From: D M McNamara (D.M.McNamara@durham.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 17 Jul 1996 - 12:27:11 EEST
When i went to the tynwald it persistently rained - it would have been
a good opportunity for me to scream my existential bleakness at the
uncaring heavens, but i was hungover at the time.
I once went on an archaeology field trip to the isle of mann.
Unfortunately i cannot remember much now....germans were imprisoned there
during the war, and the german archaeologist gerhard bersu dug a few
mounds....they were pretty uninspiring compared to danish stuff...One
interesting sit is the 'Braaid' - it consists of a couple of bow sided
halls on the side of this hill. To my horror i noticed that a stream ran
straight through the centre of one of them. I hope it wasn't there during
the viking period. Apathy prevents me from remembering anymore.
Personally i think it is pointless to try and say what the saxons were
most based on. As i have said before, your opinion most likely depends on
your 'affinity' for particular cultures. In non-british countries, i
imagine 'celts' are the order of the day, as celtic nationalism is
generally strongest there...i imagine many scandinavians would like to
think of them as resembling vikings...perhaps many british people think
of them as saxons. In many supplements, different views of orlanthi are
being pushed. having said this, i do believe that the viking hypothesis
is far less likely -0 the vikings were far too sophisticated (as were the
late saxons for that matter) to be conflated with 'orlanthiness.'
Perhaps what we should have done was strongly avoid RW motifs in the
beginning, but i suppose that is precisely what attracts people to
orlanthi scum, er, noble warriors.
sorry about my burbling, its too early for me, and i feel dizzy.
Dominic.
PS. I have already sacrificed 3 POW to the RMM in the desperate hope that
things like 'borderlands' will return....
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