ancient sacred sites, such as megalith structures, along straight lines of mystical power.
    • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 99:
      Glastonbury had long been associated with myths of ancient kings, witchcraft, ley-lines and wart curing[.]

See also

  • geopathic
  • vortex
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