Frithcast

Frithcast Episode 22 - Can the Mountains Love the Sea

Episode 22 – Can the Mountains Love the Sea?

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

 

‘Hold tight Min, we’re going three miles an hour’ - The Goon Show, ‘Dishonoured – Again’ Series 9, episode 13

‘Big blue wobbily thing, that mermaids live in’ - Blackadder the Third – Ink and Incapability, 1987

Njord and Skathi – the description of the marriage and circumstances are found in the Skaldskaparmal, the second part of the Prose Edda.
Other interpretations and discussions on the story can be found here: https://earthandstarryheaven.com/2016/11/09/njord-skadi/

https://norse-mythology.org/tales/the-marriage-of-njord-and-skadi/

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Frithcast Episode 21 - Gods of the Waves

Episode 21 – Gods of the Waves

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 and ocean ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

“I’d like to see them do this on television...” Eccles, The Goon Show
“A woman’s place is in the resistance.” - Princess Leia, Star Wars. Numerous artworks and feminist march placards: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/princess-leia-womens-march/ One of the many artworks available: https://society6.com/product/a-womans-place-is-in-the-resistance455119_print#s6-7012194p4a1v45

Kate explores sandcastles

Sorry, Grimsby

Poseidon and Neptunus. More about Neptune can be found here: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Neptune-Roman-god and here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_(mythology) He had a temple in Rome, on the Campus Martius (The Field of Mars), and a festival day on July 23^rd. Posideon was the Greek equivalent, found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon. Both were also patrons of horse racing.
Kate fries shrimp – in a wok, under the sea
Calypso and Pascal’s Wager. Calypso is a Greek goddess, more info can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_(mythology)
Pascal theorised about the existence of the divine, and concluded that those who believed would ultimately have a better time of it. http://www.iep.utm.edu/pasc-wag/ or a short video which uses Indiana Jones to help explain it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S93jMOqF-oE
Aegir and Ran

Njord

Psychopomp – someone or something which acts as a guide for those dying in this realm and journeying to another. In Norse mythology, this is more likely to be Valkyries. http://www.psychopomps.org/what-is-a-psychopomp.html

A tricky bit of alliteration

The nine daughters of Aegir and Ran
Agatha, Tabatha and Bagatha – from Eddie Izzard, Unrepeatable Tour, Horror Movies Sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGhSYgPhgA

Tallulah – from Cool Runnings (1993) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzwSW4OTZA4

The Gods and Jotun – it’s complicated
One, Two, Many, Lots… from the Troll counting system found in Terry Pratchet’s Discworld series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Discworld)

‘Under the Sea’ - song from Disney’s The Little Mermaid. The original tale from 1837 ends quite differently, and you can read about it here: https://moviepilot.com/posts/3277739

“Peace in our time” comes from several notable places, but the one we were thinking about was Tony Stark from Age of Ultron http://observationdeck.kinja.com/war-and-peace-the-not-so-subtle-themes-of-avengers-ag-1702167014

rawping/yawpin’ – Derbyshire dialect. Often used in conjunction with ‘shouting’, so, ‘shouting and yawpin’ used to describe someone yelling and angry. ‘E were shouting and yawpin’. You can find more Derbyshire dialect words here: http://www.near-chesterfield-derbyshire.com/derbyshire-dialect.html and here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2005/08/19/voices05_derbyshire_dictionary_feature.shtml

Ragnarok – The End of Days. Some heathens understand this to have already happened, and some that it’s yet to come. Either way, there’s information on the ‘Twilight of the Gods’ here: https://norse-mythology.org/tales/ragnarok/

“Spoilers, Sweetie” – River Song, Dr Who – series 4,5 and 6. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/River_Song

Njor in Norwegian folklore – from Dumézil, Georges (1973) translated by Coltman, Derek. From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus. University of Chicago Press pg 220.

Kate wonders: Where did Norway get its name? (It’s explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway)

Njord in Loki’s Flyting – The Lokasenna. This whole exchange happens in Aegir’s Halls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokasenna

Big upside-down squirrel – Eddie Izzard – from the Carthaginians and elephants sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smN4_9PwZOw

‘The Old Man of the Winds’ from Saami mythology. From Dumézil, Georges (1973) translated by Coltman, Derek. From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus. University of Chicago Press pg25

Njord’s marriage to Skathi – we’re planning on covering this in the next episode, so don’t want to say too much here – spoilers! You’re welcome to look it up if you don’t like surprises :)

42 – from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams. According to Adams, 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything. http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/42

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Frithcast Episode 20 - How to Perform Ritual

Episode 20 – Ritual part 2 – how to do it

Shout out to Chance Beckner who suggested the topic for this episode.

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

 

Ceremony – it’s what’s important to you. Find a way of ceremony that has meaning for you, and that you get value out of.

Do the preparations that you want to do – gather your tools, wash, prepare any words you want to use

Get to your chosen space on time – especially if you are meeting with a group for ritual.

“See here, Mars...” Titus Pullo, Rome, Season 1, episode 1

There are several parts that you can consider:

Create sacred space – help define that time and space as sacred. Suzanne uses the Hammer Rite for this. You can use a hammer for this, you will also need to be able to identify the four cardinal compass points. Some phones will have an inbuilt compass app, or you can get hold of a compass relatively cheaply. The Hammer Rite, or Hallowing, comes from Edred Thorson, and can be used to mark all four points of the compass, just North and South or calling on fire and ice. There’s more details here: http://www.modernheathen.com/2009/04/16/hammer-rite/ . There’s an article here that feels that using the Hammer Rite has been influenced by Wicca (http://heathentalk.com/2016/12/26/hammer_rite/) some folks like to use it, and some don’t it’s up to you.

The opening to your ritual:

Greet/offer to the landspirits – even if you are in your own garden/ on your own land

Greet/offer to the ancestors

Greet/offer to the Gods in general

The middle bit of your ritual:

This bit is the personal bit – you can include prayer, readings from the Havamal or sagas, music, songs, poetry that you have written, give an offering, spontaneous prayer or words, sharing an offering with the gathered people, dancing or drumming. You may also want to have time for silence in your ritual. This bit can be as long or as short at you need.

The ending of your ritual:

Thank the Gods in general

Thank the ancestors

Thank the landspirits

Thank the people gathered (if you are in a group)

Pack up your things from the site – don’t forget to safely dock your incense and candles, and take all your rubbish off the site. Be considerate where you place any offerings for the landspirits.

Be attentive as you take any ritual jewellery or clothing off, that you pack it safe for next time. This also becomes part of your ritual practice.

Ritual practice will develop and change through time and your experiences. You can try different things out and see what resonates for you.

All roads lead to chocolate cake…

Historical accounts of ritual/religious practice. There aren’t many. There are more descriptions of the temples and sacred spaces, rather than accounts of what a ritual actually contained.

Adam of Bremen describes the temple at Uppsala being officiated over by priests, in his work Gesta Hammaburgensis. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta_Hammaburgensis_ecclesiae_pontificum) He describes three statues of the Gods in a temple at Uppsala, each of which has its own priest attendant. His work contains useful information, but also speculation, so be aware when you read it.

Chapter 4 of Eyrbyggja saga tells of a hof dedicated to Thor, with a pedestal in the middle of the floor with an armring for swearing oaths, a bowl and idols. Chapter 2 of Kjalnesinga saga holds a similar description of a temple in which a statue of Thor stood. In front of this was an iron-covered altar holding an arm ring, on which oaths were sworn, and a copper bowl.

Sometimes it’s nice to have a Gothi or Gytha leading ritual, sometimes it’s nice to do things yourself.

“I am the leader!” - Franjeen and Rool – Willow (1988)

 

Frithcast Episode 19 - How to Prepare for Ritual

Episode 19 – Ritual Part 1 – how to prepare

Shout out to Chance Beckner who suggested the topic for this episode.

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

 

Because this is such a big topic, we’ve split it into a double episode. This is the first part on a discussion of how to approach ritual, Episode 20 will be the other half. As this topic is a very personal one, this episode will contain a lot of UPG.

Can you freeze rum? Answers on a postcard...

Toasting pants

Kate sings ‘Wandering Minstrel’

What is a Blot? A ceremony or ritual to give thanks and praise, or to mark an occasion.

Using ritual tools – is optional!

Using an indoor or outdoor altar

How Suzanne does a ritual – Part 1: the preparation part:

Ritual Preparation - wash, give thought to clothing (and any jewellery you want to use). Ritual washing is also common to a lot of traditions – Islam adherents wash before daily prayers (http://guide.muslimsinbritain.org/guide9.html)

Oath or Arm Rings – an arm or wrist band which is mentioned being worn by Gothi’s (priests) in the sagas. (You don’t need a Gothi or Gytha to lead ritual, sometimes it’s nice, but sometimes it’s nice to do it yourself!) You might look at Millstream Forge for blackened steel arm rings http://www.millstreamforge.co.uk/page5.html, a cuff from Runecast Copper https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RuneCastCopper or just search for ‘Viking arm ring’ for something to suit your style and budget.

Making an offering – think about when to start your preparations (especially if you want to bake bread, make a cake, make candles, make mead or sloe gin, or hand-make something else…) (https://www.mnn.com/food/beverages/stories/how-make-your-own-honey-mead) (http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/11/24/diy-chandlery-how-to-make-your-own-candles/)

Gathering any ritual tools that you want to use. - these might include: bowl, oath ring, candles, statuary, pictures or representations of the Gods, altar cloth, hammer, any offerings that you want to give, decoration of your altar or ritual space, drinking horn, pictures of or items from your ancestors - things that are personal to you and the occasion.

Parallels with other traditions: Catholic Mass is high ritual – (and evolved from Roman practice -http://www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/mass-history.htm).

Ritual can create repeated actions – this has parallels with martial arts forms and katas, as a meditation in mindfulness, connection and deepening awareness. (https://www.bookmartialarts.com/news/moving-meditation)

Creating familiarity in actions

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Frithcast Episode 18 - In The Beginning

Episode 18 – The Beginning

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

 

• “I can clearly not drink the wine in front of me...” Quote from The Princess Bride (1987)

• Suzanne’s favourite film is…

• A random discussion on the best swordfights on film:

• The Lord of the Rings (film trilogy: 2001, 2002, and 2003)

• The Last Kingdom (ahem, I actually meant Kingdom of Heaven (2005). My bad.)

• The Princess Bride (1987)

• Lightsaber fights in Star Wars – Obi Wan and Vader, Yoda and Dooku, Darth Maul...

• The Art of the Saber (2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXpokrfblM

• “I know something you don’t know, I am not left-handed” - Quote from The Princess Bride (1987)

• Suzanne and Kate sing the theme tune

• Nine is a significant number

• ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ – GRR Martin’s book series on which is based the TV series ‘Game of Thrones’.

• ‘Ring of Fire’ - song written by Jonny Cash in 1963

• In the Beginning – the creation of the worlds – paraphrased from Snorri Sturlson’s Prose Edda.

• The concept of Wyrd

• Wyrd Sisters – Terry Pratchett – there’s a whole thesis analysis available here: https://is.muni.cz/th/175303/ff_b/Bachelor_Thesis_Eva_Homolkova_Final_Version.pdf

• Shakespeare’s Macbeth – the Thane of Cawdor

• The Three Norns of Norse cosmology parallel with the Fata or Parcae of Roman cosmology and the Moirae of Greek cosmology. http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/three-fates-destiny-s-deities-ancient-greece-and-rome-003039

• The Stygian Witches from Greek mythology. Also known as the Graeae Sisters or the Crone Sisters. http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Graiai.html

• Karma and Nirvana

• Fate is a Feynman diagram… (now we come to look at it, it’s closer to a Minkowski diagram https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/special-relativity/minkowski-spacetime-2016-01-18T22:56:14.718Z/v/introduction-to-special-relativity-and-minkowski-spacetime-diagrams )

• “Fear profits man nothing.” Quote from The Thirteenth Warrior (1999)

• A question of fear and courage

• “Better it is to have a stout heart always...” – The Histories by Heroditus. Book 7, chapter 50.

• ‘A man will often meet his fate when he is trying to run from it’ – Galadriel from Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring ch7), see also Jean de la Fontaine (Book VIII (1678–1679), fable 16 (The Horoscope)) and Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda (2008)

• Pre-destiny versus self determination

• “Wibbly wobbily timey wimey” – Doctor Who (especially when played by David Tennant)

• The Block Time Theory – also know as The Block Universe Theory of Time or The Growing Block View) https://plus.maths.org/content/what-block-time

• The Worm Theory of Identity – Perdurantism, as a subset of Four Dimensionalism, also known as the Space Time Worm, or The Worm View. The understanding that a persisting individual is the sum of all it’s parts through time.

• It keys into the philosophical conundrum of the Ship of Theseus: if you replace parts of a ship through time, is it still the same ship at the end? https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/wi-phi/wiphi-metaphysics-epistemology/wiphi-metaphysics/v/ship-of-theseus

• Kate learned everything from QI and Cracked.com…

Frithcast Episode 17 - Frigga and Her Attendants

Frithcast 17: Frigga and her Attendants

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

 

(In the move to our new home, Kate and I have lost the original show notes for this episode. We’ve tried our best to recreate them below. Also this was originally released on a Friday, which is somewhat apt :))

 

‘First of Her Name’ From Game of Thrones, titles for Danerys Targeryn

‘Lots of planets have a North’ Dr Who, Christopher Eccleston episode, ‘Rose’

Frigga and Freya – some heathens view these as the same, and others view them as separate.

Seith work, you may also see it written as Seidh.

Loki’s Flyting – poem in which Loki insults Frigg, Freya defends her.

Frigg Spins the Clouds painting

Juno and Vesta

The Second Meresberg Charm/Incantation

The Grimnismal – the wager between Frigg and Odin

Mithrandir – the Grey Traveller, title belonging to Gandalf from Lord of the Rings

The Death Of Baldur and naming magic

2 prayers to Frigga

Frithcast Episode 16 - Altars and Sacred Spaces

Episode 16 – altars and sacred space

Shout out to Dalton Essick, who suggested the topic for this episode :)

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

 

Suzanne needs to practice more…
A mostly UPG episode – UPG means that a lot of the content of this episode is the personal opinions and experiences of Suzanne and Kate.

Parsecs and lettuce

Medieval Scandinavian community halls – the Hof

Not that Hof… http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001327/

The saga references to altars

The outside altar made from stones

What’s currently on Suzanne’s altar

A ritual hammer – Suzanne found a small short-handled lump hammer from a DIY store works just fine.

What your altar might look like…a wooden box, a shelf, a small table top etc...

What an altar can be used for – a shrine or ritual space, or an area to hold sacred items

‘Nobody can tell you how to heathen’

Changing an altar – for the seasons, for different gods, for different festivals

Stepping into sacred space from the mundane

What is sacred space?

Altar size – pocket altars available from Odin’s Beard Woodworking - http://www.odinsbeardwoodworking.com/

The use of Godposts – this comes from descriptions in ‘Witches of London: Lars’ by Aleksandr Voinov - http://www.aleksandrvoinov.com/witches-of-london.html and check out Gungir Godposts: https://www.facebook.com/Gungnir-Godposts-1565456350415538/

The Hammer Rite – the creation of temporary sacred space

Closing sacred space

Parallels of sacred space – segregation of space in churches in Christianity; washing of hands, face and feet, and removal of shoes before prayer in Islam, Roman shrines, temples and the covering of heads/wearing of masks as preparation for ritual.

Creating temporary sacred space.

Using ritual tools – temporary or permanent.

You don’t need expensive ritual kit to be able to heathen and connect to the Gods.

‘My Grandfathers Axe’ - a philosophical argument better know as the Paradox of Theseus Ship - https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/wi-phi/wiphi-metaphysics-epistemology/wiphi-metaphysics/v/ship-of-theseus Simply: if you take an axe or ritual tool, and replace each part of it as it gets worn, once all the parts are replaced with identical new ones, is it still the same axe as it was at the beginning?

Consider treating yourself as the altar – the use of ritual clothes or jewellery

Take time to develop your own practice

An Altar to Sunna – an example of things you might consider using

The historical record – what do the sagas tell us about altars?

Adam of Bremen and the temple at Uppsala http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/uppsalatemple.html

What’s associated with an altar in a Hof? Oath rings and Bowls

Sacrificing animals – the changing nature of wealth

The nature of sacrifice in Roman religion.

Experiences with the divine are all valid.

How to find us online

Kate gets scandalous

Frithcast Episode 15 - Thor and Meatloaf

Episode 15 – Thor (and Meatloaf)

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

Storm sounds from Martin Lightning at Freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Martin%20Lightning/sounds/16480/

 

“Give yourself over...” from ‘Don’t Dream it, Be It’ - Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Kate drinks coffee recklessly…

Welcome to the virtual campfire

It’s important to have warm knees

Meatloaf song klaxon: Objects in the Read View Mirror

Meatloaf song klaxon: Life is a Lemon and…

Meatloaf song klaxon: Bat out of Hell

UPG and your own personal understanding

Pop culture and kennings – Kennings in modern poetry(www.poetryarchive.org/glossary/kenning) , Viking kennings http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/resources/mpvp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/What-are-kennings.pdf

Chris Hemsworth returns

Redhead? Blond?… it’s all good

Thor: seen as a parallel with the Roman Jupiter, another thunder god

Thursday, Donar, Donnerstag (modern German for Thursday), and Donner and Blitzen (Thunder and Lightning – traditionally two of Santa’s reindeer)

Meatloaf song klaxon: Man of Steel

Protector and defender of the people.

Mjolnir – a sign of faith and a symbol of Thor.

What can I DO to make this situation better? The Thoughts of Thor

Thor’s goats and chariot – an absence of zombie goats...

Meatloaf song klaxon: What You See is What You Get

Thors hall, his wife and his children

Thor in the Sagas:

The Lay of Thrym – Thor dresses as a bride to retrieve his hammer from the giants.

The unique relationship between Thor and the Lord of Mischief

The Journey to Utgard – Thor goes to a giants castle and is challenged to unbeatable tasks.

‘Bernard’ - Blackadder II episode I ‘Bells’.

‘Granny Weatherwax would be proud’ – Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett’s Discword series.

Two short prayers to Thor – both from ‘A Book of Pagan Prayer’ by Serith.

Meatloaf song klaxon: Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Kate’s tangent into the etymology of the word ‘Starboard’

Meatloaf song klaxon: Goods Girls Go to Heaven, Bad Girls go Everywhere.

‘Bad girls go with Ragnar’ - reference to the main character of the TV show, Vikings (2013)

Thor’s fishing trip – go find it!

Suzanne and Kate decide to settle matters by lifting their cat… it may not end well…

How to find us online

‘But I don’t wanna explode’ - Serenity (2005) based on the TV series ‘Firefly’

Frithcast Episode 14 - Happy in Moderation

Episode 14 – Happy (in moderation)

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

 

Suzanne says hello

“George...don’t do that” - the indomitable Joyce Grenfel - Nursery School Sketches - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFA_AJvrp4

Fourteen doesn’t work

Kate is totally clear

The discussion starts with Joy (the rune Wunjo/Wynn)

What do Anakin Skywalker, Harry Potter, Marcus Aurelius, and Minions have in common?

Kate tries to work it out…

Kate thinks on the mystery of bananas

Happiness as a heathen

“To shush the noisy...” Conan the Librarian - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Librarian

The Rune Poems

Having just enough

The Minions enter stage left – the concept of living in the moment (from Despicable Me (2010) Despicable Me 2 (2013) and Minions (2015))

Kate is not sorry

Jedi – living in the present

Jedi minions…

Druids and Buddhists

Marcus Aurelius (https://dailystoic.com/marcus-aurelius/) and a legion of Roman minion Jedi…

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Happiness in balance – the balance of need and want

The difference between need and want is wish

The art of correct wishing

(Examples from fairy tales – See Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 750A ‘Foolish Wishes’ - http://www.mftd.org/index.php?action=atu . The Aarne-Thompson scale is a way of classifying folk tales by trope. Head here for some examples of this type: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0750a.html)

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (film 2001, book 1997 (twenty years?!? when did that happen?))

Anakin Skywalker – Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005)

The Jedi minions return

Dragon sickness and need – from JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit (novel 1937, film trilogy 2012, 2013, 2014)

Connections in popular culture – things in moderation

How to find us online

Happy take one Happy take two (with graceful apologies to Pharrell Williams...)

Frithcast Episode 13 - The Franks Casket

Episode 13 The Franks Casket

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

 

We have coffee

‘It’s 106 miles to Chicago and we’re wearing sunglasses’ - Blues Brothers (1980)

‘Thirteen! Thirteen!’ From the TV series Rome, Season 1, episode 11 ‘The Spoils’. (2005)

What exactly did happen to the 13^th legion?

An introduction to the Franks Casket

That sock: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=155676&partId=1

Kate has the power

Tangent warning – The Scottish Play. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scottish_Play

Sir Augustus Franks is awesome

The Franks Casket aka The Auzon Casket

5 panels not six…

The replica right-hand panel

The carvings and inscriptions on the panels – Roman Christian, Jewish and Germanic legend images and inscriptions in four scripts.

The Far Side (by Gary Larson) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side

An explanation of shared cultural imagery and stories through Red Riding Hood – with a nod to Hoodwinked (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443536/ 2005)

The cat makes herself known

Which sack of Jerusalem exactly?

The Northumbrian connection

‘A box on legs’ Luggage from Discworld – Terry Pratchett http://discworld.wikia.com/wiki/The_Luggage

The front panel – the two images explained

The right-hand side – the Adoration of the Magi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi

The cat comes back

‘The magic of radio’ - “If I stand on your shoulders and then you stand on mine...” paraphrased from ‘The Histories of Pliny the Elder’ The Goon Show, series 7, episode 25, first broadcast in March 1957. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thegoonshow/

The front panel inscription – an Anglo-Saxon riddle

A sideways step into The Hobbit. Argh, chapter 5 isn’t ‘Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire’, it’s ‘Riddles in the Dark’ (by JRR Tolkien, 1937)

Kate solves the riddle

Too much complicated...

The left hand side – the story of Weyland. Why are there four and a half figures?

A quick retelling of the legend of Weyland the Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_the_Smith

Dame Celia Molestrangler – the ‘Fiona and Charles’ sketches from Round the Horne (1965 - 1968)

Mooses, Meeces…

The mystery deepens

A replica in the British Museum shop http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/sculpture/the-franks-casket-sculpture-british-museum-exclusive/invt/cmcr49940

Photographs of it on the British Museum website http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=92560&partId=1

To know or not to know…

How to find us online

Kate gets left on her own with the mic

Kate tells a thing about Star Wars

Suzanne gives her best Wookiee impression