Check Frazer's THE GOLDEN BOUGH
It may be in there.
Just a guess from something I read ages ago myself.

-----Original Message-----
From:   David Formanek [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:51 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: flax mythology

Can any of you linologists refer me to a Norse (?) legend about the
discovery
of the economic applications of flax? Something about a maiden or goddess
with blue eyes who metamorphosed or was otherwise associated with the blue
flowered plant? I read it embarassingly long ago and have been trying to
recall it for many  years.
Thanks.

David Formanek

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