Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Anastasia

(St.) Her attributes are a stake and faggots, with a palm branch in her hand. The allusion is, of course, to her martyrdom at the stake.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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