Norse mythology part II: A war and the consequences thereof.

[Mirc]

Though this is an old thread, I feel the need to comment. I've always been interested in Norse mythology, and in general in mythology, but I've never read anywhere such an accessible article about this. Thanks for writing it.

 

[thetrooper]

Mirc: the first part is here.

 

[Richard Cribb]

Remember the punishment handed out to you: Norse Mythology Part III. Deadline Christmas!

OK, since there is still some interest I'l see what to do. I would probably benefit from some tedious work anyway considering my planned megapost about postmodernism.

@Rambuchan: I'm lost for words.

And so would John Dowland, that I can assure you...

 

[Rambuchan]

Who is this John Dowland you speak of? And, will he be appearing in Part III?

 

[Richard Cribb]

Who is this John Dowland you speak of?

Please tell me that you are joking!

And, will he be appearing in Part III?

If I ever manage to squeeze the archetypical melancholic Tudor lutenist into any text without seriously exceeding the reasonable degree of absurdity, rest assured that I will.

 

[Mirc]

I play quite a few pieces by John Dowland... And they are very nice, I like them a lot, unfortunately they are not difficult enough to play them in contests.

 

[Rambuchan]

Please tell me that you are joking!

I'm joking [/blatant lies]

My heavy duty musical nerdery is from another century altogether, old fruity.

If I ever manage to squeeze the archetypical melancholic Tudor lutenist into any text without seriously exceeding the reasonable degree of absurdity, rest assured that I will.

I look forward to it!

But seriously, will there be another section coming then? I'd love to know more and something tells me I'm not alone.

 

[Richard Cribb]

I'm joking [/blatant lies]

My heavy duty musical nerdery is from another century altogether, old fruity.

Point taken, laddie.
Look here, then:http://www.johndowland.de/

I look forward to it!

But seriously, will there be another section coming then? I'd love to know more and something tells me I'm not alone.

It might come in time, but not before I am guaranteed no more blackouts. Only yesterday I was in the middle of a very long post on postmodernism when my screen turned black.

 

[Leifmk]

(I'm sorry, but I'm not sure about the correct term to use here: were the Sagas written in Old Norse?)

That would be the correct term; most of the surviving texts were written down in Iceland during the 12th through 14th centuries, at which time the difference between the Icelandic tongue and the mainland Scandinavian ones were still on the dialect level.

 

[EquinoxOmega]

Thanks, thats a great article!