Celtic Studies (03/20)

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[[I totally forgot about class today, my apologies, I'm here now!]]

"Now, before we begin class, you had an assignment due on Wednesday that I neglected to collect. Meaning you've had almost a week's extention so I expect it to be that much better. Hand them in on my desk."

He stood and pulled down a large map that bore absolutely no relation to any earthly coast. A dotted line traced some kind of path. "The Voyage of Maleduin. The bastard son of Aillil Edge-of-Battle and a nun goes on a voyage to avenge his father's death, but two of his cousins jumped on the ship at the last moment and put their numbers over that which had been prophesied. Doomed to wander from island to island until the tag-a-longs died.

"What I want from you is an idea as to the whys - why the seemingly unending progression of islands. Why the certain number. Parallels to any other stories we may have read or that you have read. Give me something."

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel signs in and hands in his assignment though his mun can't remember what it was for the life of her.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sits in her usual spot and listens to the lecture while she collects the reports.

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Lyta signed in and made sure to turn in her assignment. She was glad there wasn't another cheesy Disney movie. She listened to the lecture, flipping through the story with a furrowed brow. Based on what she had read, Maleduin and his crew were transported to Otherworld, wandering aimlessly through something like thirty islands before finally returning to Ireland. When he finally returned, he found it within himself to forgive those who killed his father. In this, he "transcended the mundane." That particular thought was both amusing and strangely appropriate, she thought.

She looked up to Camulus, brow still furrowed as her mind worked through the permutations. "Well, he violated the -- what is it? geasa? -- anyway, he violated the edict of the druid to save his cousins. When he finally did return, he was 'enlightened.' The unending journey could have been a way to both punish him and teach him; it could probably be symbolic of the path to enlightenment."

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[BTW, totally cribbed from here (http://www.summerlands.com/_members/blfsnhdtcqmgngstraoueieaoiuiioae/members/uploads/Cltw26.txt).]