“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
A clue to why I get a little confused sometimes. Researching 12th century Scandinavian/Celtic Music I learned that sacred Irish (Celtic/Gaelic) harps were always stored in otter skins. Early Gaelic Harp And now – reading Volsunga Saga – I kind of understand the link (?) Ring of Bright Water. Nah. I REFUSE to watch that […]
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Information Overload. They just keep showing up. Shrug! The Friend of My Friend and the Enemy of My Enemy: Romanian Participation in Ottoman Campaigns
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There are plenty of sources out there “explaining” The Norman Theory. A Good Place to start is — Encyclopedia of Ukraine I’ve covered bits of 1066 and all that here. Let’s see what NC has to say about The Norman Theory : It should be abandoned the idea that the chronicle records that […]
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aka the famous Zvenigorod bell. A little BS….sorry….MS History about this bell. It is believed that the bell was cast in 1668 by “the sovereign cannon and bell master Alexander Grigoryev.” The bell weighed 2125 pounds 30 hryvnias (approx. 35 tons). Depicted on it are the coat of arms of Zvenigorod. Historians believe that […]
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I’m spending some time with the history of the Zvenigorod bell. The bells. The bells. And the inscription on it which has been decoded and then re-decoded by NC. Very interesting :o)
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Or… …If you are as steeped in 12thC Welsh History as I am. Warband. Them Ravens are a-talking again :o) TAY-lee
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OK. In my usual roundabout, weird way – I’ve finally reached the destination. Macedonia/Serbia I’m feeling a great need now to look into the Ptolemaic Pharoahs via…..?!? “We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.” […]
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Mary Renault is a fine writer. I’ve loved her books. My sadness, now, is that I can no longer read them with the same joy and excitement :o( In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created […]
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I think of Viking when I see that. But then – I’m unashamedly biased :o) From NC : The identity of the “ancient” Chinese Mongols. References to the Mongol inhabitants of the Ancient China are unlikely to surprise anyone – the modern Mongols still live there, and the modern Mongolia borders with China. These […]
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So. I thought I’d finally reached where I’ve been going. But… …a final fact check (the meaning of a certain name) took me right back to China. I should be peeved but it has actually double-reinforced the fact that I was checking out. Woohoo :o) Wiki : Five Barbarians Wiki : Xianbei
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Time and Tide etc… Quick History Reset and then I can get to the place I’m headed! “Ivan Samuilovich Greig (1776–1802), traveled to China but was never heard of again.” No bloody wonder he got lost, never heard of again. China was jam-packed with Tartars, Turks and Eastern Europeans!! From NC : […]
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Raphael’s The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila depicts Pope Leo I, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul, meeting with the Hun emperor outside Rome To get where I want to be, I’m being forced to Go West – Backwards. From China to Eastern Europe. From NC: The “ancient” Chinese Hungarians. The nation of the Huns was quite prominent […]
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Hidden History Research 