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Performance of epics etc. - Old English Community
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Performance of epics etc. Dear fellow Anglo-Saxonist aficionados,. Could anyone advise me on some reading about how poetry was actually performed, i.e. the surrounding, the context, the location (obviously this is the mead-hall), especially the food and drink and the kinds of social and magical rituals that may have accompanied it. Many thanks! December 23rd, 2010 03:26 pm (UTC). The main ritual seems to have been telling people to shut up and listen (the notorious "Hwaet! The comments I was thinking of:...
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Speculum - do you subscribe? - Old English Community
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Speculum - do you subscribe? Hello academics and students,. It's been a while since anyone posted in this community - actually, it was me some 6 months ago, so let me try to bring some good vibes back to this page, and also hopefully, get some help with one issue I have. I really don't know what is happening: whether MA is begrudging the extra costs, or the books really are getting lost. My question is: dear all, what IS in the Speculum issues of end of 2009 thru 2010 (and 2011?
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11 февраля - МАСЛЕНИЦА с Белорыбицей! Будут угощения...: folklore
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11 февраля - МАСЛЕНИЦА с Белорыбицей! 11 февраля (четверг) пройдет большой праздник Масленицы в клубе ТАНЦЫ. Группа Белорыбица с масленичными песнями. Народные танцы и игры для взрослых и детей (кстати, детям до 12 лет вход свободный). Ряженые, и в первую очередь наша любимая Лошадь. Танцевально-световой номер от Spirit of Fire, одной из старейших питерских школ огненных искусств, символизирующий сожжение Масленицы. Интерактивный спектакль Петрушка от театра "Папьемашенники". Начало праздника в 19 часов.
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Circle of earth: mythology
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Dear scholars and students,. I have a question about the nature of the concept of the circle of earth (heaven), which we find in Old English under the name ymbhwyrft (simply circle) and in Old Norse under heimskringla (as in the name for Snorri's famous book). Could you please think of the ways this concept may have originated? Does it have anything to do with Christianity, or possibly Greek philosophy? I am reasonably sure that this is not part of the Germanic pagan world model. Post a new comment.
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Dear all, I've been wondering about this: have any of you, in your…: mythology
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Dear all, I've been wondering about this: have any of you, in your work/reading on mythology, come across the motive of the bull and four springs? The symbolism of the bull and the springs in their separate contexts is well attested, but do you know of a context where these occur TOGETHER? Thanks for your kind advice, Mel. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post.
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.old gods never die. they simply get recycled. You all know their…: mythology
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The mytho mods (. Old gods never die. they simply get recycled. You all know their myths, when they were influential and absolute, but what comes around goes around - karma came knocking at their doors and these Gods died. Subjected to a higher power, they have lived again, and again - only shadows of their former selves. God shells with only a fraction of their original power. They bleed and die like mortals, but are not quite that. But no one is quite sure of what. Apps and Reserves- Open.
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Dear all, I've been wondering about this: have any of you, in your…: folklore
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Dear all, I've been wondering about this: have any of you, in your work/reading on mythology, come across the motive of the bull and four springs? The symbolism of the bull and the springs in their separate contexts is well attested, but do you know of a context where these occur TOGETHER? Thanks for your kind advice, Mel. Post a new comment. Comments allowed for members only. Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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Looking for interest in a new community: folklore
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Looking for interest in a new community. If anyone would be interested or has more than a passing interest in the works of George Macdonald, John Ruskin, Charles Kingsley, Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter, etc then let me know. If I can get enough interest I will create the community and provide talking points. Post a new comment. Comments allowed for members only. Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post.
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a new book - Living Myth: Exploring Archeytpal Journeys: mythology
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A new book - Living Myth: Exploring Archeytpal Journeys. Over the last few years I’ve explored the difference between myths (which are how cultures teach their members to be good members of them) and archetype (how people actually live the stories of mythic figures). In other words, there is a giant gap between how we’re told we should live Lilith and how we actually can. Living Myth: Exploring Archetypal Journeys. In each chapter, I go into the story as we’ve received it and show how the cultural ...
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Quote from Beowulf - Old English Community
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Has anyone who has studied Beowulf at length come across the phrase in the original text that runs something like 'the poet combines words not by whim, but in truth'? This was cited by another researcher and I just borrowed the line (translated), which was good in the context of my paper, but now that I need to verify it, I need to scour the whole of the OE text of Beowulf for it, which is time-consuming at the final editing stage! Any tips welcome :). April 18th, 2011 11:14 am (UTC). Those are the lines...
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