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Swords and Ancestry
Kindler:
Hey, Sigrun is a daughter of the King of the Geats, apparently. Though it's been debated a lot in recent years, my old professor was adamant in declaring Beowulf the first Christian epic (the debate centers on whether it's specifically Christian or just pagan with messianic qualities); a daughter of Beowulf with freakin' Excalibur? I'd pay to see it. Well, I'll pay to read it, anyway.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Kindler on March 29, 2018, 07:29:09 PM ---Hey, Sigrun is a daughter of the King of the Geats, apparently. Though it's been debated a lot in recent years, my old professor was adamant in declaring Beowulf the first Christian epic (the debate centers on whether it's specifically Christian or just pagan with messianic qualities); a daughter of Beowulf with freakin' Excalibur? I'd pay to see it. Well, I'll pay to read it, anyway.
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I doubt she'd qualify for the Sword given her pre-existing affiliations with a god and an afterlife and all that. I Could be wrong, she might still be Mortal enough.
Graves:
she's not mortal, she's over 1,000 years old. As has been said ireland had many kings. it was why they tended to get conquored by the english-they were busy fighting among themselves to fend off a more organiazed outsider, but that's still a lot. butters the logical line would be David BUT depending on how you read the bible they all go back to Abraham. If that isn't enough he might be a levite (variation on levine) which is a line to Moses, the law giver. there are the pre Davidic kins like Saul. and joshua (a king in action if not name.)
You really don't know. a friend of my mother's is big into this and traced may maternal line. We thought it was kind of funny. Everyone wants to go back to a king or a significant slave (Cleopatra's house maid) but we always said you end up on a turnip farm in Norfolk. well no. he hit a noble line and those church records existed so you can run with it. He didn't know the history but I could fill in the blanks-a lesser son of the Duke of Brittany who settled in England during the civil war between Matilda and Stephen (the time of the Cadfael books) by where a supported of Matilda who's son was Henry II. You think the family line is ho-hum but then 42 generations back your ancestor is the uncrowned king of France and known as the Hammer of Tours. Well that puts a lot of 'royal' blood in the general population
YoungestGruff:
--- Quote from: Kindler on March 29, 2018, 04:29:11 PM ---*cough* AmandaCarpenter *coughcough*.
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Second.
jonas:
--- Quote from: YoungestGruff on March 31, 2018, 07:31:40 PM ---Second.
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Somehow I wonder more about little Harry... if not for a sword for the unique trait of being literally named after Harry Dresden. In a world were naming is of extreme import to name someone for someone seems to have dire consequences... least when that someone is fricken Harry Dresden.
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