legends are still here, but the animals have all evolved, creatures like dragons, unicorns have become lizards and horses. Elves are still here, i myself have pointed ears (not amazingly pointed ears but still pointed) and grey eyes, i also use to have pure blonde hair that was almost to the backs of my knees
if you ask almost any child wether elfs dragons and so on are real they always reply of coarse they are
the legends live on in the mind and the imagination of all that hear the legends and tell those same legends to there children through this the legends and the old ways will never fall
I find it so weird when I read through the comments on this. I don't think most people know that this is about a queen who reigned in the Society for Creative Anachronism and about her declaration that the SCA should be purely historical and not fantasy. I mean, the interpretations are fascinating, but there's a simple and lovely story behind it.
I always want to HIT that queen for banishing the elves when I hear this song. It makes me cry. But I love it that their final act was to give her white roses instead of red as a token both of surender and defiance.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the song and Heather Dale.
I always want to HIT that queen for banishing the elves when I hear this song. It makes me cry. But I love it that their final act was to give her white roses instead of red as a token both of surender and defiance.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the song and Hetaher Dale.
There has never been an "Age of Legends", painful as it is. Life has always been a struggle, in fact we have it easier than ever today, but there have always been tales about a simpler world/life/time, where/when everything is black and white, good and evil, and we KNOW things will work out in the end. Imagination and legends... Why imagine sprites in the woods or knights in armor when you could have aliens in the sky and secret agents on the ground? Only the details have changed...
I think it has something to do with personification of an idea from an older time that people still look back on in admiration. The idea of what good life was, the struggle of what was good and what was evil, the secrets and mysteries of life that add some level of interest. Etc
I think it goes to the idea of Utopia and the "Good old days". Both of which cannot be obtained. Utopia because it can't be obtained since one person's idea of heaven is another's hell. We can't go back to the "Good old days" because it's over now and until we have time travel we can only look back.
@LordSia13 That's a common argument today. "Life's a nasty place, it's always been that way, get used to it". It's true we have it easy today. That doesn't necessarily mean we have it better. I submit there wouldn't be so many dreams about the good old days unless we found something lacking in the present. Nostalgic songs give us an ideal. It's the difference between settling for "good enough", and dreaming of something transcendent. Which attitude seems likely to bring a brighter future?
@TaliesinKyte People would never *improve* if we *couldn't* dream of something better. It is the struggle to reach that "something" (not to mention the bickering to decide which "something" is better, let alone best) that drives Humanity forward.
@LordSia13 You seem to equate change to improvement. I wouldn't go there, personally. There's a bit of a difference between dreaming about an ideal world in the face of all the modern cynicism, and just thinking an iPod wristwatch would make money. A lot of humanity's forward motion isn't in the service of ANY perceived good or ideal. It's just in terms of what makes their individual lives less problematic in the moment. So...again, I don't think romanticism once in a while is a bad thing.
@TaliesinKyte While change isn't necessarily of the good, neither is stagnation. And sometimes, you need to lose what you have to realise its worth - in which case you change back.
I read some article once, where they argued against the possibility of genengineering humanity into perfection - because if we did, we'd lose the ability to change for the sake of changing. That's circular BS - if something works, don't change it! Unless you think you can make it better, in which case...
@LordSia13 Look...uh...I actually have no idea what your point is anymore, or how this relates.
I think the emotions associated with romanticism can have a positive, inspirational effect on people. I wrote this opinion as a reply to you because your comment seemed to suggest you thought otherwise (at least, I couldn't think of a reason to announce that fantasy isn't real except for an exhortation to set fanciful daydreams aside).
But maybe I assumed too much and we've been misinterpreting.
@TaliesinKyte I... Agree. And my last argument was really more of a tangent - agreeing about the idiocy of "Change for the sake of Changing".
And I agree about Romanticism being inspiring - I'm a romantic myself. However, I am a Romantic in the same way that I am a Communist - I hold them both as Ideals, worthy of admiration and lofty goals for inspiration, but hardly something I would intentionally strive for in the present.
'lessoriginal' is correct: this fringe element with the SCA had created a painful schism in the group by portraying themselves as elves rather than pre-17th c. historical figures. I fixed the problem.
Although the song is written in a minor key to evoke feelings of sadness, the message is clearly that of hope and the cyclical nature of life.
i managed to find a torrent of her album "call the name" i couldn't find any others. and before you ask, no i can't remember the link, just search and you might get it (if it's still there).
I wish I knew. But for a long while, I've been writing short stories based on King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Like elves, dragons, and other great heroes that have been in my heart for years. I've written a book as well, and am working the next book, as well as a third one.
I truly wish you the best with that. Heather Dale is truly inspiring with songs and stories. I tried writing some stories based off of legends but it didn't really work out well. It sounds like it's working out well for you, if you've written all that about it! I would love to read it. Maybe I can if you publish it someday...
The legends aren't gone, in my opinion, the creatures, such as elves and dragons, are in hiding, making us believe that they don;t exist, parhaps to keep from being huted to extinktion, or put up in a cage like a circus animal.
@R0thu5 Tis beyond true, that. What is truly sad though is that people don't quite seem to believe, even if they know that it is not reality, anymore. My younger sister for example, whenever I start talking about legends, magic, mythical creatures, and particularly Lord of the Rings, she says, "It's just a story." It's as if people are too stuck in reality to see the beauty of imagination. And sadly, those who do have imagination are told that they need to come back to reality.
Its so sad, I mean, to imagine that there was a time in which monsters and heroes did exist, but they are gone... I think that it's a bit of a psychological thing, from childhood...
Anyway, enough of my rambling, it's a lovely song!
Obviously I referred it in imagination. You know, when children like to believe in fairy-tales? Of course, maybe your soul was dead since the beginning, so you wouldn't understand what imagination means.
Actually, the song is about an SCA queen who set forth the policy that the society needed to keep on the side of history and took a stand against those members who wished to portray themselves as Elves and Vampires and stray into the realm of fantasy. At the time she was generally disliked for this policy but today she is celebrated for it. This song, while sad, actually celebrates that decision.
If I recall correctly, it was Queen Caitlin I (then of Midrealm and more recently of Ealdormere) who made the decree. This was the Caitlin who was wed to Osis Thorbjornseen, the King of Ealdormere who was tragically lost in a car accident some years ago.
I agree on what you say. It is sad. Now all we're faced with is reality. Imagination is what drives people to go forward. I wish that the mythical age was back again, since it seemed so lovely to be around during it.
legends are still here, but the animals have all evolved, creatures like dragons, unicorns have become lizards and horses. Elves are still here, i myself have pointed ears (not amazingly pointed ears but still pointed) and grey eyes, i also use to have pure blonde hair that was almost to the backs of my knees
Danirocks121 8 months ago 3
I so wish that legends are real. They are so fascinating.... So sad that they aren't real.
vampireknight1003 10 months ago
@vampireknight1003
they are real
if you ask almost any child wether elfs dragons and so on are real they always reply of coarse they are
the legends live on in the mind and the imagination of all that hear the legends and tell those same legends to there children through this the legends and the old ways will never fall
mmapandaman 8 months ago 6
I find it so weird when I read through the comments on this. I don't think most people know that this is about a queen who reigned in the Society for Creative Anachronism and about her declaration that the SCA should be purely historical and not fantasy. I mean, the interpretations are fascinating, but there's a simple and lovely story behind it.
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I always want to HIT that queen for banishing the elves when I hear this song. It makes me cry. But I love it that their final act was to give her white roses instead of red as a token both of surender and defiance.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the song and Heather Dale.
QuintanaZoray 1 year ago
I always want to HIT that queen for banishing the elves when I hear this song. It makes me cry. But I love it that their final act was to give her white roses instead of red as a token both of surender and defiance.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the song and Hetaher Dale.
QuintanaZoray 1 year ago
I only have heard 3 songs from her and I already want to buy her cd
Yoko502 1 year ago
@ Lily it really does make you wonder. They say they find new species every day? Also with the deep ocean, wonder what else lurks down there.
21Sarabi 2 years ago 2
Great song, love the lyrics
walk4moon 2 years ago
There has never been an "Age of Legends", painful as it is. Life has always been a struggle, in fact we have it easier than ever today, but there have always been tales about a simpler world/life/time, where/when everything is black and white, good and evil, and we KNOW things will work out in the end. Imagination and legends... Why imagine sprites in the woods or knights in armor when you could have aliens in the sky and secret agents on the ground? Only the details have changed...
LordSia13 2 years ago 21
I think it has something to do with personification of an idea from an older time that people still look back on in admiration. The idea of what good life was, the struggle of what was good and what was evil, the secrets and mysteries of life that add some level of interest. Etc
rogueremis 2 years ago
I think it goes to the idea of Utopia and the "Good old days". Both of which cannot be obtained. Utopia because it can't be obtained since one person's idea of heaven is another's hell. We can't go back to the "Good old days" because it's over now and until we have time travel we can only look back.
Kat4Pepsi 2 years ago
@LordSia13 We dare to dream, because without it, life would be too painful to bear.
blast127 1 year ago 4
@LordSia13 That's a common argument today. "Life's a nasty place, it's always been that way, get used to it". It's true we have it easy today. That doesn't necessarily mean we have it better. I submit there wouldn't be so many dreams about the good old days unless we found something lacking in the present. Nostalgic songs give us an ideal. It's the difference between settling for "good enough", and dreaming of something transcendent. Which attitude seems likely to bring a brighter future?
TaliesinKyte 1 year ago
@TaliesinKyte People would never *improve* if we *couldn't* dream of something better. It is the struggle to reach that "something" (not to mention the bickering to decide which "something" is better, let alone best) that drives Humanity forward.
There, that's the meaning of Life. Happy?
LordSia13 1 year ago
@LordSia13 You seem to equate change to improvement. I wouldn't go there, personally. There's a bit of a difference between dreaming about an ideal world in the face of all the modern cynicism, and just thinking an iPod wristwatch would make money. A lot of humanity's forward motion isn't in the service of ANY perceived good or ideal. It's just in terms of what makes their individual lives less problematic in the moment. So...again, I don't think romanticism once in a while is a bad thing.
TaliesinKyte 1 year ago
@TaliesinKyte While change isn't necessarily of the good, neither is stagnation. And sometimes, you need to lose what you have to realise its worth - in which case you change back.
I read some article once, where they argued against the possibility of genengineering humanity into perfection - because if we did, we'd lose the ability to change for the sake of changing. That's circular BS - if something works, don't change it! Unless you think you can make it better, in which case...
LordSia13 1 year ago
@LordSia13 Look...uh...I actually have no idea what your point is anymore, or how this relates.
I think the emotions associated with romanticism can have a positive, inspirational effect on people. I wrote this opinion as a reply to you because your comment seemed to suggest you thought otherwise (at least, I couldn't think of a reason to announce that fantasy isn't real except for an exhortation to set fanciful daydreams aside).
But maybe I assumed too much and we've been misinterpreting.
TaliesinKyte 1 year ago
@TaliesinKyte I... Agree. And my last argument was really more of a tangent - agreeing about the idiocy of "Change for the sake of Changing".
And I agree about Romanticism being inspiring - I'm a romantic myself. However, I am a Romantic in the same way that I am a Communist - I hold them both as Ideals, worthy of admiration and lofty goals for inspiration, but hardly something I would intentionally strive for in the present.
LordSia13 1 year ago 3
I was the Queen in this storyline.
'lessoriginal' is correct: this fringe element with the SCA had created a painful schism in the group by portraying themselves as elves rather than pre-17th c. historical figures. I fixed the problem.
Although the song is written in a minor key to evoke feelings of sadness, the message is clearly that of hope and the cyclical nature of life.
dazzlingduchess 2 years ago 4
wow that is an amazing story
shilithe 2 years ago
Where can you download Heather Dale songs? I've looked and looked, but to no avail.
midnightXpixie 2 years ago
i managed to find a torrent of her album "call the name" i couldn't find any others. and before you ask, no i can't remember the link, just search and you might get it (if it's still there).
khajiit92 2 years ago
@midnightXpixie search *song name* mp3 downloads on google and ya usually find it ^^
polysakkarider 1 year ago
@midnightXpixie hey, if you still want a link, just ask me.
blast127 1 year ago
I wish I knew. But for a long while, I've been writing short stories based on King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Like elves, dragons, and other great heroes that have been in my heart for years. I've written a book as well, and am working the next book, as well as a third one.
ElfHolder 2 years ago
I truly wish you the best with that. Heather Dale is truly inspiring with songs and stories. I tried writing some stories based off of legends but it didn't really work out well. It sounds like it's working out well for you, if you've written all that about it! I would love to read it. Maybe I can if you publish it someday...
bookcreator 2 years ago 4
It pains me to think that the age of innocence and legends is gone.
Sadly we know too much about our world now to have legends like the celts did.
It's also sad that the time of chivalry and knights is gone...so sad indeed
R0thu5 2 years ago 5
The legends aren't gone, in my opinion, the creatures, such as elves and dragons, are in hiding, making us believe that they don;t exist, parhaps to keep from being huted to extinktion, or put up in a cage like a circus animal.
lilyaoifan 2 years ago 55
@R0thu5 Tis beyond true, that. What is truly sad though is that people don't quite seem to believe, even if they know that it is not reality, anymore. My younger sister for example, whenever I start talking about legends, magic, mythical creatures, and particularly Lord of the Rings, she says, "It's just a story." It's as if people are too stuck in reality to see the beauty of imagination. And sadly, those who do have imagination are told that they need to come back to reality.
SilvaAdrianiel 5 months ago 3
Its so sad, I mean, to imagine that there was a time in which monsters and heroes did exist, but they are gone... I think that it's a bit of a psychological thing, from childhood...
Anyway, enough of my rambling, it's a lovely song!
Sakuramar 2 years ago 3
yeah. it was horrible. but good thing i killed the last of them and lifted my sward with pride. they won't be hurting you now.
GinaC1123 2 years ago
Obviously I referred it in imagination. You know, when children like to believe in fairy-tales? Of course, maybe your soul was dead since the beginning, so you wouldn't understand what imagination means.
Sakuramar 2 years ago 2
so how do i get my imagination back???
and more importantly how do we get the Age of Magic back???
GinaC1123 2 years ago
How do you get your imagination back? First of all, you're going to have to give up pop music.
1TH52122 2 years ago
that's not exactly something to boast about. I think Sakuramar is depressed about the end of the Age of Magic.
NightmareDolly 2 years ago
Not exactly depressed. What I mean, is that we all go through the age that magic stops existing for us.
I think that's why TLoR or any of those fantasy stories have a very sad part, or like this song. I guess that we all miss childhood in the end.
Sakuramar 2 years ago
Actually, the song is about an SCA queen who set forth the policy that the society needed to keep on the side of history and took a stand against those members who wished to portray themselves as Elves and Vampires and stray into the realm of fantasy. At the time she was generally disliked for this policy but today she is celebrated for it. This song, while sad, actually celebrates that decision.
lessoriginal 2 years ago 5
Thanks for posting that. It was really interesting. I was trying to figure out exactly what the song meant, know I understand more, thanks again.
ghostreflection 2 years ago
how long ago and who was the queen that set forth that law
i might know her if she was from ealdomere
shilithe 2 years ago
If I recall correctly, it was Queen Caitlin I (then of Midrealm and more recently of Ealdormere) who made the decree. This was the Caitlin who was wed to Osis Thorbjornseen, the King of Ealdormere who was tragically lost in a car accident some years ago.
Griezz 2 years ago
oh ok thnx i couldnt remeber if i was right
shilithe 2 years ago
I agree on what you say. It is sad. Now all we're faced with is reality. Imagination is what drives people to go forward. I wish that the mythical age was back again, since it seemed so lovely to be around during it.
xxPandaxchanxx 2 years ago 2
lovely song
ElvenCelticRanger 2 years ago
it is a beautiful song.
it is odd in the way that it makes you feel kinda sad when you here it.
but it also kinda gives you this happy feeling.
foxXdragonXluvr 2 years ago
i like this song its so gentle and pretty like a lullaby yet a hint of sad... I like roses ;P ;)
pikachupokemonlover 3 years ago 2