From: Joerg Baumgartner (joe@toppoint.de)
Date: Wed 02 Jul 1997 - 23:00:00 EEST
Alex
>David Dunham says, of Saxons, Celts and Nordics:
>> Well, they all made knotwork designs with biting animals, didn't they?
>What, the Celtic Thread of Life, and Grasping Beasts? The others
>must have shamelessly copied 'em -- sue those cultures at once! ;-)
They tried, after Lindisfarne and the establishment of places like Dublin,
but evidently lost. At least Dublin still is there...
It is true that from the later 9th century on Viking woodcarving displayed
some definitely homespun variations on Irish knotwork. Both lions stretched
to incredible length and forms, and certain plants. The Oseberg find has
some particularly nice examples.
But then, maybe the knotwork was the reason why they went for the Caledonian
monasteries the first time...
>> (Of course, it being Glorantha, distillation probably creates the
>> environment for the alcohol spirits to flourish.)
>Or if you listen to the scaremongers, involves Summon Tanien.
Note that one of the known dyonysic cults (Lodril) knows spells like
"Suppress Oakfed". Why not "Suppress Tanien" as well?
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