: I've just had a complete look at the list of Shade names
: (and some other things) in Myth II and have found many
: great things in my handy encyc...no in fact it is all
: my knowledge. I'm that clever.
: We have already had something about Heron so...
: NYM: A crony of Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry V and The
: Merry Wives of Windsor. Although generally considered
: a comic character, Nym represents a real criminal
: element behind the humour at Eastcheap. In Henry V he
: appears as a quarrelsome soldier who fights with
: Mistress Quickly (his betrothed) and Pistol (whom she
: marries). Nym and Bardolph are hanged offstage for
: looting. He is portrayed more comically in The Merry
: Wives of Windsor, where his interest in the science of
: humours is thought to be a parody of Ben Jonson's
: plays.
: SYCORAX: Sycorax, a witch and the mother of Caliban
: (coming up) in Shakespeare's The Tempest. She does not
: have a speaking role in the play but figures
: frequently in her son's curses.
: GULLVEIG: Vanir, in Norse mythology, race of gods
: responsible for wealth, fertility, and commerce and
: subordinate to the warlike Aesir. As reparation for
: the torture of their goddess Gullveig, the Vanir
: demanded from the Aesir monetary satisfaction or equal
: status.
: CALIBAN: Caliban, a feral, sullen, deformed creature in
: Shakespeare's The Tempest. The son of the sorceress
: Sycorax, Caliban is the sole inhabitant of his island
: (excluding the imprisoned Ariel) until Prospero and
: his infant daughter Miranda are cast ashore. Prospero
: makes the creature his servant and over the years
: teaches him to speak. The character Caliban has been
: seen by some as Shakespeare's negative representation
: of the natural human and by others as an example of
: native peoples suffering under imperialist oppression.
: He is a complex and interesting figure, whatever is
: made of him.
: CONNACHT: Ulster (Northern Ireland) is of special
: importance in the mythic history of Ireland because
: its rulers and their champions played a prominent role
: in the rich Irish sagas of the Middle Ages. The Ulster
: cycle of these tales deals with the exploits of a King
: Conchobor and the prodigious warriors of the Red
: Branch, the most celebrated of whom was Cú Chulainn,
: called the Hound of Ulster. The best-known tale of
: this cycle is the Táin Bó Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of
: Cooley), which recounts the invasion of Ulster by
: Queen Medb of Connaught (Connacht, the traditional
: western province; literally, the "descendants of
: Conn") in pursuit of a legendary bull. Eventually
: the men of Connacht are repulsed by the Ulstermen and
: their spectacular hero, Cú Chulainn.
: TROW: In the Shetland and Orkney islands, Celtic areas
: once settled by Scandinavians, trolls are called trows
: and appear as small malign creatures (small? eh!?) who
: dwell in mounds or near the sea (hmmm...the Twelve
: Duns (mounds) and Avernus (near the Deep, hence 'near
: the sea').
: CU ROI: Not much about this guy, just a vague reference:
: One night a giant carrying an ax challenges the
: knights of Ulster to behead him in exchange for a
: chance to behead them in turn. On successive nights,
: Conall and Lóegaire behead the giant, who each time
: replaces his head and leaves but comes back to take
: his turn only to find that the warriors have departed.
: At last Cú Chulainn beheads the giant and, when the
: giant returns, places his own head on the block, true
: to his bargain. The giant, really the wizard Cú Roi in
: disguise, proclaims Cú Chulainn the first hero of
: Ulster. This is considered the source for the
: beheading game used in Sir Gawayne and the Grene
: Knight.
: That's all for today, maybe I'll be nice and find out
: some more for you tommorow!
: P.S Sorry if any or all of this has already been brough
: up, you'll have to forgive my incompetance once more.
kewl
who are Nym, Sycorax, and Gullveig?
and Caliban was the old Alric name right?
