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In Reply to: He's French. And cagey too. (nt posted by dennzio on January 08, 2004 at 16:55:29:
Fool me once, shame on me!BTW, since he's so wrong about Tolkien, perhaps Patrick just needs to get in touch with his inner-Franco-Prussian-child before making up his mind! ;^)
AuPh
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The Brits have Merlin and King Arthur, the Germanic folks have Thor, Loki, Odin, the Italians have Jupiter, Neptune , Apollo...the Greeks have their Olympians, so what do the French have as far as mythology? Jerry Lewis?
In the Atlantic coast, they had everything Celtic mythology had, basically the same people who built Stonehenge, with a cult to the Great Goddess: look at Graves´s "The White Goddess", and you´ll find much about it.In the North, they shared the same set of beliefs Germanic people had.
In the South, they were sharing Mediterranean mythologies, as that sea was a good medium to bring people in touch with one another, so they first shared what Phenicians, and Greeks, brought with them, and what later became organized under the Roman empire: if you look carefully, you´ll easily see that all Mediterranean countries shared pretty much the same gods, albeit their original Greek, Egyptian, and even Babylonian names were changed (Zeus became Jove, Ares became Mars, Isis became split between Hera and Aphrodite, later June and Venus,...) Originally, there was the Great Goddess, which was multifaceted, and who later, when her cult was overthrown by the patriarchal gods, starting in the East when the Acheans brought Zeus to power, and the cult to YHVH threw politheism away in what today is that troubled part of the world, she was split into different goddesses. A very good work on that was done by Marija Gimbutas, who wrote several books like "The Language of the Goddess", "The Civilization of the Goddess", and "Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe".
And, on a lighter, more appropriate to this forum, side of it, you can always look at "Asterix and Obelix"...
Regards
BF
I did not care for an answer as Denn was jocking. I think that even in the film there is one( forget his name ) who belong to the French branch...
nt
I guess he goes down well with wine and cheese. ;^)AuPh
where his character Stanley, the speechless bellhop, mistakes a VW Beetle engine for trunk luggage and carries it, still running, into the guests room
Perhaps clever mime is more appreciated in French culture, no?
Graham
I believe that line comes from either a Clint Eastwood or Bond film and was uttered after a villainous mime recieved his just reward; at any rate, I do appreciate a clever pun now and them, especially when it's a crowd pleaser that places things in proper perspective. ;^)Cheers.
AuPh
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nt
"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them".
-P. J. O'Rourke
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