tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post4418925081473456450..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A to Z: FlorinKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-82936606041912411482012-04-07T13:49:37.471-04:002012-04-07T13:49:37.471-04:00Your comment posted twice? I'm not to blame! I...Your comment posted twice? I'm not to blame! In all seriousness, for some reason that happens once in a while, and not just to you. Usually I catch it, but on that particular day I had a bunch of unmoderated comments, so I just selected 'ALL' and published them <i>en masse</i>. So yours doubled up and I didn't realize.<br /><br />Not that you're likely to deserve it, but when I mock, there's no mistaking it! :)Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-21379452321891171052012-04-07T13:31:13.084-04:002012-04-07T13:31:13.084-04:00@ Roger: I haven't read the whole thing yet. ...@ Roger: I haven't read the whole thing yet. I LOVE "The Six Servants," which is a little like the friendships between Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and the other adventurers travelling to the West.<br /><br />@ Kelly: If you like those, try "Parallel Myths," by Bierlein. <br /><br />Also, sorry I blocked you. :-( When you posted my comment twice I didn't know why. I just didn't want to think about it for a bit because I thought you might be laughing at me.New York Erratichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910004748099284750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-43303832038294294822012-04-07T10:58:14.516-04:002012-04-07T10:58:14.516-04:00Chris: I've done a lot of dipping into various...Chris: I've done a lot of dipping into various collections of mythology and such over my years...Bullfinch, Campbell, Icelandic sagas, the Mabinogion, and more. Great stuff! I love it all, and it's grist for the mill.<br /><br />Roger: I've dipped a lot into Grimm as well. And yes, they're often grim. It amuses me to read the old literature that lots of times folks will bemoan the lack of reading today, on the basis that the older stuff is more in line with the values they claim to miss...and yet, there is horror galore in Grimm's Fairy Tales, the Iliad and the Odyssey abound in graphically-described violence, and there's rape and infidelity a-plenty in the Arthurian legends. I sometimes wonder if those folks have read those books, themselves.Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-72979594756645345082012-04-07T10:44:00.924-04:002012-04-07T10:44:00.924-04:00I have the real Grimm as well. Really grim, at ti...I have the real Grimm as well. Really grim, at times.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-85208070101050436352012-04-06T07:43:17.854-04:002012-04-06T07:43:17.854-04:00I love "Princess Bride" - really do. I&...I love "Princess Bride" - really do. I've seen the movie and read the book, in that order.<br /><br />If you like Princess Bride, you might also like the real Grimm's Fairy Tales. I picked up the Barnes and Nobles Classics version from a used book store. It's great. They're so much more diverse and imaginative than the handful of the Grimm stories that we're used to.<br /><br />Also, if you like Tolkien and GRRM, you might also like Snorri's Edda and Edith Hamilton's "Greek Myths. I read Hamilton's book for the first time in grade school and fell in love with it. Still love it. I read Snorri's Edda for the first time while living in Denmark, and that, too, is incredibly awesome.New York Erratichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910004748099284750noreply@blogger.com