rubl
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Post by rubl on Jul 18, 2017 21:32:09 GMT 7
As for swords and lakes "One aspect of this story in the Arthurian saga is singled out here because it seems to preserve a fairly well known Celtic custom of metal deposits in lakes and marshes if such interpretation of these finds is accurate. In the Celtic world, springs, lakes and marshes are liminal sacred places that are intermediary loci between, among others, the living and the dead. When Arthur’s legendary and to some extent magical sword Excalibur is returned to the Lady of the Lake, this is most likely an excerpted old echo of a longstanding Celtic votive ritual." web.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/cgi-bin/archaeolog/?p=181 |
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Post by Soutpeel on Jul 18, 2017 22:45:58 GMT 7
As for swords and lakes "One aspect of this story in the Arthurian saga is singled out here because it seems to preserve a fairly well known Celtic custom of metal deposits in lakes and marshes if such interpretation of these finds is accurate. In the Celtic world, springs, lakes and marshes are liminal sacred places that are intermediary loci between, among others, the living and the dead. When Arthur’s legendary and to some extent magical sword Excalibur is returned to the Lady of the Lake, this is most likely an excerpted old echo of a longstanding Celtic votive ritual." web.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/cgi-bin/archaeolog/?p=181Read about this connection before, but also liked the other theory of the swordsmiths and using water for the quench and temper of swords, as to primitives i guess taking soft steel, heating it up and queching in water to harden the metal would appear the water had majic powers |
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Post by rubl on Jul 18, 2017 23:41:32 GMT 7
As for swords and lakes "One aspect of this story in the Arthurian saga is singled out here because it seems to preserve a fairly well known Celtic custom of metal deposits in lakes and marshes if such interpretation of these finds is accurate. In the Celtic world, springs, lakes and marshes are liminal sacred places that are intermediary loci between, among others, the living and the dead. When Arthur’s legendary and to some extent magical sword Excalibur is returned to the Lady of the Lake, this is most likely an excerpted old echo of a longstanding Celtic votive ritual." web.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/cgi-bin/archaeolog/?p=181Read about this connection before, but also liked the other theory of the swordsmiths and using water for the quench and temper of swords, as to primitives i guess taking soft steel, heating it up and queching in water to harden the metal would appear the water had majic powers Both could be right. The swords out of stone and returning them to the Gods. Lots of swords were found in lakes and mores. |
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