AN ELIZABETHAN ZODIAC - MUTABILITIE CANTOS
This is my own translation of a snippet from the Mutabilitie Cantos, Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic. Here we have a parade of the months and Western zodiac signs, each sign with the month when it's...
View ArticleANALYSIS OF SPENSER'S MUTABILITIE CANTOS
The first month to proceed is March, most closely affiliated with war, and hence with epic. He is armed as a warrior, yet curiously sows the earth as he proceeds, generating not the glory and heroism...
View ArticleWULF AND EADWACER: SAXON, FROM THE EXETER BOOK
This is an old elegiac poem from Saxon times, found in the Exeter book. The name Eadwacer is pronounced "OWD-watcher," while Wulf is pronounced like wolf. Fens are wetlands. The "pup" is obviously the...
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IN MEMORIAM GUSTAVI ADOLPHI - MMXXII
To the memory of Gustavus Adolphus Karlsson of Vasa*Nyköping, Sweden, 9th of December 1594 + Lützen, Saxony, 6th of November 1632His spouse Mary Eleanor (next to the throne), their daughter Christina...
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MUNDO DEL AMOR (SOAP WITHIN A SHOW)
NARRATOR: Previously on Mundo del Amor…(PAUSE)NARRATOR: One-eyed orphan, Alejandro,is thrownout of the orphanage for being different.Rejected by all, Alejandro lives alonein the streetsof...
View ArticleOWL HUSBANDS, REBECCA'S CAMELS, THE 7TH COMMANDMENT
The title of this post has to do with errata that crop up in some editions of sacred texts, the Holy Books of Judaism and Christianity in particular. Wherever there have been printing presses, or...
View ArticleTHE FOUR HORSEMEN OF DARK SUBJECT MATERIAL
There are, in my own humble opinion, four main criteria necessary to make a fiction extremely dark and edgy, or unsuitable for people below their mid-teens, which is the same. Since there are four of...
View ArticleOrigen de la palabra "tino"
Origen de la palabra TINO, empleada sobre todo cuando no lo hay. Dos ejemplos:(Los leñadores) cortaron los árboles sin tino (un libro de texto).Con (…) berza, castaña (el cerdo de la lechera)...
View ArticleEL SIGNIFICADO DEL ASEREJÉ
Quien haya nacido y crecido millennial (y yo vi la luz del día en ese año prodigioso con Expo y Olimpiadas que fue para España el 1992, cortesía de Colón) recordará un año de su niñez con el debut de...
View ArticleDRAGON STUDY DAY - MMXXII UPDATE
DRAGON STUDY DAYOriginal song: Dragostea din tei (Love Beneath the Linden), O-ZoneMisheard lyrics, first translated by Miss Dermark on the 1st of June MMXV, updated by Miss Dermark on the 25th of...
View ArticleFOUR TUNA IN PEAR OF TRICKS, MONDAY
FOUR TUNA IN PEAR OF TRICKS, MONDAYor,SOMETHING OLD, AND SOMETHING NEW, (BORROWED FROM THE CARMINA BURANA)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i. the oldOH, FOUR TUNAOriginal...
View ArticleTHE CATTLE OF THE SUN (ODYSSEY)
The Cattle of the SunA Little Known Cautionary Tale from the OdysseyRetold by Carlos Goñi, translated by Sandra Dermark (27th of November, 2022)Times of plenty call for one kind of self-discipline (as...
View ArticleHANS BRIX OM SNEDRONNINGEN 4. HISTORIE / SNOW QUEEN 4TH STORY
Hans Brix om Snedronningens fjerde Historie, "Prins og Prinsesse"Under Udformningen af Grantræet — 4 Dec. 1844 — havde han (HC Andersen), som ovenfor vist, bestemt sig til at sammentrænge »Klods-Hans«...
View ArticleTHEME SERIAL KILLERS AND OTHELLO
A Theme Serial Killer, according to TV Tropes, has to pattern his kills after a famous set, like the seven deadly sins, or a work of fiction. The killer will choose victims who match up with the set...
View ArticleKALLE ANKAS JUL - UTVECKLING OCH CENSUR
VARJE JULAFTON KLOCKAN TRE... ...har Disneys julspecialare From All of Us to All of You, mer känd i Norden som Kalle Anka och hans Vänner (Kalle har huvudroll i "Djungelns pajas", delad huvudroll i...
View ArticleHUMPTY DUMPTY EN ESPAÑOL
EL HUEVO ROTO A la muralla el huevo trepó.De la muralla el huevo cayó.Y todos los hombres de Su Majestadnunca pudieron al huevo ensamblar. (Canción infantil inglesa, "Humpty Dumpty".Traducción de...
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ARITSAR HAS MADE IT TO SPAIN!!!
Raybearer, now translated and titled Radiante, I saw it in bookshops here in Spain!! Bienvenides a Aritsar, todes quienes no lo conocéis (y quienes queréis explorar este mundo un poco antes de...
View ArticleTHE TOOTH FAIRY COUNTRY IN HOGFATHER...
...is, for a good reason, similar to toddlers' crayon drawings/paintings. Because it has been created from the minds of toddlers. That is also why Death is powerless there, because toddlers cannot...
View ArticleWHY TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
"Pleasure and action make the hours seem short," says Iago in Shakespeare's Othello. For coming from the mouth of a villain, this is one of the great truths of life. But are there any biochemical...
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TSQ-IV LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!!
The edition of The Snow Queen I have wished for and will get for Wise Men's or 31st birthday gift this year, published by Edelvives here in Spain and by Albin Michel Jeunesse in its original France...
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