tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6895495390452050921..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Song of the Working ManGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81767548287005344992012-03-23T20:26:27.541-04:002012-03-23T20:26:27.541-04:00Virtue is its own reward, because there isn't ...Virtue is its own reward, because there isn't any other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53400520726862401442012-03-20T14:21:17.917-04:002012-03-20T14:21:17.917-04:00Elise:
Please don't feel ashamed.
If the ...Elise:<br /><br />Please don't feel ashamed. <br /><br />If the post was of such service to you I am deeply gratified. Please convey my respects to your cousin, who must be a fine man.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37902440714184183982012-03-20T05:04:00.011-04:002012-03-20T05:04:00.011-04:00The older I get, and as I gain experience as a fat...The older I get, and as I gain experience as a father, the more I realize how much credit is due a man who simply provides for his family and loves them, and gives them the example of a hard working honest man to follow. I've also realized that as much as I try to give such an example to my son and daughter, I know my failings and it's tough sometimes to believe I can do it- but I've also realized that even men like my father have their flaws (is my admiration for him so obvious?), and I'm sure I don't know the half of them- but he gave me the mythology to understand what we should try to be.<br /><br />I don't think I know many folks with the sort of drama you've illustrated here in their lives- or at least it's not come up- but for all that we credit true heroes that we're all aware of, there are so many unsung, and unfortunately, so many also tragic.<br /><br />Noble was indeed the right word- just slogging through what life sends your way with any dignity, purpose, and love is noble.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-32282343222891178582012-03-19T20:58:13.136-04:002012-03-19T20:58:13.136-04:00I'm glad you like it, Grim.
And thank you for...I'm glad you like it, Grim.<br /><br />And thank you for this post. I was thinking about it this evening and realized these stories are my cousin's story. I never really saw it before and I'm ashamed that I didn't. I will tell him I see it now - and perhaps print this post off and send it to him.Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594477709835944165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-6891818200670901112012-03-19T18:36:45.520-04:002012-03-19T18:36:45.520-04:00That's a beautiful song, Elise.That's a beautiful song, Elise.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-35579450425098252592012-03-19T18:34:30.141-04:002012-03-19T18:34:30.141-04:00Andrew: You may be on to something. It would expl...Andrew: You may be on to something. It would explain a fact about mythology that has always mystified me.<br /><br />One of the very common tropes in mythology is the child who is secretly the son of a great hero or king (or, more rarely but occasionally, the daughter of one). I've always wondered why these stories are so popular. Generally people telling them would have known their ancestors back at least a few generations, so it can't be that people have commonly identified with not knowing who their parents were; but we see the myth at work again and again, from Oedipus to Fionn mac Cumhaill, and indeed worldwide.<br /><br />Maybe this form is so popular because it speaks to a deeply-felt sense that we're all the sons and daughters of heroes we have forgotten how to name. In that case, as in many cases, the myth will often prove literally to be true.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37287251554110295532012-03-19T18:29:42.675-04:002012-03-19T18:29:42.675-04:00These stories remind me of a song that never fails...These stories remind me of a song that never fails to make me cry: Barbed Wire Boys by Susan Werner. You can find versions of it on YouTube; the lyrics are here: <a href="http://www.pixelopolis.com/lyrics/lyrics_song.php?site_id=1&song_id=119" rel="nofollow">Lyrics</a>Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594477709835944165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-24040756829010238132012-03-19T17:20:05.616-04:002012-03-19T17:20:05.616-04:00Love these stories and the men that write them, Gr...Love these stories and the men that write them, Grim. <br /><br />I'm curious - since you study fables and myths - is there a Forgotten Hero archetype? <br /><br />Something I've been thinking about lately - it seems to be the most noble of ventures to do heroic things and then to be forgotten, remembered not even with words but only by the effects of your deeds. To do a hero's job and not even claim the fame befitting such a task. <br /><br />It's a contradiction in that the point of our heroic stories is to remember such deeds - but hopefully you get the sense of what I'm looking for.AndrewCnoreply@blogger.com