Monday, December 30, 2002
R.W., Chambers. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn. 3rd ed. London: Cambridge, 1967.
“This story bears in its general outline every impression of true history: the struggle for the throne between the nephew and the uncle, the support given to the unsuccessful candidate by a rival state, these are events which recur frequently in the wild history of the Germanic tribes during the dark ages, following inevitably from the looseness of the law of succession to the throne.” (6)
Geat
“Geatas” (8-10) http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/5/Davis1.html
Beowulf has not been named in any of the histories as “king of the Geatas” (10)
Sons in Scandinavian past were to keep initial first letter of the father. Beowulf does not fit into this conception. (10)
Beowulf may be a Geatas king merged with the god Beowa (10)
Discounting Beowulf because of a Dragon is a mistake as historians as late as A.D. 793 say they existed. (11)
“As to his (Beowulf’s) other feats, all we can say is that the common assumption that they rest upon an historic foundation does not seem to be capable of proof. But that they have an historic background is indisputable.” (13)
“We may be fairly sure that the spot where Hrothgar built his “Hart-Hall” and where Hrothulf held that court to which the North ever after looked for its pattern of chivalry was Leire, where the grave mounds rise out of the waving cornfields.” (19-20)
King Offa’s history – small woven story that Beowulf’s audience would have been familiar with. (31+)
Why allegorize the poem when back then it may have meant nothing more than a fairy tale adventure. (47)
Grettis Saga – Farm haunted, Grettir awaits the monster, defeats it in a lake with many instances similar to Beowulf. (48-49)
“the two stories are somehow connected and cannot be disupted. Apart from the general likeness, we have details such as the escape of the monster after the loss of an arm, the fire burning in the cave…” (50)
An argument of weather the story of Grettir and Grendel were from the same source or pulled from each other. http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grettir/
“The probability is, then, considerable, that the Beowulf-story and the Grettir – story are independently derived from one common original.” (52)
Orm Storolfsson tale (saga) A tale borrowing from the Grettis saga.
Womens folklore may have stemmed from the same tale. Comparing similar storied will answer the question of incongruiancy in Beowulf. (62-64)
Beowulf – Properties of a Bear. Bear-like Hugging. (65)
Skjold – Scyldscefing of Beowulf. – Real ancestry
“Our poem, the first original poem of any length in the English tongue, ignores England.” (98)
Grendel-Lake – Sarrazin identifies with the neighboring Roskildefjord. (Leire) (101)
Mullenhoff: A lay on Grendel and a lay on the dragon – fight might have been combined by some later compiler. (115)
Ten Brink: Should have been two or more versions curren of a popular story: That a scribe should have tried to fit these two parallel versions together. (115)
“Poem falls into two main divisions: the story of how Beowulf at Heorot slew grendel and Grendel’s mother, and the story of the dragon, which fifty years later he slew at his home. These are connected by the section which tells how Beowulf returned from Heorot to his own home and was honourably received by his king, Hygelac.” (117)
Beowulf the poet has consciously avoided dogmatic references because he realized that the characters in his story were not Christians. (127)
The Christian references in the Battle of Maldon, written when England had been Christian for over three centuries, are precisely of the same vague character as those in Beowulf. (126)
Another new web testing (#6)
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10:13 PM
Sunday, December 29, 2002
A test website with blue and "new image"
Fourth Testing
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9:51 AM
Thursday, December 12, 2002
I have been working on a different banner for the front page, here is a different twist.
New Image
I scanned in my drawing of the background, manipulated the file (it was originally square, not rectagle), and then added the spiffy rune writing to it.
It is large, so I am not sure what I'll do with it, if I even use it.
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5:57 PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Third Testing
Fourth Testing
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12:48 PM
I re-thought my earlier design and figured that if the person looking at my site has their graphics off, they wouldn't be able to navigate my site. So, I added the bottom as a precaution for normal links that are typed out. I just hope the person looking at my site go directly to those and doesn't even see my actual navigation scheme.
I added a different drawing into the site, it's not mine so I am using it as filler for testing purposes.
My Second testing of page design
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10:34 AM
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
A Test Webpage
I used the new look that I have been pondering on, made my own buttons from research on runes and this is what I came up with.
I personally really like it.
New banner look
The downfall would be if the download takes too long. I am not sure how that is going to go. I may need to go in and change all the picture names to .jpg's instead of .gif's
Oh and if you get an error, that's Geocities, not my program. When I get my account all set-up on the school server I'll start bringing my stuff over so I don't have to bother with the banners and errors.
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11:23 PM
I been sketching some more!
I've made a few more sketches to my webpages
Ancestry
Citation
Links
I also began sketching some different looks for the site and possible banners.
I think I have figured it out and will post it when I get a good grip on the way it should be.
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7:21 PM
Thursday, December 05, 2002
Website Sketches
All my sketches so far, loading may take a minute.
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5:30 PM
Beowulf Image Quote
The man whose name was known for courage,
the Geat leader, resolute in his helmet,
answered in return: "We are retainers
from Hygelac's band. Beowulf is my name.
(lines 340-343)
Grendel's Mother Quote
She came to Heorot. There, inside the hall,
Danes lay asleep, earls who would soon endure
a great reversal, once Grendel's mother
attacked and entered. Her onslaught was less
only by as much as an amazon warrior's
strength is less than an armed man's
when the hefted sword, its hammered edge
and gleaming blade slathered in blood
razes the sturdy boar-ridge off a helmet.
(lines 1279-1287)
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4:56 PM
Tuesday, December 03, 2002
Grendel's Image Quote
Grendel was the name of this grim demon
haunting the marches, marauding round the heath
and the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time
in misery among the banished monsters,
Cain's clan, whom the Creator had outlawed
and condemned as outcasts. (lines 102-107)
Heorot Image Quote
Far and wide through the world, I have heard,
orders for work to adorn that wallstead
were sent to many peoples. And soon it stood there
finished and ready, in full view,
the hall of halls. Heorot was the name
he had settled on it, whose utterance was law.
Nor did he renege, but doled out rings
and torques at the table. the hall towered,
its gables wide and high and awaiting
a barbarous burning. (lines 74-83)
Content Inventory image
2 Large Images, be patient please.
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8:29 PM
