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Celtic Studies (02/10)
As class starts, Camulus writes a single word on the board, 'CEILIDH'. He taps it once. "Pronounced 'kaylee' like the mechanic. In the original Gaidhlig it meant 'a visit'. In the more pretentious English publications, a ceilidh is 'an evening of Celtic entertainment'. A ceilidh is a kitchen party, nothing more and nothing less, rarely planned or organised. One seems to have happened to me. I hope to see some of you there tonight.
"Now, today's lesson. I asked you to read the story of Conaire Mor, or the Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel. We're focussing on the concept of geise, or gessa, or geis, however you want to pronounce, spell, or pluralise it. Bonds of behaviour that could be laid by anyone, but especially by women. They were almost a forerunner of the codes of chivalry that would spring up around legends of Arthur and the medieval courts. You've already seen an example of geise in the story of the exile of the sons of Uisliu that Phoebe introduced you to. Deirdre placed Noisu under geise to take her away from Conchobhar, and he couldn't refuse her.
"In this story, we see Conaire's geise clustering close upon him, harbingers of doom whenever he breaks one. Geise are usually placed on a child and heroes at birth and they can manage to keep all of them until one crucial moment, the moment of his downfall. Geise afflict all of the Celtic heroes, but are usually benign injuctions, such as never refusing food that is set before them. Geise even appear in modern fairytales, such as the Colony of Catswhich is the mun's favourite fairytale of all time and any fairytales that involve restrictions on behaviour - "You must leave before the first stroke of midnight," and so on.
"Questions? Other examples you can think of? It's Friday morning, you don't want to be here, say something and I'll let you go."
"Now, today's lesson. I asked you to read the story of Conaire Mor, or the Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel. We're focussing on the concept of geise, or gessa, or geis, however you want to pronounce, spell, or pluralise it. Bonds of behaviour that could be laid by anyone, but especially by women. They were almost a forerunner of the codes of chivalry that would spring up around legends of Arthur and the medieval courts. You've already seen an example of geise in the story of the exile of the sons of Uisliu that Phoebe introduced you to. Deirdre placed Noisu under geise to take her away from Conchobhar, and he couldn't refuse her.
"In this story, we see Conaire's geise clustering close upon him, harbingers of doom whenever he breaks one. Geise are usually placed on a child and heroes at birth and they can manage to keep all of them until one crucial moment, the moment of his downfall. Geise afflict all of the Celtic heroes, but are usually benign injuctions, such as never refusing food that is set before them. Geise even appear in modern fairytales, such as the Colony of Cats
"Questions? Other examples you can think of? It's Friday morning, you don't want to be here, say something and I'll let you go."
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"Would being invulnerable to all who are of woman born count, if it meant that ultimately it would be someone who was from his mother's wound untimely ripped who did
methe hero in? Or would it be something more along the lines of feeling the necessity to find out whether or not a prophecy holds true... by making it come truemyselfhimself?"no subject
As the mun cringes over silly typos. Womb, not wound. Proofread, Mackie B. Proofread.