you're right... everyone just started talking about GreeceAqualung said:
... and I didn't say anything against it being more than 300
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... and I didn't say anything against it being more than 300
I wouldn't call Beowulf "noble." He only got involved with Grendel because his fellow humans were making so much noise at their perpetual drunken parties that the poor monster couldn't sleep. And then he tore his arm off, killed his mother, and wouldn't shut up about it until they made him king.Griever18 said:
And you should check out the Icelandic movie, Beowulf & Grendel. It handles the culture better, and has troll sex!
Yeah, Thor said that to Loki a lot, didn't he?NeutralDrow said:
Of course, knowing what Loki eventually pulls, I guess it really doesn't matter.
EDIT @topic: Can I say Jesus? OH, ho ho ho.
7 cities of Cibola, I guess I'm the only person who actually likes the legends and mysteries of the American West.
I grew up on Greek and Norse myths, and I gotta agree. Both sets of gods were assholes, of course, but the Norse tended towards "badass." With a few exceptions (Heracles, Hades, Athena, off the top of my head), the Greek gods and demigods were more often self-obsessed pricks.Chapper said:
I'm starting to look into Celtic mythology. And not just because of <url=http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7396/447s.jpg>these <url=http://fuc.wdfiles.com/local--files/0lancer/0lancer530.png>guys (<url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuchulain>I'm lying, <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarmuid_Ua_Duibhne>of course).
I'm kinda bad with remembering stuff from classes i've had, Helots were what Spartans called their slaves/lower class, right?Aqualung said:
and I'm a fan of The Iliad myself.
I like the myth of Procrustes.
Basically, Procrustes is this dude who has this castle or fortress or something sitting in the middle of a really long mountain pass; it's the only place to rest if you're travelling through it, so he gets a lot of strangers knocking on his door asking if they can pop in for a rest.
He always says yes, but beforehand invites his visitors to lay down on a bed. If they're too short for the bed (which women almost always are), he has them stretched out on the rack until they're tall enough. If they're too tall (which men almost always are), he has bits of them chopped off until they're short enough.
One day, along comes Theseus. He asks to stay overnight. Procrustes says "sure, just hop on this bed first." Theseus says, "naw, you hop on it." For some reason, Procrustes says "OK," hops on, and is too tall. Theseus chops off his head to make him short enough.
Basically, Procrustes is this dude who has this castle or fortress or something sitting in the middle of a really long mountain pass; it's the only place to rest if you're travelling through it, so he gets a lot of strangers knocking on his door asking if they can pop in for a rest.
He always says yes, but beforehand invites his visitors to lay down on a bed. If they're too short for the bed (which women almost always are), he has them stretched out on the rack until they're tall enough. If they're too tall (which men almost always are), he has bits of them chopped off until they're short enough.
One day, along comes Theseus. He asks to stay overnight. Procrustes says "sure, just hop on this bed first." Theseus says, "naw, you hop on it." For some reason, Procrustes says "OK," hops on, and is too tall. Theseus chops off his head to make him short enough.
the one about how spring came to be (the one where hades kidnaps the god of the harvest daughter)
on Ibn Battutas famous voyage he documented that while at see him and the crew passed by a island that suddenly moved and flew up into the air.
i dont know bout u but that would be fucking awsome
i dont know bout u but that would be fucking awsome
Well I actually read The Odyssey (not of my own free will though) and I must admit it is fairly impressive. So I guess my vote goes for that.
