My people have spoken in kennings since the eighth century, even while Rome’s Christos rendered the hero archetype null-and-void. A kenning, in as much as translating can define, is a method by which a phrase, word, or character enhances the meaning communed through any literary work. (Nordic people were the bards of their warriors.) In modern, [...]
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Kenning as a Concept (by which we measure our …)
Posted in Biography, tagged 9th Century, Christos, Depth, Kenning, Literature, Nordic, Norse, Poem, Poetry on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »