Builders have stumbled on a Dark Ages site in Salzburg http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=12244 (Why do chance finders of archćological stuff always...
This is mostly aimed at earlier times, but does touch on the beginnings of the ASJ peiod, so I shall post it here... Pagans and Archaeology Saturday 27th June...
Some may be interested in the following talk at Treadwell's Bookshop 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB The Supernatural in the Nibelungenlied Dr Cyril...
Exploring Anglo-Saxon Farms (W G Hoskins Lecture 2009) Dr Ros Faith Saturday 16th May 2.30pm-4.00pm Ken Edwards Building Lecture Theatre 1 University of...
The Prittlewell Protest has achieved its aim, and Southend Council has abandoned its plan for a dual carriageway across the site http://tinyurl.com/ccl2ow...
In a message dated 22/04/2009 20:19:41 GMT Daylight Time, pucebody@... writes: Sonya There are quite a number of threads discussing dragons. Just type...
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May 2, 2009 9:07 am
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Sonya Glad you have found the threads. The worm or serpent is, or seems to me to be, rather different from the fire-breathing dragon. I have never been clear...
Hello Peter! About the 'fire-breathing dragon', I've just had another look at Beowulf (Penguin) and see that 'the smooth evil dragon swims through the gloom ...
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-Hello Sonya yes, but on the other hand the world serpent, you know the creature that encirles the world in Norse myth, doesnt seem to be what we would call as...
Your confidence in my knowledge is flattering but possibly misplaced! From memory, the world serpent is called Jormungandr, and nearly gets fished up by Thor...
Here be more Dragons. In the 'Tale of Sigemund' earlier in Beowulf (Ls.874-897) the dragon is called a 'wyrm' several times but also on one occasion it is...
Hello Harry! Thanks for the information As to 'there being no mention of a fire-breathing dragon, as I said in my last e.mail: ' About the 'fire-breathing ...
In a message dated 09/05/2009 14:12:50 GMT Daylight Time, pucebody@... writes: One of the questions she should have asked is 'why isn't the south of ...
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A suspected Viking-era ship has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Vanern. http://www.thelocal.se/19342/20090508/...
... Freedom Association is launching a Wessex Branch, covering Hampshire and Wiltshire, in Bournemouth on 27th May at the Wessex Hotel, West Cliff Road, ...
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Cornell University is making "Islandica", its series of Icelandic and Norse studies, available online at http://tinyurl.com/pz5hb4 At present, this comprises...
I have a number of questions for my fellow-gesithas. Only you knowledgeable folk are likely to be able to answer. I've read various reviews of this 2-part...
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