Right off the bat, no notation or citations to support anything. F. Ex: I can come out and say that "In one Germanic account the easter bunny is the supreme sky-god"... no matter that it was an insane, institutionalized, German that said it... that's an extreme-- but it's been the plague of heathen writers lately.
I disagree with the use of the word fate; why would someone with a (presumably) Germanic point of view, push a non-Germanic concept?
I've always thought that Urd-Verdandi-Skuld was contrived. The Eddas are, to a large degree, a product of Nationalism. I.E.-- "Our history is as good and deep as that Classical garbage". Which is true, but it seems to me that the three weird sisters as seperate entities was 'built' to compete with the Greek moira. Personally, I think it boils down to Urd influencing many aspects, not three entities. Personal Synthesis though.
I think the fundamental premise of not wanting to fixate on the past is flawed. The Germanic concept of time is the past driving the not-past-- or the now. You see a correlation in the linguistics both modern and historical: no future tense and among memorial rune stones, the wording used is several hundred years older than when the stone was carved. Together, those are intriguing to me: no defined future is possible outside of Will (I 'will' be there); and there is the emphasis our ancestors placed on wanting important things to sit solidly in the past... as though it gave it more importance. In the same way as people write: 'Ye Olde xxx Shoppe' to give it that 'feel'.
In the end... and based ONLY on this excerpt... I wouldn't purchase it.
I disagree with the use of the word fate; why would someone with a (presumably) Germanic point of view, push a non-Germanic concept?
I've always thought that Urd-Verdandi-Skuld was contrived. The Eddas are, to a large degree, a product of Nationalism. I.E.-- "Our history is as good and deep as that Classical garbage". Which is true, but it seems to me that the three weird sisters as seperate entities was 'built' to compete with the Greek moira. Personally, I think it boils down to Urd influencing many aspects, not three entities. Personal Synthesis though.
I think the fundamental premise of not wanting to fixate on the past is flawed. The Germanic concept of time is the past driving the not-past-- or the now. You see a correlation in the linguistics both modern and historical: no future tense and among memorial rune stones, the wording used is several hundred years older than when the stone was carved. Together, those are intriguing to me: no defined future is possible outside of Will (I 'will' be there); and there is the emphasis our ancestors placed on wanting important things to sit solidly in the past... as though it gave it more importance. In the same way as people write: 'Ye Olde xxx Shoppe' to give it that 'feel'.
In the end... and based ONLY on this excerpt... I wouldn't purchase it.
Daniel
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