tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post4751915446538336012..comments2023-06-01T04:08:23.369-07:00Comments on Gemæcce: Playful mating with another womanNicola Griffithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-13267744682650091702009-11-22T22:21:35.101-08:002009-11-22T22:21:35.101-08:00Many institutions limit access to their online inf...Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.Writing a Research Paperhttp://www.researchpaperspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-10628229196339802932008-08-29T16:19:00.000-07:002008-08-29T16:19:00.000-07:00For a fair idea of assumptions around Irish kingsh...For a fair idea of assumptions around Irish kingship, and truth, there's a text called Audacht Morainn, which is beautifully edited and translated by Fergus Kelly, one of the leading medieval Irish law scholars. There are rough translations online if you Google, but you really want Kelly's edition.<BR/><BR/>The roles of truth, kingship, poets, inspiration and prophecy are all tied together in both early I.E. literatures and laws, and very strongly in medieval Irish texts, laws and stories.Lisa Spangenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916288400544629723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-82677730133947069232008-08-29T14:46:00.000-07:002008-08-29T14:46:00.000-07:00The Act of Truth as a kingly trait is pretty inter...The Act of Truth as a kingly trait is pretty interesting. I've just read the Wiley article you sent (thank you) and it got my thinking about how different the kingships of Oswald and Oswiu might have been from that of, say, Edwin: all that Irish influence. I'll have to think about this.<BR/><BR/>And I'm flat out intrigued by 'the land of women'...Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-15327499283265719192008-08-29T09:00:00.000-07:002008-08-29T09:00:00.000-07:00The Irish phrase for the lovemaking in the text is...The Irish phrase for the lovemaking in the text is "in dernais lanamnas rebartha ri mnaí aile." <BR/><BR/>There's not a lot of scholarly work around this--what there is is about the act of truth, which is one of the signs of a "true" "real" king. <BR/><BR/>There's an article by Greene, cited in another article I've just sent Nicola, that does discuss other instances of "tribadism" causing pregnancy in Irish historical tracts and law codes--but even there the language around the lovemaking is odd, and filled with assumptions.<BR/><BR/>One of the names for the Irish other worlds is tír mban, the land of women. Now, I'm not saying "they're lesbians!," but I do think that there are some interesting implications around sex and gender, and that they're worth looking at.<BR/><BR/>Another Celticist, Phillip A. Bernhardt-House has done some work--I've heard him speak about it at a conference, but I don't know if he published.Lisa Spangenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916288400544629723noreply@blogger.com