According to legend, Edmund, the king of East Anglia from 855, was martyred in 869 by the Danes, who are said to have tied him to a tree in the woods, shot him with arrows, and then decapitated him for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. After his death, as his followers searched for his body, they heard Edmund’s severed head calling, “Here! Here! Here!” The voice led them to a wolf, which was protecting Edmund’s body from predators. When Edmund’s men placed the king’s head near his body, it miraculously reattached itself.
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