[Regia-NA] Depressed Anglo-Saxons?

[J K Siddorn]

The AS riddles give a wholly cheerful picture, one of jolly people digging each other in the ribs & giggling ;o))

Regards,

Kim Siddorn,
Regia Anglorum

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Michalski" <jmichal2 at yahoo.com>
To: <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] Depressed Anglo-Saxons?


> In many of the secondary sources that I've read
> (essays on 'The Seafarer', for example, or 'Beowulf',
> or studies of Anglo-Saxon art), A-S culture is often
> described as bleak and pessimistic. You get an image
> of fur-clad depressives sitting in mud huts, trying to
> stay out of the incessant drizzle and singing about
> how life stinks. And this contrasts strongly with the
> cliches about happy Celts dancing with leprechauns in
> sunny oak groves, or partying with talking salmon.
>
> Have any of you picked up this same message from your
> reading? Or have any of you come across books that
> give historically sound but less gloomy pictures of
> Anglo-Saxon culture?
>
> Interested in the groups thoughts,
>
> John
>
>
>
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