tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7121009461723148379..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Wyrd And Providence - Part IIAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68804769519888157582010-02-03T22:15:24.193-05:002010-02-03T22:15:24.193-05:00I have read it. I was trying to remember the name...I have read it. I was trying to remember the name of it, as it captures very neatly the persistence of hidden paganism. I think it parallels the Tam Lin story (which also see).Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-37962111196653374162010-02-03T19:45:46.239-05:002010-02-03T19:45:46.239-05:00Try reading The Perilous Gard By Elizabeth Pope wh...Try reading The Perilous Gard By Elizabeth Pope which deals with the new and the old ways meeting in a corner of Elizabethan England.Assistant Village Idiot's wifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72774134067074248352010-02-02T20:54:38.068-05:002010-02-02T20:54:38.068-05:00Even now, I'm running into references to the N...Even now, I'm running into references to the Nordic rendering of Fate/Wyrd elsewhere, and I'm wondering if it is a fully-evolved destiny, or a narrow set of possibilities.<br /><br />I'm also wondering if any of the men who talked and wrote poetry about Fate had the philosophical acumen to ask the question.<br /><br />I do know that when heroic tales are told, the Hero is said to be fated to do Great Deeds...but the doing of the Deed, and the troubles brought up along the way, and the decisions the Hero makes aren't considered the work of Fate.<br /><br />Even if the story-teller hints at the Hero's Fate before he finishes the story, the story is gripping because the audience believes that the Hero has some ability to decide how the Fate will play out.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.com