Terrific video! I happen to live in a town where seven deer feed in my back yard (garden) each night.I don't disturb them and they don't flee when they see me...Cernunnos is one of my chosen deities,not surprisingly.By the way,in Shakespeare's day the word deer meant all animals,as does the German word "tier" to this day.Thanks for the video,Cheers!
On a tangent: I did find it interesting that Tolkein used the names Dain and Dwalin for dwarves in LOTR (which is in a lot of ways his transposition of north eurpoean myth); both names appear at 2:26... sorry to mention Tolkein, I know it is quite hackneyed these days what with the films and all. I just think it is worth knowing that his was not a box office sensation but followed folk idioms and drew heavily on the traditions of the past to tell its tale. Don't read too much into this...
Thanks for this video. I too am very interested in folklore although more specifically English, Irish and Scottish. Katherine Briggs is wonderful to read, so informative and succint.
She is definitely one of my favourite resources for European folk & faery lore! And I am with you, the lore from the Isles is my favourite as well. :)
This is something that roots deep for my mother... who talks about stories and mythologies of deer she heard growing up. She *loves* deer.
rosskay 6 months ago
Terrific video! I happen to live in a town where seven deer feed in my back yard (garden) each night.I don't disturb them and they don't flee when they see me...Cernunnos is one of my chosen deities,not surprisingly.By the way,in Shakespeare's day the word deer meant all animals,as does the German word "tier" to this day.Thanks for the video,Cheers!
teufelstaub 8 months ago
Nice video.
curiosidadesextrano 9 months ago
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megalith6 @ 1 minute you will see the word 'Jelen', this is a Slavic word meaning deer and is cognate with Middle Welsh 'elain' meaning hind or fawn
see: megalith6.blogspot
megalith6 1 year ago
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megalith6 1 year ago
On a tangent: I did find it interesting that Tolkein used the names Dain and Dwalin for dwarves in LOTR (which is in a lot of ways his transposition of north eurpoean myth); both names appear at 2:26... sorry to mention Tolkein, I know it is quite hackneyed these days what with the films and all. I just think it is worth knowing that his was not a box office sensation but followed folk idioms and drew heavily on the traditions of the past to tell its tale. Don't read too much into this...
WENDLEtheOWL 2 years ago
You know what, I didn't even notice that. Thanks for sharing! :)
nefaeria 1 year ago
@WENDLEtheOWL Not hackneyed at all. Far far ahead of it's own time.
kimokaker 1 month ago
Thanks for this video. I too am very interested in folklore although more specifically English, Irish and Scottish. Katherine Briggs is wonderful to read, so informative and succint.
WENDLEtheOWL 2 years ago
She is definitely one of my favourite resources for European folk & faery lore! And I am with you, the lore from the Isles is my favourite as well. :)
nefaeria 1 year ago