: I am writing to post some information on the origins of
: the ages in myth. This may have been posted in the
: past 4 years if so forgive me, I thought it was worth
: mentioning regardless.
: I picked up a book on medieval literature, and happened
: to look at the Tutonic works. I came across a story
: called Snorri Sturluson and by chance turned to a page
: that happened to list this passage: Brothers Shall
: Strive and slaughter each other;
: Own sisters' children shall sin together;
: Ill days among men, many a whoredom: An axe-age, a
: sword-age, shields shall be cloven
: A wind-age, a wolf-age, ere the world totters.
: If I remember, all four of those ages mentioned above
: exist in the myth universe, so I think its a good bet
: this is where they came from.
: Cheers
Wow, these guys must have known their stuff. I assume (which makes me an ass, so sue me) that they predicted this befor 1200? If so, they managed to predict 450 years of near constent warfare in western europe. We have the 100 year war, the Imperial expancion wars of France, Spain, Portugal and England, the natinalist resistence that opposed those advances and finaly the religios strive of the protistent reformation.
All of these periods caused great destruction and death. Espesialy the latter part of the reformation period (think of the Thirty years war in germany) and the Spanish conquest of the americas.
If the death and destrution does not link these statements to at least the end of the Wolf Age, I dont know what would. The fact that all for ages are identical to the myth ages strikes me as more than coincidence.
Fun, fun!
Drunken Ghol
