Frithcast Episode 33 - Three Little Norns from School

Episode 33 – Three Little Norns from School are We

 

Things we talk about in this episode:

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

 

‘Four Candles/ If yon’s a meat pie...’ Two sketches from The Two Ronnies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VkjDSxBVqw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpUY7n7ds9g

Three Little Maids from School Are We – From The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXWkIZUPmDY

Arthur Dent – The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Dent

‘A very good place to start’ - Do, Ray, Me, The Sound of Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RW3nDRmu6k

Gandalf rolling his ‘rrrrr’s’ in pronouncing ‘Mordor’ – From ‘The Lord of the Rings’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waGogciXcJA

Oxo cubes – gravy granules in cube form… first created in 1910… http://www.oxo.co.uk/our-range/stock-cubes

Life as a thread within the tapestry

The Death of Baldur and Frigga’s spellsong

The Mirror of Galadriel - http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Mirror_of_Galadriel

The Roman Parkai – the equivalent in Roman cosmology and the Greek Moirai– the equivalent in Greek cosmology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fates

The synchronicity between the Greek and Roman deities https://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/ARTH209/gods_greek_roman.html

The Stygian Witches – from The Clash of the Titans (1981) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Titans_(1981_film)

“Don’t you roll that crystal eye at me...” Parodied from ‘Don’t Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR_A4Su-TrI

Fatalism in the Havamal – verse 23

Que Sera Sera - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=que%20sera%20sera

Alia iacta est – Julius Caesar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est

The Allfather asks for a sacrifice – (Suzanne can’t remember which dratted Saga this comes from. She’ll do her best to hunt it out before the deadline for this episode to go up on time. Any hints greatly accepted, answers on a piece of batter puddling to the usual address...)

 

“Hanged, Mr Holmes” - (Sherlock Season 1, ‘The Great Game’ 2010) https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)

“No, but his spear is...” - From the Saga of Burnt Njal “Thorgrím climbed up on the roof. Gunnar saw a red coat appear at the window and lunged at Thorgrím with his spear. Thorgrím’s feet slipped from under him and he tumbled from the roof. He then walked over to Gizur who asked: “Well, is Gunnar home?” Thorgrím answered:“All I know is that his spear is!” and fell dead to the ground.”

Stage magic and the Magicians Choice - http://www.mrmagician.co.uk/magicians-choice.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation_(magic)

Dr Who – fixed points in history http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Fixed_point_in_time

 

A side topic – Christianity and the concept of free will https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/a-beginner-s-guide-to-free-will

The Multiverse Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVvcOQk6G0Q

Suzanne and Kate sing Skyfall (sung much better by Adele) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HKoqNJtMTQ

Casino Royale is waiting...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(2006_film)

How to find us online

 

A little more exploration into the concept of free will in philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/