and its by-name (Noanamn) in swedish was ‘varg’ who’s original meaning was thief, or a generally bad person (a ‘Kasevarg’ was an arsonist). By-names was used for creatures that was feared, as using its real name supposedly would ...
What’s interesting is that there are older non Christian (perhaps even ancient) customs surviving in there, the celebrations starting on the eve before, the spring clean, the death divination rituals, the appearance of wren boys on Stephen’s Day, the remembrance of the dead. Marion this is...
the congregation in the saint’s church will be venerating the 13th century wooden figure by ‘measuring’ her with ribbons. But also, for the first time, they will be able to view the two copies of that figure which have been made over the last few months. That exercise has been undert...
We think boys played women’s parts (as, a couple of generations later, they would for Shakespeare); I have no particular evidence for thinking that a medieval midwife might be recognised by her bag of medicines (like an Edwardian doctor), but I liked the idea. Writing this, I tried to...
¹⁰⁴Central aspects from thisversion,however,are missingin the Swedish text,such as the place namesVienna and Lausanne.¹⁰⁵The detailabout the unjust judge wasalate addition, enteringthe traditionwith theHeli-andBible epic.¹⁰⁶The immediate text model for this short(one page...
Medieval peasant children wore cloaks, tunics, and woolen socks. Medieval children also wore different kinds of hats, for boys, there were round hats whereas the girls had bonnets. Medieval Royal Children’s Lives Medieval Royal Children were usually Prince and Princesses and lived in castles or ...
and show their determination, courage and will for the victory. Let’s have a look at the names that probably need no special introduction whose coats of arms known far and wide. A Group A Bear Paw (HC Bern) Cerberus Emissus KS Rycerz Prague Trolls SKSKB PRAHA Warriors of Light ...
For the arrival one organized a city festival: 900 boys with harnesses and wooden (hobby?) horses and 500 citizens drew Gebhart and the banner into the city. For an idea of how big the quarter banners were. Here’s One of the Julius Banners depicted with his banner man. The Ornate K...
(1) New York Boys Choir (1) New York City (3) New York Historical Society (1) New York Jews Telling Jokes (3) New York Mets (1) New Yorker (1) Nguyen Nhung (1) Nicholas Winton (1) Nichols and May (3) Nickelodeon (1) Nigeria (2) Nigerian Jews (2) Night Before Pesach (1)...
Welcome to my ‘onto-story’ or ‘onto-tale,’ as Jane Bennett (2010, 116) names the genre near the end of Vibrant Matter. It's a type of writing that stands surety with a flat ontology that models the world as actor networks, assemblages or ecologies. ‘Picture an ontological field ...