This week's word-hoard feature: protervity, frampold, and snash.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Myths, symbolism, and folklore
"This is a symbol for the sun god on an Assyrian stone sculpture from about 850 B.C. This sign was one of the attributes of the national god Assur."
Learn more at symbols.com
"This is a symbol for the sun god on an Assyrian stone sculpture from about 850 B.C. This sign was one of the attributes of the national god Assur."
Learn more at symbols.com
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Laurel
Myths, folklore, and symbolism
Laurel: Like all evergreen plants, it is an immortality symbol. In antiquity it was believed to be physically and morally cleansing. The power of granting poetic inspiration and prophecy was also ascribed to it; in addition, it was thought to protect one from lightning. It was sacred principally to Apollo. It first appeared in the context of triumphal processions because of the cleansing powers ascribed to it; people wanted to cleanse themselves of the blood spilled in war. Later it became a symbol of victory, triumph, and the immortality granted by victory. In this sense it was also used as a decoration, usually in a wreath, for outstanding accomplishments in the sciences and the arts, especially the literary arts. (Herder)
Laurel: Like all evergreen plants, it is an immortality symbol. In antiquity it was believed to be physically and morally cleansing. The power of granting poetic inspiration and prophecy was also ascribed to it; in addition, it was thought to protect one from lightning. It was sacred principally to Apollo. It first appeared in the context of triumphal processions because of the cleansing powers ascribed to it; people wanted to cleanse themselves of the blood spilled in war. Later it became a symbol of victory, triumph, and the immortality granted by victory. In this sense it was also used as a decoration, usually in a wreath, for outstanding accomplishments in the sciences and the arts, especially the literary arts. (Herder)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Fairy Loaves
Myths, folklore, and symbolism
Fairy Loaves: A name for fossil sea-urchins, because their plump domed shape, with five lines at the apex, resembles a small round loaf. They are found in chalky downland; they were said to be lucky, and whoever finds one should spit on it and toss it over his left shoulder. In Suffolk, where they were usually polished with black led, it was said people who kept one in the house would never lack bread. They were also called shepherd's crowns, and were sometimes used as thunderstones. (Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore)
Do you know of fairy loaf folklore from other countries?
Fairy Loaves: A name for fossil sea-urchins, because their plump domed shape, with five lines at the apex, resembles a small round loaf. They are found in chalky downland; they were said to be lucky, and whoever finds one should spit on it and toss it over his left shoulder. In Suffolk, where they were usually polished with black led, it was said people who kept one in the house would never lack bread. They were also called shepherd's crowns, and were sometimes used as thunderstones. (Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore)
Do you know of fairy loaf folklore from other countries?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Author Soundtrack: Mark Teppo
My podcast interview with author Mark Teppo is now live over at the Writers and Soundtracks blog. Check it out!
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Word Hoard: prullick, fuffle, ahoight
This week's word-hoard feature: prullick, fuffle, and ahoight.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Myths, folklore & symbolism
"An American Indian sign from a rock carving in the US. Its meaning is not known, but it might be connected to thunderstorms."
Get the full story at symbols.com.
"An American Indian sign from a rock carving in the US. Its meaning is not known, but it might be connected to thunderstorms."
Get the full story at symbols.com.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Completely awesome time-sink
At wordle.net you can take bits of stories (or random words) and turn them into art. Here's a few of mine:
Speedwell
Myths, folklore, and symbolism
Speedwell (Veronica): In most varieties it is a blue-blossomed herb of the figwort family. The Latin name possibly derives from the Greek word berenike (bringer of victory); later the pun vera unica medicina was formed and thus symbologically related the plant to Christ as the "single, true medicine." Since speedwell supposedly drew lightning, people avoided bringing it indoors. (Herder)
Speedwell (Veronica): In most varieties it is a blue-blossomed herb of the figwort family. The Latin name possibly derives from the Greek word berenike (bringer of victory); later the pun vera unica medicina was formed and thus symbologically related the plant to Christ as the "single, true medicine." Since speedwell supposedly drew lightning, people avoided bringing it indoors. (Herder)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Primroses
Myths, folklore, and symbolism
Primroses: These flowers were believed to affect luck in poultry rearing, presumably because primroses and chicks are both bright yellow ('like affects like'). From the mid-19th century to within living memory, children were warned never to bring fewer than thirteen primroses into the house, for this was the optimum number for a clutch of chicks, and fewer primroses meant fewer eggs would hatch. It was sometimes further believed that giving someone a single primrose, or bringing one indoors, would cause death. (Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore)
Do you know of primrose folklore from other countries?
Primroses: These flowers were believed to affect luck in poultry rearing, presumably because primroses and chicks are both bright yellow ('like affects like'). From the mid-19th century to within living memory, children were warned never to bring fewer than thirteen primroses into the house, for this was the optimum number for a clutch of chicks, and fewer primroses meant fewer eggs would hatch. It was sometimes further believed that giving someone a single primrose, or bringing one indoors, would cause death. (Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore)
Do you know of primrose folklore from other countries?
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Author Interview: Ekaterina Sedia
The full text of my interview with Ekaterina Sedia, author of THE SECRET HISTORY OF MOSCOW and THE ALCHEMY OF STONE is live at the Writers and Soundtracks blog.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Love this ColourLovers blog post about polychromed statuary from Greece and Rome!
The works are being exhibited at Harvard's Sackler Museum and the Getty Villa in Malibu. There's a similar misconception about medieval cathedrals as well - that they were meant to be austere and monochrome, but that's clearly not the case (see the St. Catherine column at Vézelay and St. Faith's chapel at Westminster, among so many others).
So. Which do you find more beautiful - the austerity that time has given these places and pieces, or imagining the (relative) explosion of color of the original buildings/sculptures?
The works are being exhibited at Harvard's Sackler Museum and the Getty Villa in Malibu. There's a similar misconception about medieval cathedrals as well - that they were meant to be austere and monochrome, but that's clearly not the case (see the St. Catherine column at Vézelay and St. Faith's chapel at Westminster, among so many others).
So. Which do you find more beautiful - the austerity that time has given these places and pieces, or imagining the (relative) explosion of color of the original buildings/sculptures?
The Word Hoard: twelfindus, devove, ganch
This week's word-hoard feature: twelfindus, devove, and ganch..
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Link Round-Up
I want to point out some very cool blogs that I've added recently that I think y'all might enjoy:
So. Any blogs out there you think I should be reading?
- Catrina Horsfield makes gorgeous art of the fantastic and folkloric. It's dreamy and absolutely gorgeous.
- Jeff Sypeck's Quid Plura? is a blog after my own heart - references to medieval saints and Nickel Creek on the same page? WIN. Definitely check out his photo essay on the shrine to St. Roch in New Orleans' Ninth Ward.
- Unlocked Wordhoard is the online home of Richard Nokes, a professor of medieval literature at Troy University. His Morning Medieval Miscellany is always enlightening. And of course, I love the name of his blog. :)
So. Any blogs out there you think I should be reading?
Friday, June 13, 2008
Myths, folklore, and symbolism
"An ideogram from the Middle Ages representing a conventionalized map of the world. The vertical line signified the Mediterranean, the horizontal line to the left represented the river Nile, and that to the right, the river Don. The right upper section was Europe, the left represented Africa, and the lower half circle Asia. The point in the middle of this lower sector stands for Jerusalem."
Learn more at symbols.com.
"An ideogram from the Middle Ages representing a conventionalized map of the world. The vertical line signified the Mediterranean, the horizontal line to the left represented the river Nile, and that to the right, the river Don. The right upper section was Europe, the left represented Africa, and the lower half circle Asia. The point in the middle of this lower sector stands for Jerusalem."
Learn more at symbols.com.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Author Soundtrack: Ekaterina Sedia
I chatted with Ekaterina Sedia, author of The Secret History of Moscow for this week's Writers & Soundtracks podcast. Check it out!
Monday, June 09, 2008
The Word Hoard: potamic, scaturigenous, and ostiary.
This week's word-hoard feature: potamic, scaturigenous, and ostiary..
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Friday, June 06, 2008
Myths, symbolism, and folklore
"One of the many signs used to represent gold by the alchemists."
Learn more at symbols.com
"One of the many signs used to represent gold by the alchemists."
Learn more at symbols.com
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Looking for Authors
(cross-posted from Writers & Soundtracks blog)
I've got a great slate of authors and soundtracks lined up for the summer and fall - I hope you'll enjoy listening to the podcasts as much as I enjoy doing them!
I am looking for additional authors to round out the schedule for fall/winter. If you are interested, or would like to suggest an author, please email writersoundtracks at gmail dot com. I'm happy to get information on authors in any genre, but am right now particularly interested in literary/mainstream, mystery/thriller, and historical.
Thanks everyone!
I've got a great slate of authors and soundtracks lined up for the summer and fall - I hope you'll enjoy listening to the podcasts as much as I enjoy doing them!
I am looking for additional authors to round out the schedule for fall/winter. If you are interested, or would like to suggest an author, please email writersoundtracks at gmail dot com. I'm happy to get information on authors in any genre, but am right now particularly interested in literary/mainstream, mystery/thriller, and historical.
Thanks everyone!
Turquoise
Myths, symbolism, and folklore
turquoise: It is a decorative blue to blue-green stone symbolically associated in many Indian cultures with the sun and with fire. It is used in the Orient as an amulet. (Herder)
turquoise: It is a decorative blue to blue-green stone symbolically associated in many Indian cultures with the sun and with fire. It is used in the Orient as an amulet. (Herder)
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Author Interview: Catherine Schaff-Stump
My interview with author Catherine Schaff-Stump is now up over at the Writers & Soundtracks blog. http://writersoundtracks.blogspot.com
Monday, June 02, 2008
The Word-Hoard: glonders, clunch, and chunter
This week's word-hoard feature: glonders, clunch, and chunter.
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