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Re: More Celtic Myth
Posted By: David Wellington (dialup-209.245.2.1.Denver1.Level3.net)
Date: 3/24/2000 at 12:42 p.m.
In Response To: More Celtic Myth (Obsidian the Prophet)
: Also, the fir'Blog and bre'Unor are celtic!
: -Obsidian the Prophet
By the high middle ages, Wyrd (spelled Weird, from which we get the modern English word) was simply another name for destiny. One could say one was compelled by one's weird to do a certain thing, etc. Most likely this was a case where a Pagan god was incorporated into Christian mythology as an abstract force--much the way Fortuna, who was worshipped by the Romans as a personified deity, became a poetic conceit under Christianity but was still widespread and popular enough that Chaucer wrote poems to her.
Messages In This Thread
- Wyrd
Duffman (proxy1-external.srst1.fl.home.com) -- 3/24/2000 at 1:21 a.m.
- Re: Wyrd
Forrest (cache1.avtel.net) -- 3/24/2000 at 2:02 a.m.
- Re: Wyrd
SiliconDream =PN= (mates.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 3/24/2000 at 2:39 a.m.
- More Celtic Myth
Obsidian the Prophet (port39.syracusenet.net) -- 3/24/2000 at 10:30 a.m.
- Re: More Celtic Myth
David Wellington (dialup-209.245.2.1.Denver1.Level3.net) -- 3/24/2000 at 12:42 p.m.
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