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A group for the discussion of all aspects of the culture of the Vikings - their wars, voyages, art, literature, language and legacy. Hugrunar means 'Thought Runes' and encompasses discussion of the Viking Age from the Fifth to the Eleventh Centuries. |
The Mead of Poetry - Viking Literature and Art
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 The Hushed Feast Hall - Poetry for Modern Vikings
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A place for Hugrunar members to enterain others with their own poetry, preferably in the style of Viking skaldic verse or inspired by the Viking Age.
While the wild winds of winter howl outside the feast hall and the occasional flake of snow swirls down through the smoke hole in the thatched roof, the lord's household falls silent as the skald stands with his round lyre and begins to proclaim his latest poem.
Using the time-honoured styles of skaldic verse, he weaves the formulas and traditional patterns of his chosen style into a new form, amazing the gathered crowd with the skill with which he links and interlaces words and phrases with patterns of stress and alliteration. They sit transfixed as he uses ancient formulae to craft a well-known story into a bright and shining new form, which will live and die in that one brief winter night.
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Missing lilja (* Sif Thorolfsson, Jan 25, 2006 - 16:29 ) Hod's Season (* lilja Harfagri, Jan 12, 2005 - 06:39 ) West of Vinland (* lilja Harfagri, Oct 28, 2004 - 01:34 ) Droemde mik en droem i nat (* Calabrius Livius, Nov 6, 2002 - 03:13 ) Norse Poetry (* Quickstar MacRoth, Oct 3, 2002 - 18:41 ) It was still funny though ... (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Oct 2, 2002 - 23:25 ) Anytime, Culann (* Cornellia Cornelius, Oct 2, 2002 - 22:28 ) Thanks, Corny... (* Culann Brigantes, Oct 2, 2002 - 22:11 ) Real Vikings (* Cornellia Cornelius, Oct 2, 2002 - 20:45 ) West Over The Waters (* Quickstar MacRoth, Oct 1, 2002 - 19:42 ) Vinland (* Lexi MacRoth, Sep 30, 2002 - 11:43 ) Theodric and the Maeringas (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Sep 28, 2002 - 03:15 ) I believe (* Londinius Romulus, Sep 28, 2002 - 02:44 ) Prince of the Maerings (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Sep 27, 2002 - 23:40 ) Leaping In (* Quickstar MacRoth, Sep 27, 2002 - 12:31 ) Then he remembers (* Londinius Romulus, Sep 27, 2002 - 12:17 ) Sensitive to the Jarl's gentle admonishment (* Londinius Romulus, Sep 27, 2002 - 12:05 ) The Jarl smiles (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Sep 26, 2002 - 20:56 ) The Death Of Baldur (* Londinius Romulus, Sep 26, 2002 - 14:17 ) Viking Might (* Quickstar MacRoth, Sep 24, 2002 - 23:10 )| 8 more |
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