Sunday, October 25, 2009
Historical Atlas reading
It was a bit sad to get to the end of this book. I had a pretty hard time keeping track of which ruler was ruler of which place. The only real comment I had about this reading was of that picture of the door on page 114. It looks so much like the door Gandalf has to open to get into the mines of Moria. Tolkien must have really really liked Norse mythology and tradition and art, that's all I can say! :)
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Egil's Skull
Here is the photo of what we saw in class on Monday - Egil's skull. I can imagine that if Egil did indeed have the disease which causes this type of disfiguration, it would have hurt constantly. Perhaps this is why Egil felt justified in killing his classmate who was beating him at the ball game. Perhaps too it was a genetic condition, which is why he, Skallagrim and Kveldulf were described as such frightening and ugly people.
Thjodhild's Church
Reconstructed Viking Houses
These are houses similar to the ones that Leif the Lucky would have made when he reached America - the homes he was willing to lend, not give, you know.
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