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This seems to be an entirely too-detailed synopsis of the book as a whole. I suggest editing it to make it flow better, and to reduce the amount of detail provided.
Probably you are right, and I like your edits to date. Jones' books tend to be so complex it is difficult to write a short summary.--
Wehwalt16:58, 30 September 2006 (UTC)reply
Siegfried / Brunhilda
Does anyone know the reason for Dianne Wynn Jones choosing the myth of Siegfried and Brunhilda for saturday? Did she just pick another Germanic/Norse myth for the only day the Germanic peoples hadn't calqued, or what?
惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ *23:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Well . . . it is certainly the best known Nordic myth. My guess is that she wanted something that a bright teenager reading the book would have heard of.--
Wehwalt23:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)reply
It is? Maybe it holds true for the Anglo-Saxon world, though. As a Swede, I'm more familiar with other myths such as the slaying of Balder, and Thor's fake wedding in Thrymskvida. Well, that's one answer as good as any, I suppose...
惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ *23:48, 7 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Yes, but you would have studied the roots of your own culture. Most American and English kids wouldn't have studied the Nordic myths. Probably they would know Siegfried and Brunnhilde from the elements of the operas that have trickled into popular culture.--
Wehwalt00:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)reply