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 Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:01 pm
Hooray! The book for this however long is an epic from Finnish mythology. We're using an old translation because you can read it here if you don't have a copy (my guess is most of us don't). Go go discussion!
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:15 pm
Reading the introduction, I loved this quote from Tacitus:
""The Finns are extremely wild, and live in abject poverty. They have no arms, no horses, no dwellings; they live on herbs, they clothe themselves in skins, and they sleep on the ground. "
It took me far too long to work out he meant "weapons". I had this image of Finnish people running around with no arms. xd
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:11 am
Sanguina Cruenta It took me far too long to work out he meant "weapons". I had this image of Finnish people running around with no arms. xd I'll try to get some reading done by the end of the weekend. My dad is in town though, so don't know how far I'll get.
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:50 am
ncsweet Sanguina Cruenta It took me far too long to work out he meant "weapons". I had this image of Finnish people running around with no arms. xd I'll try to get some reading done by the end of the weekend. My dad is in town though, so don't know how far I'll get. There's so much in this saga that it's best digested in small chunks. smile Enjoy your holidays!
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:59 pm
I'll get to this as soon as I can but the next few days are crazy busy with family events.
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:47 pm
Guys, it's cool xd Everyone tends to be busy this time of year. Take your time!
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:31 pm
Yes, but this year is busier than I've ever had. I've done two Yule rituals and one holiday party with the last two day devoted to holiday baking, three straight days of Christmas events coming, then my birthday and then new years. It really does feel like the twelve days of Christmas this year. I'm used to maybe three events over the course of the month.
Anyway, I really want to get started on this. The post to say I can't yet was more out of excitement and frustration than anything else.
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:09 pm
Love the Kalevala; started reading it some years ago.(:
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:12 pm
I have started reading! Not very far in yet, but I have started!
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:19 pm
I'm still, like, halfway through the introduction >.> xd
It's good so far but I'm eager to get through the intro and start reading it properly.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:12 am
lol well, I guess since I don't have to have a hard copy of the book rolleyes I might as well join in and read some. I've never been much of an epics-guru, but I'll give it a shot.
I will start reading it later tonight and try and read through a bit of it every day.
I'll post up later tonight about it too.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:22 pm
I've started reading and have made it through... uhh... two giant blocks of text that are almost impossible to read sweatdrop .
lol it's pretty interesting though. Very confusing....
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:42 pm
I'm going to start it tonight; I want to be a part of the book club. And I don't want to start Beowulf yet. Productive procrastination!
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:40 pm
Oooo, Beowulf! Which translation?
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:44 pm
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