The Figure-8 knots on the Camino Primitivo Hospital Route

Preston Chase

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• Aug 14, 2022

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Does anyone know the history of the Figure-8 knots on the Camino Primitivo Hospital Route, and if they have any significance. I had an unusal experience concerning such in 2019 and I've been wondering...

 

J.Patrick

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Francigena Oct 2023

• Aug 15, 2022

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This is the symbol for limitlessness or infinity. You could draw a lot of conclusions for its use on the Camino, and on the Hospital route in particular.

 

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Preston Chase

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• Aug 15, 2022

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Interesting. My story: I got into bed at the municipal albergue in Grandas de Salime and found myself staring up at the figure-8 drawn on the bunkbed slat above my head. Two nights later in the municipal in O Cadavo I was making my bed and I suddenly felt this energy that hit me like a punch in the gut, and I knew that figure-8 was right over my head. I looked up, and it was, again drawn on the bunkbed slat.

 

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Tincatinker

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• Aug 15, 2022

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Is the Infinity symbol. The knotted arrow represents go straight ahead with caution. The tag in the photo strikes me as a rather hazardous way mark given that one boot kick could spin it around and send the wanderer into a proper ramble.