Eubalaena glacialis: Conversing about a Norse Ship in a Norwegian Church, and photos of these, and their significance, with a former Scottish Professor of mine, "Positive envisionings vis-a-vis the neurophysiologies of culture are fascinating memes to co-generate and think through, musically even," "Don't know much about the modern verse etc.," Traveling

Conversing about a Norse Ship in a Norwegian Church, and photos of these, and their significance, with a former Scottish Professor of mine





Scott:
sailing in the air of positive Norse envisioning  ... ah, Protestantism

Donald Meek:
The Irish saw ships sailing in the air too, and little men coming down by ladder, Scott!

Scott:
Positive envisionings vis-a-vis the neurophysiologies of culture are fascinating memes to co-generate and think through, musically even ... Donald  ... don't know Norse hymns or how sailing vessels find their ways into song there  ... Any insights into this from your travels?

Donald:
Don't know much about the modern verse etc., Scott, but I do know a little about the medieval side, i.e. Norse boats as represented in so-called skaldic verse, and I have written a bit about that. It seems from surviving Gaelic verse from the 13th century that certain Gaelic poet were influenced by the style and 'kennings' of skaldic verse. I agree about the cross-cultural dimensions - absolutely fascinating. Wish I knew more! Travel does help - if only I were younger!

Scott:
Fascinating, Donald, you go back a ways ... Blog reference(s), if any, for "i.e. Norse boats as represented in so-called skaldic verse, and I have written a bit about that. It seems from surviving Gaelic verse from the 13th century that certain Gaelic poet were influenced by the style and 'kennings' of skaldic verse" ... ?

Donald:
Not on my blog, Scott. The relevant article appeared as 'Norsemen and Noble Stewards: The MacSween Poem in the Book of the Dean of Lismore', in Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, Vol. 34 (Winter 1997), pp. 1-49. See also the book by R.G. Poole, 'Viking Poems on War and Peace: A Study in Skaldic Narrative' (Toronto, 1991), which I have found very useful. Prof. Poole wrote to me to say that he was continuing the theme of the Norse/Gaelic cross-over in verse of the kind that I had edited.

Scott:
I added our conversation to my blog, - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/07/eubalaena-glacialis-conversing-about.html - crediting the photo+ to you. In looking at your blog, I wonder if the use of blogspot 'labels' would help thematize, etc., but especially make your more easily accessible. See the labels I use as an example. Your 'shipaldry' (a heraldry neologism :) is fantastic, Donald.






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