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Topics - Aescwulf
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« on: May 10, 2012, 10:52:09 AM »
I've always wanted to do AS reenactment but I have no idea how to get into it nor do I know where to the clothes for the time period. I was wondering if anyone does this that can point me in the right direction.
Thanks
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« on: April 27, 2012, 02:04:06 PM »
I'm currently going through lesson one of the correspondence course and there's one word I'm struggling to say and that is the Englisc verb 'sec' ( seek in modern English ) is it pronounced as sec? As in shortening down seconds? Or is it pronounced simply as 'seek' ?
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« on: March 06, 2012, 07:12:11 PM »
Hello everyone I'm not entirely sure if this is the right section to post this in or if I can but anyway I'm a musician (not the charts kind) and haven't been in any bands for years so the other month I've decided to make a Anglo-Saxon inspired project using contemporary styles and AS period instruments BUT I've ran into some trouble with the woodwind section and I was wondering if the sheep bone flute is close to a classical flute or a tin whistle?
Ps 100 points if you can guess what contemporary style I will be fusing together.
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« on: February 10, 2012, 10:50:35 AM »
I have been researching (trying to) this topic for weeks and I find it the most interesting because the information at hand is so vague. So I thought I'd make a topic on it to get everyone's opinions.
Their gods/idols as we all know are pretty much similar to their Viking counterparts but I read somewhere (can't remember where) that basically explains that their gods could of been ordinary people like poets and warriors at some point but after many years they were revered as gods. While looking into them I start getting confused because I'm torn between thinking they are these supernatural people living in a different plane of existence to us, but then at the same point I think that they could of been the same as the Viking counterparts but different name?
On wikia I found an article of a Saxon tradition where basically they appoint a tree or an old stone tower as a place of importance called the Irminsul( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irminsul) but I don't know if this is a real piece of A-S pagan puzzle and if it is what was it really used for ? Maybe a place where the earth and sky meets the pillar creating a gateway to their gods?
But the information is so vague it's unreal but during research there's little hints that like shamanistic (maybe) and "people of Ing" but it seems that everyone outside of the tribes hated it soo much that they sought out destruction on their way of life it's like they feared it like it was a plague. Maybe we could fill in the gaps by looking at the religion of the other tribes that lived along side them?
During my journey of this topic I've got to a point where I'm asking so many questions for my brain resulting in many headaches from over thinking. I hope this is a valid opinion as I'm writing this with a huge cold.
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