What's happening ? The spirit of the lake is upset and decided to teach them a lesson... maybe turn them in mermen ?! ;o) Beautiful chapter, so much love and freedom, but I'm dreading the moment when this will be over ! Thank you so much, great up-date !
Heh. The spirit of this lake is the peaceful and benevolent kind - but unfortunately our boys can't stay there forever. Glad you liked this, thank you!
Oh, that was just magnificent! It felt like they were on their private Carribean beach with all the frolicking and swooning. Wow, what a lot of fun they are having!
Sure, I'm a little concerned about the water turning dark and the air getting colder, but hey, this chapter is enough to get me by until next time.
The funny thing is that I just know if you and I ever went camping, we could show our menfolk a fabulous time! They would be duly impressed, I am certain of it!
That's Scandinavian lakes and beaches for you - just like the Carribean, except for the water temperature! :-D
You'll pobably not be surprised when I reveal that the lake has a real life equivalent. I've been swimming among those water lilies. But these days there's acar road winding along the far shore. Makes for much easier camping trips than in days of yore!
I mst have taken me an hour to read all that, going slowly to appreciate your language. What a feast for the senses! Sight is prety abviouos, but you used sound and touch to the fullest amount imaginable, and taste nearly so (accounting for the fact there is no food eaten, which might have been even too much
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I see its shape is reminiscent of a cross. Was this on purpose, showing the alikeness of the two? Or just a coincidence? Or is the thing about Tor something about the myth?
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I liked this….the familiarity, of course, being the forest where they spent so much time.
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Even your secondary characters have been drawn with such detail!
4. <<< “No, Torgeirr doesn’t own any Irish thralls at the moment,” Eoin said, muttering his thought aloud to himself, a slight downward twist to his mouth as he watched Sverri running off to join some boys playing with toy warships by the stable. >>>
A very rare mention of Eoin’s thoughts about being captured as a slave (both he and Muiren forgive pretty quickly). Is Sveerri going to go a-viking? It’s hard to think of these people as so violent once you get to know them.
Many fine Thor's hammer samples at your link! Thor's hammer amulets are frequently found in Norse archeological digs and hidden ewel hoards. There are many versions, from simple tiny silver ones to huge elaborate and very intricate golden ones. Thor was the Norse god fighting the forches of chaos, and the hammer was his instrument for doing so. I think it's easy to see how the hammer amulets became popular, and the custom and shape goes back to early pre-Christian times, so it is definitely not emulating the cross. That said, the Thor's hammer amulets seem to have become more popular in the time when Christianity was vying with the Norse religion for people's minds, so it may well be that those who held on to Thor and the Norse pantheon felt a greater need to demonstrate their allegiance through wearing hammer amulets, once their religion was "under attack" from a stronger one. Also it seems that the Thor's hammers became more alike to crosses at the very end of the Norse religions's era. Look at this one found at Iceland: It could be
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Since you don't tell people the insides of people's heads, I can see where people would think Eoin was a bit meek. I think he was so enthralled with Einnis from the beginning that there was no phase that I saw, at least, him being angry--depressed, yes. Maybe that's what people meant. I hadn't thought about him being weak, just very accepting of fate.
The thing is, I think I detract from him when I try to explain him. Just can't manage to rationlize and summarize all the nuances that I hope to convey. Better let the fictional character speak for himself!
But ....one thing I did mean to convey, was that Eoin's anger, despair and resentment at his bleak situation early on got sidelined and subdued by his deep emotions and gratitude over having found Einnis. He is able to look his real emotions and desires right in the eye and admit to them, and rejoice in them. That takes courage and character strength IMO.
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Thank you so much, great up-date !
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Sure, I'm a little concerned about the water turning dark and the air getting colder, but hey, this chapter is enough to get me by until next time.
The funny thing is that I just know if you and I ever went camping, we could show our menfolk a fabulous time! They would be duly impressed, I am certain of it!
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You'll pobably not be surprised when I reveal that the lake has a real life equivalent. I've been swimming among those water lilies. But these days there's acar road winding along the far shore. Makes for much easier camping trips than in days of yore!
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1. Here is a picture of Tor’s hammer: http://tinyurl.com/ydusthn
I see its shape is reminiscent of a cross. Was this on purpose, showing the alikeness of the two? Or just a coincidence? Or is the thing about Tor something about the myth?
2. <<>>>>
I liked this….the familiarity, of course, being the forest where they spent so much time.
3. <<>>>
Even your secondary characters have been drawn with such detail!
4. <<< “No, Torgeirr doesn’t own any Irish thralls at the moment,” Eoin said, muttering his thought aloud to himself, a slight downward twist to his mouth as he watched Sverri running off to join some boys playing with toy warships by the stable. >>>
A very rare mention of Eoin’s thoughts about being captured as a slave (both he and Muiren forgive pretty quickly). Is Sveerri going to go a-viking? It’s hard to think of these people as so violent once you get to know them.
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But ....one thing I did mean to convey, was that Eoin's anger, despair and resentment at his bleak situation early on got sidelined and subdued by his deep emotions and gratitude over having found Einnis. He is able to look his real emotions and desires right in the eye and admit to them, and rejoice in them. That takes courage and character strength IMO.
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