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Monday, May 21, 2012
Healing in the hands of the King
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"Alas! If he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: T...
Monday, May 7, 2012
"Big as a house, gray as a mouse," and very loud!
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The Song of Roland is an old French epic poem in which the knights of Charlemagne battle Saracen forces. The leading knight, Roland, has a ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Cu Chulainn and Achilles: Famous but Dead
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Cu Chulainn (pronounced "Coo Chullen," ch as in loch ) is the greatest hero in Irish lore. He is from the Ulster cycle of Irish ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Secret of Kells: The Artwork
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The artwork in the 2009 film, The Secret of Kells , (director Tom Moore, co-director, Nora Twomy, art director, Ross Stewart,) reflects the ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Turning Darkness into Light
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Credit: Edana A. "Turning Darkness into light." This is a line from a 8th or 9th century poem by an Irish monk, called Pangur ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Secret of Kells
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Brendan and Aisling, picture from Matthew Sernett, Fantasty Film Review The Secret of Kells is a 2009 film about The Book of Kells...
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