December tomorrow
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elingregoryImagine me making that Macauley Caulkin face, will you.
However December isn't all bad because it means it's time again for the Speak Its Name Advent Calendar! Every day in December there will be a new post by a different contributor. Some are established stars of the genre, some are cheeky so and sos like me who thought it might be fun! There will be stories, information - all kinds of stuff - and prizes for commenters too. Last year it was a blast.
I haven't written much today but I have done some planning on paper over how to organise battles, casualties and escapes. It's fun, in a slightly sick way, interpreting the elegies of Y Gododdin to try and work out a way of making a story out of them:
Of Bernicia's warband I could hardly bear it
Should I leave a single man alive.
A dear friend I lost, keen in combat,
Faithful to him I was, leaving him grieves me.
No desire had he for a dowry,
Cian's young son of Maen Gwyngwn
Or something. None of the versions agree.
However December isn't all bad because it means it's time again for the Speak Its Name Advent Calendar! Every day in December there will be a new post by a different contributor. Some are established stars of the genre, some are cheeky so and sos like me who thought it might be fun! There will be stories, information - all kinds of stuff - and prizes for commenters too. Last year it was a blast.
I haven't written much today but I have done some planning on paper over how to organise battles, casualties and escapes. It's fun, in a slightly sick way, interpreting the elegies of Y Gododdin to try and work out a way of making a story out of them:
Of Bernicia's warband I could hardly bear it
Should I leave a single man alive.
A dear friend I lost, keen in combat,
Faithful to him I was, leaving him grieves me.
No desire had he for a dowry,
Cian's young son of Maen Gwyngwn
Or something. None of the versions agree.
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Date: 2011-12-01 11:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-01 12:58 pm (UTC)For instance, there's a repeated line "Men went to Cattreath/Catreath" which is interpreted as a reference to the Roman fort at Catterick in North Yorkshire. But 'cat' is battle in Welsh - there are several famous battles where the word is used - Cat Coed Calidon fought by King Arthur and Cad Goddeu where Arawn was beaten by Amaeton and Gwydion. So if you split the word up it becomes 'Cat Traeth' or "the battle on the beach". o I'm looking for a nice sandy beach where cavalry can really run overlooked by a hill fort for them to retreat to when the tide comes in/reinforcements come up. There's nothing more epic than a Pyrrhic victory! :D
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Date: 2011-12-01 01:02 pm (UTC)