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survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 22, 2014 - 12:54pm PT
What a great and ancient tale. It's 1500 plus years old. Who knows where the beginning was.

With so many of our great "fairy tales" drawing bits from it.


Wagner, Tolkien, (Arthur)Sword And The Stone, (Thorn prick)Sleeping Beauty, (Magic apple)Snow White and more?



Discuss.



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survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2014 - 01:54pm PT
BTW, I'm no expert, just a fan of a great story.

I have known, but "not known" of this saga for decades. To find out about this now, and what I've been missing, makes me feel like a n00b and that my teachers and guides missed something.


Apparently y'all need to do a little learning too?



survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2014 - 04:01pm PT
Holy stinking jockstrap of Odin, it's a European saga cultural wasteland here Batman!!!
looks easy from here

climber
Ben Lomond, CA
Aug 22, 2014 - 04:06pm PT
Hey! It's summer vacation. Quit tryin' to make me learn sumthin!
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2014 - 04:27pm PT
Damn, that was a good post!!









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Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Aug 22, 2014 - 09:09pm PT
What a great and ancient tale.
Yeah, what a great tail. Huh? (skitch's thread)
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Aug 22, 2014 - 09:23pm PT
Yeah butt! BITD I suffered through a translation of Beowuf.

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

Aren't those Nordic sagas all about the same?



Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Aug 22, 2014 - 11:39pm PT
Aw shite, Bruce I love that stuff. I'm just on here later than you. I imagine the truth that these myths evolve from probably go back farther than we think.
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2014 - 07:45am PT
Aren't those Nordic sagas all about the same?


Kind of like all climbs are the same, eh?
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