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Are Greek gods just automatically camptastic? There's been a long history of insanely goofy movies about Hercules, Zeus, Perseus and other Hellenistic bruisers... Something about taking the already-ludicrous "sword and sandal" genre and adding shouty gods to the mix just lends itself to extreme inappropriateness. Here are

The 10 Most God-Awful Movies About Greek Mythology

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p.s. bet reāli gribas noskatīties. zinu tikai #5 :@

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Atraktīva, izglītojoši izklaidējoša rakstura mitoloģijas vietne.

Katru rītu pateiks, kura dievība šodien jākarakuģo, kā arī vēl šo to interesantu:

Novērtējot apmaksātam lietotājam pieejamās iespējas, izveidoju sindicēto kontu savam mitoloģisko bilžu žurnālam (RSS). Ja interesē, bet besī iet atsevišķi uz tumblr, kā arī nav iebildumu pret visādiem nezvēriem, okultiem simboliem, garā apsēstiem cilvēkiem, patosu un kosmosu (ar mūsdienām, dabas bildēm un pornogrāfiju neaizraujos, bet gaumīgs kailums mēdz būt nereti) savā trendlistē apmēram 12 reizes dienā :D, abonēt var kaut kur šeit:

anathemantra


p.s. tiesa, baro gan man vēl neizprastā kārtībā (mātes vietnē rindoju daudzmaz loģiskā secībā - ja ne tematiski, tad vizuāli)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan

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Fauns and Sleeping Nymph by Arnold Böcklin (1884)

(Esmu sajūsmā par viņu sejas izteiksmēm.)


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Nympholepsy

. a frenzy supposed by ancient peoples to have been induced by nymphs

. a demonic enthusiasm held by the ancients to seize one bewitched by a nymph

. an ecstatic variety of demonic possession believed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs

. in ancient times, a state of frenzy that was believed to seize any man who looked at a nymph

. a frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable

. a state of violent emotion, esp when associated with a desire for something one cannot have

. a violent emotional state arising as from frustrated idealism

. a wild frenzy caused by desire for an unattainable ideal

. an emotional frenzy

. a frenzy of emotion


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♫ Seven Pines - Ombres II
 no dubultplates Nympholept (tāpēc arī tas viss, ja)

Seven Pines ir lieliskā Gaë Bolg/Ērika Rodžera sānuprojekts. Nepelnīti mazpazīstams

Kamēr nav par vēlu, patīšu atpakaļ, kāpēc iepriekšējais bija par tēmu...



Bet vispirms jāiepiļī šis - laikam viens no visu laiku lipīgākajiem vikingmetāla intrō,
tā vien gribas uz riņķi vien klausīties (to arī daru):

Einherjer - Einherjermarsjen


The Wild Hunt

The Wild Hunt is a story common around Yule time. It is the story of Odin leading a wild entourage through the winter night sky complete with howling dogs, riding his eight-legged Sleipnir and followed by a host of other Einherjar and hangers-on. Of the lore about Odin, it is perhaps the most interesting and survives in some surprising forms to this day.

In its basic form, any of the nights between Yule and twelfth-night are probable times for this wild procession. It is told that on those cold, snowy, winter nights, what starts as a small breeze turns into a sudden hurricane as the storm of the hunt passes by. Occasionally, it may take the souls of those who don’t give it due respect.

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Children would often anticipate this event each Yule by placing their boots or stockings by the fireplace with offerings of carrots or hay for Sleipnir. In return, Odin would leave them candy presents.

So each cold Yule evening, when the wind picks up to a howl, remember that Jolnir, Odin himself, could be passing by at that moment. When you see the modern renditions of Santa arriving by sleigh, remember that at its core, we are seeing a non-Heathen representation of Odin bringing blessings on his Wild Hunt.

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The comparison of Berserkers with wolves (they are referred to as "wolf-coats" in Hrafnsmal) makes them symbolically dead - wolves are synonymous in Old English with outlaws and criminals, who are considered socially 'dead' - so we are able to see how they could be associated with Odin’s wolves or dogs in the Wild Hunt.

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Until the beginning of the 20th century, young men in Norway enacted the Wild Hunt at Winter Solstice. Costumed and masked, their task was to punish those who violated the rural traditions, usually by stealing beer and livestock. If the riders were given food and drink, however, they brought prosperity.


Palasīt vēl un vēl
(es saprotu, ka tu nelasīsi, to es sev)


p.s. Skonto Būve! :D

Sānceļos no semināra briedinājumiem...

Loki's origins and role in Norse mythology have been much debated by scholars. In 1835, Jacob Grimm was first to produce a major theory about Loki, in which he advanced the notion of Loki as a "god of fire". In 1889, Sophus Bugge theorized Loki to be variant of Lucifer of Christian mythology, an element of Bugge's larger effort to find a basis of Christianity in Norse mythology. After World War II, four scholarly theories dominated. The first of the four theories is that of Folke Ström, who in 1956 concluded that Loki is a hypostasis of the god Odin. In 1959, Jan de Vries theorized that Loki is a typical example of a trickster figure. In 1961, by way of excluding all non-Scandinavian mythological parallels in her analysis, Anna Birgitta Rooth concluded that Loki was originally a spider. Anne Holtsmark, writing in 1962, concluded that no conclusion could be made about Loki.

via jk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

no iecienītākās mitoloģijas vietnes

upd. http://valoda.ailab.lv/folklora/ticejumi/vilks.htm

Par godu lokālā Beovulfa svētkiem nedaudz pastaigājos internetā...

Most societies seem to have epic heroes and events that define them as they like to see themselves. Bearslayer is patriotic, brave, strong, tough, loyal, wise, fair, and virtuous, and he loves nature. He embodies the strengths and virtues of the Latvian folk in a legendary age of greatness, before they were subjugated and corrupted by "Strangers".




Šeit redzams Latvijas armijas smagā tipa bruņotais automobilis „LĀČPLĒSIS” un tā apkalpe 1919. gada rudenī jeb arhetipa militārindustriālā manifestācija.

Vēl sastapu nacionālromantisko, homoerotisko, dionīsisko, atlētisko, pēdējo, kaut kādu farsu un ar to arī pietika - atgriezos pie saknēm, pareizāk sakot, tā, kas pašam tuvākais, - tulkojuma (c) 2005, Arthur Cropley

Bet te sev iekopēju summāriju angliski. Lai gan draugu listēs šis ieraksts neparādās, bez lj-cut iztikt neatļaušos:

( There is no other work in Latvian literature whose story has penetrated mass consciousness as deeply or resounded as richly in literature and art as Bearslayer. )

Arnold Böcklin, Fauns svilpo strazdam, 1875.

Man izdotos gandrīz tāpat, tikai radīšanas vietā es atražoju. Kad apnīk, sakiet...