09-12-2006, 08:22 PM | #381 |
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Yeah, that's right...there were three questions, three answers. Hmm..."To die and live again"..."You shall marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons"...dangit, what was the third one???
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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) |
09-13-2006, 10:44 AM | #382 |
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The third one was (IIRC) "To give up half the light of the world to save the world" I always thought this had something to do with Min's viewing about "the eyeball in the scales" (because half the light of the world could be one eye)
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09-13-2006, 11:17 PM | #383 | |
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Ah, yes, right. Now that makes me wonder...
It's obviously a parallel to Woden, the Norse chief god-who was also associated with ravens. Anyway, he gave up one of his eyes to drink from the Well of Wisdom or something like that... I can't help but wonder...
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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) Last edited by Curubethion : 09-13-2006 at 11:20 PM. |
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09-15-2006, 12:23 AM | #385 |
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I'm fairly certain the two names are interchangeable...anyway, Jordan makes a few parallels to everything. LOTR, Norse and Eastern mythology, Buddhism, medieval Europe, the Arthur legends...even Greek mythology!
You're wondering what the heck WoT has to do with the Greeks, right? It's simple: Hecate, goddess of sorcery and whatnot, is associated with the hellhounds that haunt a crossroads at twilight.
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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) |
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09-16-2006, 10:48 AM | #388 |
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I'm not sure...that might be something RJ invented. Here's another...coincedence for you: the monster in Beowulf is named "Grendel". Is RJ making a statement about our favorite streith-wearing Forsaken?
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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) |
09-18-2006, 04:15 PM | #389 |
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Hmmmm.
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09-18-2006, 04:22 PM | #390 |
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y'know...it's not like me to jump in feet first ....
but ''Hmmmm'' ?? well- it asks the question don't it? |
09-18-2006, 06:35 PM | #391 |
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Is it me or is Lan getting smart with the Amerlyn?
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09-26-2006, 12:49 PM | #392 |
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i wish someone in my family would believe me about WoT and read it i'm all alone at my house
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09-27-2006, 10:21 AM | #393 |
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Same here. I'm trying to get my dad to read them. No luck yet. I only have one person in RL to talk about them to.
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O wow!
Grrrrr... Now the one person at work that knows what an Aes Sadai is quit. *cries*
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Thank you. It bites 'cause I can't just walk up to someone and say something only a WoT fan would know.
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09-29-2006, 11:58 PM | #397 |
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You mean like "Dovie'andi se tovya sagain", or "Blood 'n bloody ashes!!"?
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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) |
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I finished the most recent book not too long ago (Knife of Dreams, I think), and I thought it was really excellent! I know a lot of people found it boring, but I thought the whole thing was pretty exciting.
Except for the parts with Elayne... honestly, what a little wench.
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LOL, that's exactly how Elayne is!
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You guys suck. I went to the libarey (sp) to renew CoS, but had to turn it in becase somebody requested it. Grrrr. All I needed was about another week I soooo need to buy my own copies of the books.
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