On Apr 2, 9:23 pm, Ingeborg S. Nord=E9n <isnor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 2, 6:26 pm, pete m <pmac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 2, 4:11 pm, Ingeborg S. Nord=E9n <isnor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 2, 5:55 pm, pete m <pmac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > After the previous comment, I thought of 'monstrous hoofbeats echo
> > > > through the underworld,' but I can't recall what time of day
Sleipni=
r
> > > > makes his rounds.
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> > > None of the Norse legends associate Odin's riding Sleipnir with a
> > > specific time of day, so that reference could be used for any time
> > > message. I'd probably delete the "underworld" reference, though,
> > > since Sleipnir has been associated with the wind (and Odin lives in
> > > Asgard, the local version of heaven).
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> > I vaguely remembered Sleipnir making his own rounds once a day, to
> > carry dead heroes to the underworld.
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> > In any case, 'Monstrous footsteps echo through the nine worlds' still
> > scans better than "You remember that..."
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> I'd need a verifiable source for Sleipnir making his own rounds, since
> Norseband's "serious" material (most of it) should be as true to myth
> as *band-style gameplay allows. If it's genuine myth, that bit of
> trivia seems better suited to Sleipnir's description in the monster
> files. (I probably will use some "supernatural beings passing by"
> message for that time range, though; most players wouldn't recognize
> the line I originally quoted from the Eddas. *blush*)
Well, I found a few sites after filtering out the ManOWar lyrics... :)
Here's the reasonably credible cite:
http://users.dickinson.edu/~eddyb/mythology/Gods-1.html
Here are the lyrics of ManOWar's 'Sleipnir', first verse (sorry about
the ALLCAPS). I've never heard it, that I know of :/
CARRY WE WHO DIE IN BATTLE
OVER LAND AND SEA
ACROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE TO VALHALLA
ODIN'S WAITING FOR ME
HE WAS BORN OF GIANTS
HIS ICY COAT IS GREY
AT NIGHT HE RIDES INTO THE WORLD OF DEATH
THE LIVING BY DAY
ONE DAY ON HIS BACK I SHALL RIDE
FROM THE BATTLEFIELD INTO THE SKY
BORNE BY VALKYRIES WE VALIANT DEAD
INTO THE HALL OF HEROES SHALL BE LED
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