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Period 1 || Celtic Studies || Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Wed, 03 May 2006 08:06:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

The classroom looks different as Phoebe has taken most of Camulus' maps and books back to her dorm. She is sitting on his desk when everyone comes in.

"Today is your final," she says after everyone has taken their seats and begins passing out the test. "15 Multiple choice, 20 True or False and one essay question."

After she passes out the tests, the lifts the screen that had been covering the board.

( Essay Question )

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Period One || Celtic Studies || April 26, 2006

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:19:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

Phoebe is standing in front of the classroom. She looks exhausted and not her usual perky self.

"As Professor Camulus has been... called away, I'll be your teacher for the rest of the semester. Luckily for you guys, the semester is almost over." She manages a smile at that. "Your final is on Wednesday, so I have put together two study guides for you in hopes of making your studying a little less nerve-wracking. Everything on the final can be found within those study guides." She smiled faintly. "The essay portion of the final will consist of you writing an essay of one of the poems, ballads or stories that we have covered in class over the semester. A list of those can also be found in the study guides."

She perched on the edge of the desk.

"Questions?"

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Celtic Studies (04/21)

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:21:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

"Madainn mhath, a chlas," Camulus begins as usual. "Turn to page 173 in your books, we'll be looking at a simple poem called 'Pangur Bán', which is usually titled in English 'The Scholar and his Cat'. It was written in what is called Classical Gaelic as it existed before the languages split into their modern forms of the Irish Gaelige and the Scottish Gaidhlig.

( He read the poem in Gaelic. )

( And then in English. )

"This poem was found in the margins of a manuscript in the Monastery of St Paul, in Carinthia, Austria. It seems to have been written by an Irish monk, sometime around the ninth century. 'Pangur' is a sort of default name for a cat, much like the modern 'Rover' or 'Fido' for a dog.

"You'll notice that this poem breaks from the conventions of the dan direach that I was lecturing about last lesson . . ."

And on he went.

Who knew that a cute little poem about a scholar and his cat could be so full of detail that would require so much lecturing?

[[If you have sound, you can hear the poem being read here.]]

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Celtic Studies (04/19)

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:20:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

He finally managed to get this lesson together, after going through several copies of various books of poetry. What the mimoths could possibly need with that much shredded paper, he would never know. "Today we'll begin our unit on Scottish poetry. Pay attention."

He went on to lecture on the two different classes of poets and bards, the traditional bardic clans, and then went on to outline the rann direach - precise/exact verse - in depressingly minute detail. He listed every one of the numerous technical elements to the perfect poem, including the number of syllables, assonance, chiming, internal rhyme schemes, even the classes of the vowels. Even the most diligent of students' eyes would glaze over somewhere before the third example.

~~The mun knows she did.~~

[[Sorry for the late. Time ran away from me. No OCD threads today. Feel free to nap through class, although Cammie might take it personally.]]

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Celtic Studies (04/10)

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:14:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Camulus is wearing normal-people clothes today. And in no way so that he's actually wearing sleeves that cover his wrists. Nope, that has nothing to do with it. Now, Camulus in pants and Camulus out of the loop about the current state of incarceration of his students meant a grumpy Camulus. And grumpy Camulus meant a short, barky lecture on some of the tales of the Fianna, culminating in the announcement of a quiz on the Fenian cycle on Wednesday. And in the same growly tone, he informs the class that instead of studying the Tain Bo Cuilagne, the final portion of the course will be on Scottish folklore and poetry, including both the bardic and more modern forms. Which meant that even more books were hitting desks, and if one were very lucky one's text was only missing a few pages or only slightly nibbled on by mimoths.

[[The exam madness comes upon me. Will have the actual poems up for the specific class, I'll stick them under a cut and I will be using English translations, lucky you.]]

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Celtic Studies (04/07)

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:41:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Seeing as one of his students has been arrested, another wasn't going to be in class because of the same, and a third hadn't come to class for the last week or so, Camulus threw in the towel. He hung a sign around the moose's neck and left.

'CLASS IS CANCELLED'

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Celtic Studies (04/05)

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:24:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Camulus looks a bit jumpy and more than his normal 'having to deal with students' disgruntled. "Alright. Tell me what you know about the Fianna. I'll fill in the blanks. Then you can all go."

[[Please actually say something and then I'll add a comment, probably some time tomorrow with whatever's left out. I am le sick.]]

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Celtic Studies (04/03)

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:04:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Camulus was looking a little wild-eyed. As if a horde of miniature mammoth-like creatures had infested his apartment and ate through half of his books, as well as attempting to nest in his sarcophagus. Not that they necessarily had, he just looked that way.

"Madainn mhath, a chlas," he began. "The Fianna. As I said before, while Fionn was their leader, they were not named for him. They were an elite group of warriors and it was extremely difficult to join their ranks. I had planned a few practical demonstrations of the Fianna trials, but I'm sure the administration wouldn't appreciate seriously maiming my students. Even in the pursuit of knowledge." Camulus looks very disgruntled at this fact. He goes on to the describe the maxims and trials of the Fianna, writing notes up on the board.

"Now, the chief warriors of the Fianna were the following men, each great in their deeds and so on. I'd like each of you to read up on a member of the Fianna from this list and give a short oral presentation next class. I'll cover whichever ones are left out, let me know who you are researching before you leave."

He wrote the list of names up on the board.

Caoilte mac Ronan
Goll mac Morna
Conan mac Morna - more commonly known as Conan Maol or Conan the Bald
Oisin mac Fionn
Oscar mac Oisin

"Diarmaid ui Duibhne was also one of the major Fenian warriors, but we've already covered his particular story."

[[Wikipedia is my friend. ~~AFK until around 10 EST.~~ Nevermind!]]

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Celtic Studies

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:30:00 GMT

Posted by: ascended-being.livejournal.com

Camulus!Orlin comes twirling in. Across his chest is written,

A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

And underneath that in smaller letters I know nothing.

He looks highly amused and begins his lecture.

"All right, I believe we are covering the Fenion Cycle. Yes we are indeed." He says this as he consults his notes.

This particular story is called Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne or the usual English title – "The Pursuit of Díarmait and Gráinne"

It was a very popular Irish romance of a love triangle that had most likely influenced the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde of the 12th century.

So basically like every trashy romance novel now written for your intrest and perusal. I don't want to know which ones of you actually read them, but they are trash.

Now, to continue. There was a reference to this tale in the late 12th century manuscript known as the Book of Leinster, suggesting the original tale was composed around 1100, the surviving text we have of The Pursuit of Díarmait and Gráinne was written no earlier than the 17th century."

Camulus!Orlin shakes his head. These notes are so wrong. And so hard to read. The real Camulus should learn to write neater.

"Let me summarize this. There is a love triangle. It's going to turn bad because they always do, That's my lowly wisdom, please heed it. Phoebe, I need to talk to you."

[[~~wait for OCD~~ threads are up!]]

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Celtic Studies (03/27)

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:30:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

This would be one of Camulus's favourite lessons. Mainly because he was in it.

"And now, my dear class, we continue our look at the Fenian Cycle of Fionn mac Cumhall." He writes 'Cumhall' on the board and then writes his own beneath it. "The name Cumhall is a derivation of my own. I was a god of war in Scotland and Gaul, and in Ireland I was the father of the great hero Finn. Sadly, I never met the boy myself but his deeds added to my own fame." See? He loved talking about himself. So he proceeded to do so for the next fifteen minutes.

Eventually he reluctantly returned to Fionn, going over the stories of the birth and boyhood deeds of Fionn rather quickly.

"Any questions about anything we've covered this class?"

[[Sorry for lack of class the last couple of days. Life is eating my brain. I've found some summaries of the Fenian Cycle so you don't have to wade through the full versions.]]

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Celtic Studies (03/22)

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:47:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

"Madainn mhath, a chlas," Camulus began class, leaning back in his chair and looking slightly less cranky than he had yesterday. "Today's lesson was meant to be on the story of King Iubne and his people." He paused before saying the word. "The leprechauns. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a suitable version of the story ~~to the point where the mun is wondering if she imagined it~~ so we'll be skipping that particular section of the Kings Cycle and move on. We're more or less finished of the Kings Cycle now and Monday we will begin the Ossianic or Fenian Cycle ~~which is the mun's personal favourite~~. There won't be a quiz as we only covered two stories, but they will be on the next quiz."

Camulus stood and moved over to the board, writing up his usual notes that consisted of names and not much else.

"Alright, we begin the Ossianic Cycle. This series of stories focuses on the deeds and exploits of Fionn mac Cumhall and his Fianna. Despite the similarities, the Fianna are not named for their famous leader, whose name is often Anglisised as Finn McCool. The Fianna were a war band who worked for the king and lived off tithes willingly given by the people and consisted of two warring clans, Clan Bascna and Clan Morna. Fionn's father was the chief of Clan Morna and was killed by Clan Bascna when the enmity between the two clans erupted into war and most of Clan Morna was slaughtered.

"I want you all to read The High Deeds of Finn for Monday, the boyhood deeds as well as the Coming of Finn."

[[Today's Gaelic word of the day is 'crith' (n., pronounced 'kree') - trembling. So help me I giggled when I learned it. Crith!]]

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Celtic Studies (03/20)

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:07:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

[[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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Celtic Studies (03/17)

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:09:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Today Camulus is not in his kilt. Instead, he's wearing dark green pants and a slightly lighter green dress shirt, rolled up at the elbows and unbuttoned a little at the top. The novelty tie Orlin had forced upon him was in the bottom drawer of the desk and would never see the light of day.

"La Feile Phadraig Sona dhuibh," Camulus begins class with. "Or La Feile Padraig, sometimes it left unlenited. Seeing as today is the infamous feast day of Saint Patrick, we'll leave our study of the Kings Cycle for a moment and look at this legendary religious figure, who appears in the Fenian Cycle and learns the history of the island from Caoilte mac Ronan and Oisin, son of Fionn mac Cumhall." He gives a short lecture on the life of St. Patrick, and then dims the lights for a movie.

"And for the rest of class you will be treated to the 1959 Disney movie Darby O'Gill and the Little People. The music and dancing is in no way authentically Irish, Sean Connery's accent is still very Scottish, but the leprechauns do speak Gaelige and some aspects of mythology manage to work itself in. Enjoy."

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Celtic Studies (03/15)

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:51:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

"Ah, my dear class, good morning!" Camulus is always chipper when his students have just rolled out of bed, but today he's extra happy because he had a croissant for breakfast. Don't ask. "I hope that you all remembered that you had some reading to do on the stories of the Kings Cycle over the break, because today we will be discussing the Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon which is also a really fun name to say - say it with me: Yockee. Five brothers, an evil stepmother, two tests to determine which of the five would be king over Ireland.

"I'd like you to notice the professions of two of the supporting characters - Sithchenn and Torna. Torna is the poet or bard of this particular kingdom, which is why he is the only one who can touch the child Niall, despite the orders of Mongfinn. A bard was one of the most powerful figures in ancient Celtic society. He could not be denied anything or - horrors of horrors - he might write a satirical poem about you. Which sounds ridiculous, but was a very real threat. You've already come across the power of the bards when Phoebe introduced you to the story of Deirdre of the Sorrows. Besides her foster parents, Deirdre lives with a bard, because he is he only person Conchobhar cannot order away. In the story of the Cattle Raid of Cooley, which we won't be covering this semester, bards ask the hero Cu Chulainn for his spear, and he has to give it to them." Camulus smirked. "Of course, he gave it to them right through the head, but the general principle stands. We may be looking closer at the roles of bards and bardic poetry later on.

"Next, Sithchenn, the smith whos smithy is set alight. Not only is he a smith, he's also a wizard and prophet. Not the most common of trades to be associated with wizardry. Anyone have any idea why this could be?"

[[OCD threads ~~coming~~ up. And I swear to Bog I will interact today >.<]]

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Arthurian Traditions (03/14)

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:38:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

"Good day, class. I'm pleased to see that you all survived the break and the tender tutelage of my TA. Today is the day that I assign you lots and lots of reading because ~~the mun has to brush up on her Welsh myth~~ I've decided to back up to the roots of things and study the Mabinogion. We've already looked at Culhwch and Olwen, and we'll pass over the Mabinogi, leaving us with 'The Dream of Maxen', 'Lludd and Lleyws', and 'The Dream of Rhonabwy', as well as the three so-called Arthurian romances, 'Owein and the Countess of the Fountain', 'Peredur', and 'Gereint and Enid'." He frowned down at his notes for a moment. "Actually, scratch 'The Dream of Maxen' and 'Lludd and Llefys'. They aren't relevant to the course. But I encourage you to read them anyway." He moved around the room distributing books. "I understand that Phoebe in her infinite wisdom had given you an assignment due on Thursday, so I will not assign any reading for you until then, but I encourage to look over the tales and read the introduction.

"Now, that's out of the way. For the rest of class, I want each and every one of you to tell me a story. But I want your story to be entitled, "Over Spring Break I Sought the Holy Grail". Tell me who you went with, where you looked, how many of you ended up in jail, if you found it, any details you want to throw in."

[[Cammie-mun is wrestling with the dreaded Beast of ~~Aaaaagh~~ Migraine. Ergo, short lesson. And not in haiku. Sadly. I've only given summaries of the stories, so if you want to read them in all their Lady Guest-translated glory, go here]]

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Celtic Studies (03/13)

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:10:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Camulus is looking well-rested and very gloaty that people had to be in class this early on a Monday the first day back from break.

"Ah, my dear class. I hope Phoebe took good care of you during my absence. I will offer you an explanation as soon as I have one." He stood up and paced to the board, writing 'Kings Cycle' on the board. "Wednesday we will begin our look at the next cycle of Irish literature, the Kings Cycle. These stories deal with the historical rulers of Ireland - with a definitely helping of myth piled a top." He began writing a list of names and dates on the board, starting at Art mac Cuinn ~~because omgsomanynames~~ and ending with Muircheartach mac Erca ~~which is the best name to say aloud~~."

When this was finished, he sat back down. "And that is all the real work you have to do today. For the rest of the class . . ." He smirked. "Tell me a story. It could be something you did over break. It could be something you did as a child. It could be one of the stories we told in class. Just tell me a story in true Celtic fashion."

[[OCD threads ~~coming~~ up.]]

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Period One || Celtic Studies || March, 3, 2006

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

CLASS CANCELLED

No class today. Don't forget to work on your term projects and ~~I'll~~We'll see you after break.

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Period One || Celtic Studies || Wednesday, March 1st

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:43:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

MIDTERM!!

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Period One || Celtic Studies || February 27, 2006

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

Phoebe is smiling and looking a lot happier than she has in weeks. This could be either a good thing or a bad thing. There is still frantic worry in her eyes over the whereabouts of Camulus, but whenever she looks at a certain someone, her eyes seem to soften a bit.

"It appears that Professor Camulus is down with some sort of illness, so I will be covering his classes until further notice." She looks around the room. "Today we'll be having our mid-term study period." She looks down at her notes for what's on the mid-terms and wrinkles her nose.

"Okay, I know that most teachers don't do this, but I'm Phoebe and not most teachers. I am also in a very good mood. So, things you need to know for your test:

Invaders of Ireland

Family of Oenghus

"The Wooing of Etain"

Burial Sites

Sloinneadh

Boadicea

"The Children of Lir"

Conaire's gessa

Spain-that-be-not-Spain

The Four Provinces of Ireland

The Six Isular Celtic languages

Two Essay Questions on stories you've studied thus far.

Ten translations from Gaelic to English

Phoebe sits on the edge of the desk and swings her feet back and forth. "Questions, comments, random sayings, coffee?"

Yes, she is in a very good mood it seems.

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Period 1 || Celtic Studies || Friday, February 24, 2006

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:50:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

Phoebe is sitting at Camulus' desk with a lot of paperwork spread out in front of her. There is a phone dropped on top of the mess. She looks incredibly tired.

"As Professor Camulus is still missing, I'm your teacher again today." Phoebe lifts her head to look at the class. "We've been exploring the King's Cycle and discussing the tales therein. On March 15th, you will have a project due. You are to create a short play or children's storybook on any of the tales studied thus far. If you write a play, it doesn't have to be performed, but it should include stage directions. If you want extra credit on the assignment, include a fantasy cast list with your play. Also, might I suggest that you do~~not~~ stick to reasonable ratings~~write Celtic pr0n~~. This is especially important if you decide to fashion the Wooing of Etain into a play. Please, people, use common sense as I do not want to get kicked out of school for directing~~encouraging~~ you to write such adult stuff."

She sighs and looks back down at her notes.

"Also, your mid-term is on Wednesday, March 1. We'll be having a review session on Monday."

( Assignments )

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Celtice Studies || Period One || Wednesday, February 22

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:37:00 GMT

Posted by: sensethevisions

Phoebe was standing in front of the class. Her face was pale and she looked upset about something. The worry could have something to do with the missing teacher, or it could be due to the fact that she seemed to have lost something important that really wasn't hers to lose.

She kept looking towards the door and then ten minutes after the bell, she sighed and shook her head. No one had heard from Camulus for two days and she was beginning to get worried. It just wasn't like him to disappear and tell no one what was going on.

"Alright, guys," she said in a quiet voice. "Looks like you're stuck with me as the teacher as Professor Camulus seems to have ~~disappeared~~ been detained." She swallowed and then sat cross-legged on the desk.

"Today, we're beginning the Introduction to Kings Cycle. The King's Cycle is a chronologic series that discusses the likelihood of history colliding with and marrying myth and legends."

She wrinkled her nose. "A few things to remember:

--- Monty Python was never a king in Celtic times, nor in Arthurian times.
--- Arthur/Guenevere/Launcelot were not the Holy Trinity
--- Bringing the teacher or the TA a sacrifice will not guarantee you an A on your project. However, bringing me coffee might.
--- ~~Wikipedia~~ The library is your friend. You might want to utilize it.

That being said..."

• Chronology of Irish kings – historical characters and events colliding with myth and legend
• Assign readings (to be studied after the break):
o How Ronan Slew His Only Son
o The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon "Eochaid Mugmedon ("slave-lord") was a semi-historical High King of Ireland of the 4th century who was said to be the ancestor of many of Ireland's most significant dynasties, such as the Connachta and the Uí Néill. By his wife, Mongfind, he had sons Brion, Ailill and Fiachrae. By a slave he captured on a raid in Britain, Cairenn, he had a fourth son, Niall, later known as Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages)."
o Voyage of Maleduin
o Wee Folk (still have to find the link)
o The Death of Muircetach mac Erca
• Assign story summaries to be handed in at the end of the cycle – Kings Cycle and Mythological Cycle (Etain, Oenghus, etc.)

"Everyone will need to select one of the stories we have covered, including the Wooing of Etain and write a summary on it at the end of the cycle. Relax. It's not due this week."

[[OOC: Yes, I'm aware that links to anything on the Ancient Texts (dot) Org site aren't connecting. I'm hoping the site will come back up, but I am looking for secondary sites.]]

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Celtic Studies (02/17)

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:14:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

[[Sorry for the wee lessons, but I have a bus to catch in twenty minutes and I stil have to find my copy of the Mabinogian so I can study for my midterm on Monday. *facepalm*]]

Camulus is looking surly and growly and has absolutely no notes with him today. "Today I want you to read The Wooing of Etain and try to follow it. Ominous sounding, I know. However, the story has several different women who change shape and are reborn as different women and married to different kings but still end up with their original husbands. I want some sort of diagram to show that you understand what's going on." He pauses and scowls. "Questions you can ask."

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Celtic Studies (02/15)

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:00:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Camulus is once again entirely too happy for a morning. Even a morning on *ahem* Hump Day.

"Madainn mhath, class!" he says jovially. "Children of Lir and The Dream of Oenghus for today, covering two of the most common themes in Celtic Literature - shapechanging and love-before-first-sight, or wasting sicknesses." Camulus blathers on and on like usual. But it's Wednesday morning so everyone's asleep on their desks so it doesn't really matter.

[[Power cable troubles continue. I'm surprised I'm posting at all.]]

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Celtic Studies (02/13)

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:01:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

Camulus looks happier than he usually does on Mondays - which is pretty happy - happy and well-rested. Suspiciously happy and well-rested. It's possible that he was even singing under his breath when he came into class. Yes, he was that happy.

"Good morning, class," he says cheerfully - for him, that is. "I'm feeling generous today, and as I ~~forgot to~~ didn't assign you any reading for this class, today will be a reading period, but if you choose you can leave as soon as you sign the roster and go back to bed. ~~I know that's what I want to do.~~ All I ask is that for the next class you read The Children of Lir and The Dream of Oenghus."

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Celtic Studies (02/10)

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:03:00 GMT

Posted by: godinakilt.livejournal.com

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 Cats ~~which 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."

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