<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:48:17.142-07:00</updated><title type='text'>sleepless nights come from here to eternity</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113475756507623317</id><published>2005-12-16T10:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T10:49:42.836-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hercules Second Labour</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/Hydra.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 344px" height="344" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/Hydra.0.jpg" width="288" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Greek mythology, The Lernaean Hydra was an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast that possessed numerous heads—the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint—and poisonous breath (Hyginus, 30). The Hydra of Lerna was killed by Heracles as one of his Twelve Labours. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, though archaeology has borne out the myth that the sacred site was older even than the Mycenaean city of Argos, for Lerna was the site of the myth of the Danaids. Beneath the waters was an entrance to the Underworld, and the Hydra its guardian (Kerenyi 1959, p. 143). The Hydra was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, noisome creatures of the Goddess, who became Hera. It was said to be the sibling of the Nemean Lion, yet another creature of the archaic Goddess, and thus seeking revenge for Heracles' slaying of it. As such, it was said to have been chosen as a task for Heracles so that Heracles would likely die. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Upon reaching the swamp near Lake Lerna, where the Hydra dwelt, Heracles covered his mouth and nose with a cloth to protect himself from the poisonous fumes and fired flaming arrows into its lair, the spring of Amymone, to draw it out. He then confronted it, wielding a harvesting sickle in some early vase-paintings; Ruck and Staples (p. 170) have pointed out that the chthonic creature's reaction was botanical: upon cutting off each of its heads he found that two grew back, an expression of the hopelessness of such a struggle for any but the hero, Heracles. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The details of the confrontation are explicit in Apollodorus (2.5.2): realising that he could not defeat the Hydra in this way, Heracles called on his nephew Iolaus for help. His nephew then came upon the idea (possibly inspired by Athena) of using a burning firebrand to scorch the neck stumps after decapitation, and handed him the blazing brand. Heracles cut off each head and Iolaus burned the open stump leaving the hydra dead; its one immortal head Heracles placed under a great rock on the sacred way between Lerna and Elaius (Kerenyi1959 p 144), and dipped his arrows in the Hydra's poisonous blood, and so his second task was complete.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In an alternative version, Hera's crab was at the site to bite his feet and bother him, hoping to cause his death. Hera set it in the Zodiac to follow the Lion (Eratosthenes, Catasterismi) When Eurystheus, the agent of ancient Hera who was assigning to Heracles The Twelve Labours, found out that it was Heracles' nephew who had handed him the firebrand, he declared that the labour had not been completed alone and as a result did not count towards the ten labours set for him. The mythic element is an equivocating attempt to resolve the submerged conflict between an ancient ten Labours and a more recent twelve.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In another version, Heracles defeated the Hydra by remembering the words of his wise teacher, Chiron, who had said, "We rise by kneeling; we conquer by surrendering; we gain by giving up." All his other weapons having failed, Heracles remembered his mentor's words and knelt down in the swamp and lifted up the monster by one of her heads into the light of day, where she began to wilt. Heracles then cut off each of her heads, dipping his arrows in the Hydra's poisonous blood at the same time. However, none re-grew. After he had severed all nine heads, a tenth one appeared; Heracles recognised this as a jewel and buried it under a rock. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Today "Hydra-like problem" or "hydra" refers to a multifaceted problem that seems incapable of step-by-step solution, or to one that worsens upon conventional attempts to solve it, for example, attempts to suppress a particular piece of information resulting in it being disseminated even more widely. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113475756507623317?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113475756507623317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113475756507623317' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113475756507623317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113475756507623317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/12/hercules-second-labour.html' title='Hercules Second Labour'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113423675532623398</id><published>2005-12-11T22:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T09:49:13.293-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hercules' Twelve Labours</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/Heracles-nemee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 378px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px" height="268" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/Heracles-nemee.jpg" width="346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Heracles slaying the Nemean Lion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Nemean Lion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Nemean Lion was a vicious monster in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Greek mythology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Greek mythology&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; that lived in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Nemea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemea"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nemea&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;. It was eventually killed by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Heracles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Heracles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;. The lion was usually considered the offspring of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Typhon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhon"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Typhon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Echidna (mythology)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna_(mythology)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Echidna&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, but it was also said to have fallen from the moon, offspring of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Zeus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zeus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Selene" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Selene&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;. A third origin has it being born of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Chimera (creature)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(creature)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chimera&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The slaying of the lion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The first of Heracles' &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="The Twelve Labours" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Labours"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;twelve labours&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; was to slay the Nemean Lion and bring back its skin.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lion had been terrorising the area around Nemea, and had a skin so thick that it was impenetrable to weapons. When Heracles first tackled it, using his bow-and-arrow, a club made from an olive tree he pulled out of the ground himself, and a bronze sword, all were ineffective. At last Heracles threw away his weapons and wrestled the lion to the ground, eventually killing it by thrusting his arm down its throat and choking it to death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heracles spent hours trying unsuccessfully to skin the lion, and gradually growing angrier as it appeared he would be unable to complete his first task. Eventually &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Athena" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Athena&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, in the guise of an old crone, helped Heracles to realise that the best tools to cut the hide were the creature's own claws. Thus, with a little divine intervention, Heracles completed his first task.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thereafter, he wore the impenetrable hide as armour. King &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Eurystheus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurystheus"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eurystheus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, Heracles' taskmaster for the labours, was so frightened by Heracles' fearsome guise that he hid in a large bronze jar, and from that moment forth communicated all his instructions to Heracles through a &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Herald" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herald"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;herald&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113423675532623398?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113423675532623398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113423675532623398' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113423675532623398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113423675532623398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/12/hercules-twelve-labours_113423675532623398.html' title='The Hercules&apos; Twelve Labours'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113423186460084981</id><published>2005-12-10T17:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T08:24:24.683-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beowulf.- Part One: Second Episode</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/grendel.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 421px" height="370" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/grendel.jpg" width="227" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;One night, after a beer party,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the Danes settled in the hall&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;for sleep; they knew no sorrows.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The evil creature, grim and hungry,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;grabbed thirty warriors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and went home laughing.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;At dawn, when the Danes learned &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;of Grendel's strength, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;there was great weeping. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The old king sat sadly, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;crying for his men. Bloody &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;footprints were found.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;That was bad enough,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;but the following night&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grendel killed more--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;blinded by sin, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he felt no remorse.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(You can bet the survivors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;started sleeping elsewhere.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So Grendel ruled,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;fighting right,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;one against many,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the greatest hall&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in all the earth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;stood empty at night.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Twelve years this went on,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hrothgar suffering &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the greatest of sorrows. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Poets sang sad songs &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;throughout the world,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;how Grendel tormented Hrothgar;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;how no warrior,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;no matter how brave,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;could kill Grendel.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;How Grendel wasn't &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;about to stop, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;or pay damages.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grendel kept ambushing from his lair,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the moors which lay in perpetual &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;darkness.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then, the cruelest of all injuries,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he moved into the hall--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;stayed there every night&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(though God would never allow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;such an evil thing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to actually touch the throne).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hrothgar was broken;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;council after council proposed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;what to do against the attacks.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They even went to heathen temples,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;worshipped idols, and called&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to the Devil for help.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Danes forgot God.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Woe be to those who go &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to the fire's embrace,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;even in great distress--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is no consolation there.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;No counselor, no warrior&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;could destroy the evil.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They wept and seethed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Beowulf Hears of Grendel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;But a warrior of Hygelac's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;heard of Grendel's doings;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he was the strongest of men&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;alive in that day,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;mighty and noble.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;That man called for a ship,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;said he would cross the ocean&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and help the king who needed help.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wise men urged him &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to that adventure &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;though he was dear to them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They examined omens&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and whetted him on.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So the good Geat chose &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the bravest warriors,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;fourteen of them, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and that crafty sailor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;led them to the land's brim,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to the ship.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They readied the ship &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;on the waves under the cliffs &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the warriors stood at the prow &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;as the water wound against the sand.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The warriors bore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;into the ship's bosom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;bright weapons,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;fitted armor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The men shoved &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the well-braced ship&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;out on the journey&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;they'd dreamed of.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The foamy-necked ship&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;went out like a bird&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;so that the next day its curved prow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;had gone so far&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;that the seafarers saw land,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;shining shore cliffs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and steep mountains.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Their journey was already over&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the Geat warriors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;pulled their ship to the shore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and stood on land&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in their rattling shirts,their war-clothes. They&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;thanked God for an easy trip.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;From his wall the sea-guard of the Danes,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;protector of the cliffs,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;saw bright shield&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;sand ready war dress&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;coming over the gang plank&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and he wondered&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;who those men were.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hrothgar's warrior rode &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to shore on his horse. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shaking a mighty spear, he spoke:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Who are you, in armor,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;who come over the sea-road&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in that steep keel?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Listen: I guard here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;so that no forces&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;hostile to the Danes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;may raid. Never has&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;one so openly brought &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a ship's army, warriors,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;without the permission of my kinsmen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And never have I seen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a greater man on earth,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;any man in armor,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;than is one among you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unless I'm wrong,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;that is no hall-man&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;just wearing armor--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;his stature is peerless.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I wish to know your lineage now&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;so I know you are not spies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;going into the land of the Danes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You far-dwellers, seafarers,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;hear my simple thought:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;you had best hurry to tell me &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;where you come from."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Beowulf, leader of the host&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;unlatched his word-hoard:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"As to kin, we are of the Geat nation, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hygelac's hearth-companions. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My father was a leader well known&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;among the people: Edgtheow.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He stayed many winters &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;before he went away,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;aged, from the court.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Every wise man readily remembers &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;him throughout the earth.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We have come with friendly hearts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to see your lord, Healfdene's son, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;protector of the people.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Be good counsel to us:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;we have come on a great errand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to the king of the Danes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think it foolish&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to keep secrets. You know&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;if it is true what we have heard, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;that a dark enemy in the nights&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;works violence and slaughter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;on the Danes. . . . Perhaps&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in kindness I may advise Hrothgar &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;how he, wise and famous,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;may overcome this enemy--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;if change will ever come,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;relief from this evil--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and how this seething sorrow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;might become cool. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Otherwise, he will suffer tribulationas &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;long as he lives in that high place,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the best of houses."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The protector of the coast,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;still on his horse, spoke&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(a wise shield warrior,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;one who thinks well,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;must judge two things:works and words):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"I see that you are a band&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;friendly to the lord of the Danes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Go forth, bearing arms and equipment.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I will guide you. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also, I will order my men&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to protect your ship,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;that new-tarred boat on the sand,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;until it bears you again&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;back over the water streams&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;with its curved wooden neck,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;back to the land of the Geats--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;if it be granted that you &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;endure the battle."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They left then the well-made ship&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;pulling at its rope.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;On the gold-adorned helmets&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;figures of boars shone,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;those guards over war-like minds.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The men excitedly marched until &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;they saw that ornamented hall,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the finest building on earth,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;that glittered light over many lands,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;where the mighty one waited.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The one brave in battle pointed &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;toward the resplendent hall;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the guard of the coast turned &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;his horse and said after them: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"It is time for me to go. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;May the Father Omnipotent hold you &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;safe and sound in kindness!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I will go back to the sea&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to hold against hostile bands."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;End of episode two&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Episode'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113415113073464235</id><published>2005-12-09T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T09:58:50.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The First Epic Story: Beowulf.- Prologue</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/Beowulf"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/Beowulf%27s%20main_logo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Early History of the Danes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Listen:You have heard of the Danish Kings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in the old days and how &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;they were great warriors.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shield, the son of Sheaf,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;took many an enemy's chair,terrified many a warrior&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;,after he was found an orphan.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He prospered under the sky&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;until people everywhere&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;listened when he spoke.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He was a good king!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shield had a son,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;child for his yard,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;sent by God&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to comfort the people,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to keep them from fear--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grain was his name;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he was famous &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;throughout the North.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Young princes should do as &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he did--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;give out treasures&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;while they're still young&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;so that when they're old&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;people will support them&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in time of war.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A man prospers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;by good deeds&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;in any nation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shield died at his fated hour,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;went to God still strong.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;His people carried him to the&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; sea,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;which was his last request.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the harbor stood&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a well-built ship,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;icy but ready for the sea.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They laid Shield there,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;propped him against the mast&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;surrounded by gold&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and treasure from distant &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;lands.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've never heard&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;of a more beautiful ship,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;filled with shields, swords,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and coats of mail, gifts &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to him for his long trip.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;No doubt he had a little more&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;than he did as a child&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;when he was sent out,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a naked orphan in an empty &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;boat.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Now he had a golden banner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;high over his head, was,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;sadly by a rich people,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;given to the sea.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The wisest alive can't tell &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;where a death ship goes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grain ruled the Danes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a long time after his father's &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;death,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and to him was born&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the great Healfdene, fierce in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;battle,who ruled until he was old.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Healfdene had four children--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Heorogar, Hrothgar, Halga the&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Good,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and a daughter who married&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Onela, King of the Swedes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Hrothgar Becomes King of the Danes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;After Hrothgar became king &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he won many battles:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;his friends and family&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;willingly obeyed him;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;his childhood friends&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;became famous soldiers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So Hrothgar decided &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he would build a mead-hall,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the greatest the world had &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;ever seen, or even imagined.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There he would share out&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to young and old alike&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;all that God gave him&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(except for public lands and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;men's lives).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have heard that orders &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;went out far and wide;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;tribes throughout the world&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;set to work on that building.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And it was built, the world's &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;greatest mead-hall. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And that great man&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;called the building &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Herot," the hart.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;After it was built,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hrothgar did what he said &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;he would: handed out gold &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and treasure at huge feasts. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;That hall was high-towered,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;tall and wide-gabled&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(though destruction awaited,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;fire and swords of family &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;trouble;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and outside in the night waited &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a tortured spirit of hell).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The words of the poet,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the sounds of the harp,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the joy of people echoed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The poet told how the world &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;came to be, how God made &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the earth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the water surrounding,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;how He set the sun and the moon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;as lights for people&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and adorned the earth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;with limbs and leaves for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;everyone.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hrothgar's people lived in joy, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;happy until that wanderer of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;the wasteland,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grendel the demon, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;possessor of the moors,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;began his crimes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He was of a race of monsters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;exiled from mankind by God--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He was of the race of Cain, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;that man punished for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;murdering his brother.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;From that family comes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;all evil beings--&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;monsters, elves, zombies.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also the giants who &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;fought with God and got &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;repaid with the flood.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;end of episode one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113398441770484656</id><published>2005-12-07T11:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T11:40:17.730-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; Hecate, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Ancient Greece" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Greek&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; goddess of the crossroads; drawing by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Stephane Mallarmé" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephane_Mallarm%C3%A9"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stephane Mallarmé&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; in Les Dieux Antiques, nouvelle mythologie illustrée (&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Paris" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paris&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, 1880).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/180px-Hecate.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/180px-Hecate.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;table id="HB_Mail_Container" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="100%" unselectable="on" width="100%"&gt;&lt;td id="HB_Focus_Element" valign="top" width="100%" background="" height="250" unselectable="off"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hecate, Hekate (Hekátē), or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth originating from &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Thrace" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thrace&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, or among the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Caria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caria"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Carians&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Anatolia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anatolia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; (Burkert 1985 p171). Popular cult venerating her as a mother goddess integrated her persona into Greek culture as 'Εκατη. In &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Alexandria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ptolemaic Alexandria&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; she ultimately achieved her connotations as a goddess of sorcery and her role as the ‘Queen of Ghosts’, in which guise she was transmitted to post-Renaissance culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hecate was carefully attended:                                 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"For to this day, whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for favour according to custom, he calls upon Hecate. Great honour comes full easily to him whose prayers the goddess receives favourably, and she bestows wealth upon him; for the power surely is with her". &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Hesiod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hesiod&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; emphasizes that Hecate was an only child, the daughter of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Asteria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteria"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Asteria&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, a star-goddess who was the sister of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Leto" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leto&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, (the mother of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Artemis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artemis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Apollo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apollo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;). Grandmother of the three cousins was Phoebe the ancient Titaness who personified the moon. Hecate was a reappearance of Phoebe, a moon goddess herself, who appeared in the dark of the moon.&lt;br /&gt;His inclusion and praise of Hecate in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Theogony" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theogony"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Theogony&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; is troublesome for scholars in that being at the time a relatively minor and foreign goddess, he seems fulsomely to praise her attributes and responsibilities in the ancient cosmos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is theorized (Johnston, Restless Dead) that &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="new" title="Hesiod’s" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hesiod%E2%80%99s&amp;amp;action=edit"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hesiod’s&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; original village had a substantial Hecate following and that his inclusion of her in the Theogony was his own way to boost the home-goddess for unfamiliar hearers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As her cult spread into areas of Greece it presented a conflict, as Hecate’s role was already filled by other more prominent gods in the Greek pantheon, above all by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Artemis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artemis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and by more archaic figures, such as &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Nemesis (mythology)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis_%28mythology%29"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nemesis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are two versions of Hecate that emerge in Greek myth. The lesser role integrates Hecate while not diminishing Artemis. In this version (Johnston, Restless Dead), Hecate is a mortal priestess (commonly associated with &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Iphigeneia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphigeneia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iphigeneia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;) who scorns and insults Artemis, eventually leading to her suicide. Artemis then adorns the dead body with jewelry and whispers for her spirit to rise and become her Hecate, and act similar to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Nemesis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nemesis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; as an avenging spirit (but solely for injured women). Such myths where a home god sponsors or ‘creates’ a foreign god were widespread in ancient cultures as a way of integrating foreign cults. Additionally, as Hecate’s cult grew, her figure was added to the myth of the birth of Zeus (Johnston, Restless Dead) as one of the midwives that hid the child, while &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Cronus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cronus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; consumed the deceiving rock handed to him by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Gaia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gaia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second version helps to explain how Hecate gains the title of the ‘&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Queen of Ghosts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Ghosts"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Queen of Ghosts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;’ and her role as a goddess of sorcery. Similar to totems of Hermes—herms— placed at borders as a ward against danger, images of Hecate, as a &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Liminal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;liminal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; goddess, could also serve in such a protective role. It became common to place statues of the goddess at the gates of cities, and eventually domestic doorways. Over time, the association of keeping out evil spirits, lead to the belief that if offended Hecate could also let in evil spirits. Thus invocations to Hecate arose as her the supreme governess of the borders between the normal world and the spirit world (Johnston, Restless Dead).&lt;br /&gt;Eventually, Hecate’s power resembled that of sorcery. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Medea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Medea&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, who was a priestess of Hecate, used witchcraft in order to handle magic herbs and poisons with skill, and to be able to stay the course of rivers &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Wikipedia:Cite sources" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite_sources"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation needed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, or check the paths of the stars and the moon.&lt;br /&gt;Implacable Hecate has been called "tender-hearted", probably because she was concerned with the disappearance of Persephone, and addressed Demeter with sweet words when the goddess was distressed.&lt;br /&gt;Although she was never truly incorporated among the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Olympian" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympian"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Olympian&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; gods, the modern understanding of Hecate is derived from the syncretic &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Hellenistic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hellenistic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; culture of Alexandria. In the magical papyri of Ptolemaic Egypt, she is called the she-dog (or bitch), and her presence is signified by the barking of dogs. She sustained a large following, though, remaining a goddess of protection and childbirth. In late imagery she also has two ghostly dogs as servants by her side.&lt;br /&gt;In modern times Hecate has become a prevalent figure in women’s religions, and a version of Hecate has been appropriated by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Wicca" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wicca&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; and other modern magic-practising religions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr unselectable="on" hb_tag="1"&gt;&lt;td style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height="1" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div id="hotbar_promo"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nowadays...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In modern times, she has become popular in Paganism and Wicca, largely due to her association as the goddess of sorcery.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Hecate as a goddess of Magic. Hecate is not seen as a necessarily benevolent goddess, and her favor is often seen as fickle. Hecate is thought to grant magical power to those who please her, and sometimes punish those who displease her. Examples of punishment may include inflicting madness in some cases, or sickness, posion, and disease in others. However Hecate is not thought to be malevolent, and to those who gain her favor she is thought to grant boons, including relief from pain, ease in child birth, the curing of disease and physical ailments, and (some believe) unnatural longevity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;In regard to unnatural longevity, some believe that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title="Vampire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Vampires&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt; (Also spelt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title="Vampyr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampyr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Vampyr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;) and other immortals may exist among us as examples, but it's worthy of note that no such immortal has ever been found outside of various myths and works of fiction. Hecate is believed by many to be unconcerned with mortals unless they earn her attention, reserving most of her favor for innately magical beings and favoring her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title="Nymph" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Nymphs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt; above all else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Worship of Hecate can take many forms. In some cases animal sacrifices have been alleged. Most modern pagans very actively discourage the practice of animal sacrifice, in part due to fear of being associated with Satanism and in part due to concerns for the humane treatment of animals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hecate is thought to favor those who show conviction, commitment, and adoration for her, which leads many to conduct chanting and prostration in hopes of gaining favor and magical power. The most common forms of worship include prostration, chanting adoration for Hecate, fasting, the collecting of lanterns, the burning of oils and incense, and the burning and bread and other foods as sacrifices. According to some pagan Hecate is worshipped by both men and women evenly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113398441770484656?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113398441770484656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113398441770484656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113398441770484656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113398441770484656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/12/hecate-greek-goddess-of-crossroads.html' title=''/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113397264157059489</id><published>2005-12-07T08:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T08:32:18.390-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kinda Predictable...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/1060676923_pwerewolf2.10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 339px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px" height="183" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/1060676923_pwerewolf2.9.jpg" width="320" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote id="7ac6fa97"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The name is thought most likely to derive from &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Old English language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Old English&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; 'wer' (or '&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Were" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Were"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;') meaning 'man' (male "man" rather than gender-neutral "person, human"). It has &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Cognates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognates"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;cognates&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; in several &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Germanic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Germanic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Languages" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;languages&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; including &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="German (language)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_%28language%29"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;German&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;: 'we(h)r', 'we(h)ren' (compounds include Abwehr, Feuerwehr, Bundeswehr 'group of men engaged in defense') and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Old Norse" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Old Norse&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;: 'var' The second element is '*wlkwo-' or wulf meaning simply '&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Wolf" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;wolf&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;'. The two elements joined thus yield 'man-wolf.' The first element is thought to be representative of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Hypothetical" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;hypothetical&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Proto-Indo-European" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Proto-Indo-European&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; roots '*wi-ro-' meaning 'man.' Also thought to be descended from this root are &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Latin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Latin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; 'vir' &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Old Prussian" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussian"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Old Prussian&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;: 'wirs', and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Irish language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Irish&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; 'fir.' An alternative etymology looks to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Old English language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Old English&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; weri (to wear) plus "wolf", thus bearing wearer of the wolf skin.&lt;br /&gt;Other sources believe it is derived from warg-wolf, where "warg" (or later "werg" and "wero") is cognate with Norse "varg" meaning wolf and as "vargulf" means the kind of wolf that slaughters many of a flock or herd but eats only a bit. This was a serious problem for herders as they had to somehow destroy the individual wolf that had run mad before it destroyed their entire flock or herd. They then used the wolf's hide as a decorative ornament in the bedroom of a young infant, believing it to give the baby supernatural powers. "Warg" by itself was used in Old English for that specific kind of wolf (see &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="J. R. R. Tolkien" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;J. R. R. Tolkien&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;'s novel &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="The Hobbit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;) and it was used as well for what would now be called a serial killer.&lt;br /&gt;The Greek term &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Lycanthropy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthropy"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lycanthropy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; (a compound of which the first part derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root for "wolf", *wlkwo-, as the English word) is also commonly used for the "wolf - man" transformation.&lt;br /&gt;The term for the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Metamorphosis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;metamorphosis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; of people into &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Animal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;animals&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; in general, rather than wolves specifically, is &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Therianthropy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therianthropy"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;therianthropy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; (therianthrope means animal-man). The term &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="new" title="Turnskin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turnskin&amp;action=edit"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;turnskin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; or turncoat (Latin: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external text" title="http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=" href="http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3D%2350629" entry="#50629"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;versipellis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, Russian : oboroten, O. Norse: hamrammr) is sometimes also used.&lt;br /&gt;Another name for a werewolf is &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="new" title="Loup-garou" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loup-garou&amp;amp;action=edit"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;loup-garou&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, from the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Latin nouns" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_nouns"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Latin noun&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Lupus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;lupus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; meaning 'wolf.' The second element is thought to be from &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Old French" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Old French&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; 'garoul' meaning 'werewolf.' This in turn is most likely from &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Frankish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankish"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Frankish&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; '*wer-wulf' meaning 'man-wolf.'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113397264157059489?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113397264157059489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113397264157059489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113397264157059489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113397264157059489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/12/kinda-predictable.html' title='Kinda Predictable...'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113336855958677442</id><published>2005-11-30T07:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T12:03:29.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mind plays Tricks to You.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/ap.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/ap.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wouldn't you like to know what's happening to you? Why does that thing comes to your mind every time you're off? Why you aren't able to forget? Why you can't expulse that from you?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;That's because you have hate in your soul, in your mind those scenes have found a comfortable, sweet and warm place where they can make you go crazy by placing more pain on you. It's like you brain is setting you up. Traps on every corner, every time you have a moment alone is nothing awaiting for you but pain, sorrow, agony and desperation. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your mind plays tricks to you, mean and evil tricks and you're falling for them. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;But, what is it that you want? What does your mind want you to go for? Revenge....!!! ???&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It will never make your pain, frustration and anger go away, it won't heal your wounds. It won't make you feel any better...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maybe that day your heart died and came back to life only to be killed again, maybe it was meant to suffer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;How could you be sure of that since no one knows why we are here?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Guess you'll just have to wait and see...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113336855958677442?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113336855958677442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113336855958677442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113336855958677442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113336855958677442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/11/mind-plays-tricks-to-you.html' title='Mind plays Tricks to You.'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113191525578341364</id><published>2005-11-13T12:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-13T12:54:15.793-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Aint this.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/devi1.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/devi1.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Aint this what you say when you find out that everything is not like you were taught by your parents and teachers? That despite of the good things that could happen to you, the good people you could get to meet and all the good memories you could make with them and all the beauty you could ever find on earth anyway it is full of horrid situations or people who cause them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Aint this right to say......? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113191525578341364?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113191525578341364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113191525578341364' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113191525578341364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113191525578341364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/11/aint-this.html' title='Aint this.....'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113190907736823822</id><published>2005-11-13T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-13T11:11:17.403-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ye be warned... this is normal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/untitled1(door)600x700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 386px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 476px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="64" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/400/untitled1%28door%29600x700.jpg" width="28" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table id="HB_Mail_Container" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="100%" unselectable="on" width="100%"&gt;&lt;td id="HB_Focus_Element" valign="top" width="100%" background="" height="250" unselectable="off"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Come on in to find out our deepest and darkest thoughts. If you dare...  then you will know why we all hide "behind a crimson door". You will know why we all have a crime to confess. No one is a complete damm devil because life would be hell itself, but definitely no one is a full-time angel either and even the best person you could ever have would be willing to stab your back with some ridiculous excuse just like: "I still love you and that is why I want to punish myself taking some time apart from you..." - and they tell you that right after they cheated on you... A few days ago they promised you eternal love and care the rest of their lives and now they call just to say: you are the shit no more  by using some nice words for "not to hurt you" when they already did. Right now the only things they can offer you are pain, desperation and anger. There is anything you can do about that and they know it, you could say that they even enjoy it, because they are thousands of miles away doing who the hell knows what, having a great time dancing "cha,cha,cha" on what they left of your heart meanwhile you crush your head against the floor trying to find out what was that so wrong that you did to get this situation to happen to you. When everything you thought about was make them feel loved, valuable and happy, and now they screwed it and make you think backwards. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;You should stop crying and still think you are the shit, cause you are. The redemption for you could be in the fact that everyone gets what they deserve and one day life will charge them this for you. That will teach them some manners.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt; And like this too many crimes occur everyday, they dont appear on the news or in the papers, but they do happen and hurt houndreds or maybe thousands of human beings.                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;People cheat, people hurt feelings, people rape and kill for stupid excuses called "reasons" and what do we do about that...? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Nothing...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;...it is normal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr unselectable="on" hb_tag="1"&gt;&lt;td style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height="1" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div id="hotbar_promo"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113190907736823822?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113190907736823822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113190907736823822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113190907736823822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113190907736823822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/11/ye-be-warned-this-is-normal.html' title='Ye be warned... this is normal'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-113079187418524989</id><published>2005-10-31T23:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T11:34:04.660-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in the Dark</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/Evening.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/Evening.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 435px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="438" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/400/Evening.jpg" width="488" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table id="HB_Mail_Container" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="100%" width="100%" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;td id="HB_Focus_Element" valign="top" width="100%" background="" height="250" unselectable="off"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nowadays you are feeling desperate again, who the hell knows why? What can you do about that? What ways havent you discovered yet? What is so cool in life that you cant see? What kind of path should take a guy like you? When is this long pattern of bloody spikes going to finish? Is this some kind of sick sacred game? Is someone watching you trying to survive this and for how long? You are tearing yourself apart to solve this puzzle and no answer seems to show up. Is this gonna last until the end of the days?&lt;br /&gt;You are feeling like there is a hell, just like there must be a heaven, and you have to go through it no matter what. You are feeling like a damm criminal who hid behind the crimson door for not to be caught and anyway you were, now you have to purge your punishment.&lt;br /&gt;You are Fucked up!&lt;br /&gt;And theres something that can remind you that... &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Behind the Crimson Door HIM&lt;br /&gt;Covered the carcass of time with flowers To send the scent of blame to the grave Set the darkest thoughts on fire And watched the ashes climb to Heaven's gatesWe hide behind the crimson door While the summer is killed by the fall Alive behind the crimson door While the winter sings: "Your love will be the death of me" (Death of me) "Your love will be the death of me"Death served wine for lovers Brought from the world where devils reign And intoxicated angels with sorrow They witnessed in the eyes of their slaves&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why cant I set myself free from suffering? Maybe I like It.....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr hb_tag="1" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;td style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" height="1" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div id="hotbar_promo"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;blockquote id="1b47a622"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-113079187418524989?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/113079187418524989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=113079187418524989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113079187418524989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/113079187418524989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/10/back-in-dark.html' title='Back in the Dark'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-112939747461527180</id><published>2005-10-15T22:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T10:55:58.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life is no joyride</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;And when you thought that things couldnt be worse, then it just happened. You just dont know. You just dont understand why these kind of things keep happening to you. Simply you dont.&lt;br /&gt;"What is happening to my life?" " What have I done to deserve this?"&lt;br /&gt;"Is this some kind of divine punishment Im receiving for doing, or not doing, something? Have I been so fucking mean to get this from life?"&lt;br /&gt;You start wondering around this thing when your life is really fucked up and you begin to think that you are meant to suffer the rest of your life and nothing else in this damned world, cause you realize thats the only one thing you are doing.&lt;br /&gt;And you are so tired to expect a change of the wind that you dont give a damm about niether living nor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;dying, and you think that dying is better cause it could be your sweet release, that nothing else matters; not love, not compassion, not forgiveness because they are so ephimeral; not betrayness, not hate, not revenge because they last forever.&lt;br /&gt;How can you feel willing to live a life that holds nothing for you or at least has not showed you that it does? It cant be expected from you to be optimistic after all that shit you have been through and all the shit you are about to live because there is always a chance for things to get worse.&lt;br /&gt;You should think its ok, because you are noticing that life is not a joyride and you are getting used to that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-112939747461527180?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/112939747461527180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=112939747461527180' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112939747461527180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112939747461527180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/10/life-is-no-joyride.html' title='Life is no joyride'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-112862917700189225</id><published>2005-10-06T12:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-06T13:06:17.006-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Mind Works In Some Misterious Ways."</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A few days ago I was talking to someone related to me, very closely. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;She said that she was feeling strange because  she has no memories of her whole childhood and the most of her youth. She loses her mind cause in her attempts to forget outrageous things that have happened to her she ends up erasing her good memories completely, her good memories and her friends, everything but what she wants to forget. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the other hand... I do not achive to forget anything.... I remember everything since I was two years old, I dont miss any part of my life. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;God knows what Id give to forget some periods of my life, things I do not wish anybody to go through, to ty to live with.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are  memories that are so painful that you feel that living is not worthy and you wish your death...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have been thinking about this during months and I have reached just one conclusion: the reason why you get this worse-than-hell memories; the reason you have nightmares, the only one cause, the faulter is no other than yourself, cause you deserve it. Why?.... Because you looked for it, because you hurt someone and you deserve to be cursed. You must be. You deserve to carry on with those painful memories the rest of your life.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is like some sort of divine punishment because of wat you did.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; Not only words hurt, thoughts, bu most of it your actions. There are many things you could do to make people feel miserable, humilliated, rejected and a very few to make them feel comfortable. In most of the cases you choose the first one. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;What you give is what you get returned.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;     &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Traitors ...     &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; ... once I was one.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If I could only forget...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-112862917700189225?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/112862917700189225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=112862917700189225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112862917700189225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112862917700189225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/10/mind-works-in-some-misterious-ways.html' title='&quot;Mind Works In Some Misterious Ways.&quot;'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-112846548098139800</id><published>2005-10-04T15:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T15:38:00.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Chances"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you havent felt this way at least once in your life...............&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/kjo4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/400/kjo4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;.... I dont know which world you have been living in.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-112846548098139800?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/112846548098139800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=112846548098139800' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112846548098139800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112846548098139800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/10/chances.html' title='&quot;Chances&quot;'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-112818500024087599</id><published>2005-10-02T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-02T09:34:29.936-07:00</updated><title type='text'>god bless the orchid eaters: repose</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/1600/017[1].jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1051/1667/320/017%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;This is the woman I was talking about!!! She is an exotic and exciting beauty or what!!!??? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;This is one of the dark angels you can find only at night, aint I right!!!???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;I hope she does not get mad for me taking her piture and load it here! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-112818500024087599?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/112818500024087599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=112818500024087599' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112818500024087599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112818500024087599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/10/god-bless-orchid-eaters-repose.html' title='god bless the orchid eaters: repose'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-112827454608455580</id><published>2005-10-02T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-02T10:35:46.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Kindness" and "Weakness"</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Im sure you have, at least once, heard someone saying: "Dont take my kindness for weakness" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Well, what I do believe is that kindness makes us weak, because out there are many people that without a doubt will be trying to get advantage from you and your good will. You dont see it because you are good! And you are tearing your soul apart cause you think you might make of this world a good place to live. Fair for  all of us and you dont see that you are wasting your time because you are good! And it is in our human nature to be destructive and selfdestructive and you are so good that you try to stop wars by letting them step over you to show; that with your kindness and desire of a better society you will, but once more you dont see you are gonna fail because you are good! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Thats good I think, cause it means that you are not willing to let them take your dreams of a functional and really civilized planet. With no more idiots doing what they wanna do, killing people cause they dont like or not even understand their culture. I think you have to stand up for what you think is right.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;Once I saw SE7EN* and the last line says: "Life is good and worths fighting for it."  and Mr.Freemans character says: "I agree with the second part". Well, I agree only with the second part too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffff00;"&gt;* A MOVIE ABOUT THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-112827454608455580?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/112827454608455580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=112827454608455580' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112827454608455580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112827454608455580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/10/kindness-and-weakness.html' title='&quot;Kindness&quot; and &quot;Weakness&quot;'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318608.post-112811807473640334</id><published>2005-09-30T02:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-02T11:14:44.143-07:00</updated><title type='text'>There are times...</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;There are times when sleeping is not everything you can do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Sleeping is to me some sort of waste of time. For instance, I just discovered one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen on the Internet, when?....... at night! There she was , unafraid of showing herself as she came to this world. Absolutely naked, absolutely beautiful, peaceful to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;The other night I was, as usual, trying to sleep,but no success and the moonlight was coming through my window when I went to check it there was the biggest moon I had ever seen in my entire life!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;What Im trying to say here is that why should we waste time sleeping when there is a exciting, dark-angeled world out there every night? Remember that sleepless nights come from here to eternity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17318608-112811807473640334?l=mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/feeds/112811807473640334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17318608&amp;postID=112811807473640334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112811807473640334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17318608/posts/default/112811807473640334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mymindplaystrickstme.blogspot.com/2005/09/there-are-times.html' title='There are times...'/><author><name>slash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10217726673273748885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
