Otherworld Summaries Weeks 1-4 PDF

[Otherworld Summary Document -- all works weeks 1-4] I wrote these in order or how many times they're brought up over the course of everything, PowerPoints, lecture recordings, etc. the closer to the top they are, the more important they are to know. +-----------------------------------+----------...

[Otherworld Summary Document -- all works weeks 1-4] I wrote these in order or how many times they're brought up over the course of everything, PowerPoints, lecture recordings, etc. the closer to the top they are, the more important they are to know. +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Scél Tuáin Meic | - Finnia -- missionary who | | Chairill] | fasts to hear Tuán's story | | | | | Between 700-900 | - Stag, wild boar, hawk, | | | salmon, back into human after | | | eaten by the wife of king | | | caireill | +===================================+===================================+ | [Cath maige tuired: second battle | - MT1 -- TDD vs Fir Bolg | | of Mag tuired] | | | | - Bres -- father is TDD -- | | 11^th^ century, using materials | rubbish king | | from 9^th^ | | | | - Lug -- father is Fomoire | | | | | | - Lug is builder, blacksmith, | | | champion, harper, warrior, | | | sorcerer, physician, | | | cupbearer, good brazier | | | | | | - Dagda eats loads of porridge | | | | | | - Dadga is jumped on by | | | Fomorian princess, excretes | | | the porridge | | | | | | - They have sex, allegedly | | | there's a mark in the ground | | | still | | | | | | - Bres tries to talk himself | | | out of being killed by saying | | | he will make sure cows give | | | milk, the TDD will reap a | | | harvest every quarter and | | | finally how to maximise their | | | crops | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [UFOs] | - Church in sesh | | | | | Misc, earliest is 12^th^ century | - Anchor comes from sky and | | | hits floor, arch of church | | | | | | - Congregation is in bits, they | | | run outside, | | | | | | - Man, swims through air | | | | | | - In some versions they touch | | | him, and it seems like he is | | | drowning | | | | | | - In others, they're told not | | | to touch him by head of | | | church | | | | | | - He frees the anchor and swims | | | off | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Echtrae Nerai,] | - Nera puts a twig and a spike | | | on the foot of a hanged man | | 9^th^/10^th^ century | | | | - Prisoner wants dirty | | | water/slops, drinks it, spits | | | in face of family and they | | | die | | | | | | - Nera sees the Cruachan | | | destroyed | | | | | | - Follows army into síd, | | | becomes a woodbearer | | | | | | - Returns to Cruachan, tells | | | his story, stays for a year | | | | | | - Returns to síd | | | | | | - His cow is made pregnant by | | | Donn Cuailnge (ulster bull) | | | | | | - Nera returns, warns people, | | | stays 1 year | | | | | | - Brings his cattle out of síd | | | | | | - Half síd calf fights | | | finnbennach (bull of | | | crúachan) | | | | | | - Nera returns to síd | | | | | | - Nera remains in síd with his | | | people forever | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Gunnar | - Frey (king) is a false idol, | | Half-and-Half] | and is possessed by the devil | | | | | 13^th^/14^th^ century | - Gunnar asks Frey's wife to | | | help him | | | | | | - Gunnar entertained people | | | with stories, and after three | | | days, the wife said he could | | | stay over the winter | | | | | | - During a storm Gunnar is | | | meant to lead the horses | | | | | | - Failing to do so, he wrestles | | | with Frey | | | | | | - Gunnar thinks about becoming | | | Christian this causes Frey to | | | fall, the devil came out of | | | him and he was left as a log | | | that Gunnar broke | | | | | | - Gunnar pretends to be Frey | | | | | | - Gunnar and his (formerly | | | Frey's) wife go back to | | | Norway and are baptised | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [The abbot of | - Abbot of the church goes to | | Druimenaig] | sleep on a hill after | | | prepping easter feast | | 12^th^ century | | | | - Wakes up as a woman | | | | | | - A woman he deems as ugly asks | | | her what's wrong and the | | | abbot laments of being a | | | woman | | | | | | - He goes into the town and is | | | harassed by an erenagh | | | | | | - They sleep together, marry | | | and have seven children | | | | | | - The abbot sleeps again on the | | | same hill and wakes up as a | | | man | | | | | | - Once again laments on his | | | situation | | | | | | - The children are divided | | | between them | | | | | | - His wife didn't really think | | | he was ever absent | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Grettis Saga] | - Thorhall has a haunted farm | | | and can't find a decent | | 14^th/^ 15^th^ century | herdsman | | | | | | - Skapti says I'll get you | | | Glam, rubbish socially but | | | he's a big, strong guy | | | | | | - Glam says don't tell me what | | | to do and we'll be fine | | | | | | - On yule he says he's hungry, | | | Thorhall's wife says no, | | | today is a fast | | | | | | - Glam is not happy, has a go | | | at her | | | | | | - They leave glam our for a few | | | days, when they find him, | | | he's black | | | | | | - Glam did not stay dead | | | | | | - They hired a new guy, | | | Thorgaut, who also dies on | | | the job | | | | | | - The cows started goring each | | | other | | | | | | - Glam's haunt stays on the | | | farm, but Thorhall packs his | | | bags for winter | | | | | | - Grettir catches wind, says | | | get me there now | | | | | | - Grettir stays the night and | | | hears Glam making a racket on | | | the roof | | | | | | - They scrap | | | | | | - Glam curses him to be an | | | outlaw and a killer | | | | | | - Grettir is afraid of the dark | | | and has visions of | | | apparitions | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Eathie Fairie | - Donald Cromarty walking home, | | legend] | hears singing and music | | | | | 1841 but about previous century | - Spends what he thinks is a | | encounters | very short time listening to | | | the music but turns out to be | | | the better part of the night | | | | | | - A brother and sister skip | | | church one morning | | | | | | - Saw a long calvacade of | | | people on horseback | | | | | | - They say that they aren't of | | | the race of Adam and that the | | | people of peace won't ever | | | again be seen in Scotland | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Ynglinga Saga] | - Bit of geography | | | | | 13^th^ century | - Asgard -- Odin -- somehow | | | keeps getting Ws all his | | | people love him; they say his | | | name and they win | | | | | | - Odin had two brothers, Ve and | | | Vilir, who would look after | | | Odin's land, but after he was | | | away for ages, they split his | | | land and shared his wife. | | | | | | - Odin and his army scrapped | | | against the Vanir, they | | | decided to chat about it and | | | give each other hostages -- | | | Vanir thinks Æsir cheated and | | | behead Mímir, but Odin heals | | | his head and Mímir tells him | | | secrets | | | | | | - Freja taught the Æsir their | | | skills, but she was a Vanir | | | priestess | | | | | | - Odin says the romans have | | | thirty minutes and decided to | | | rule the lands they didn't | | | have yet | | | | | | - Odin can shapeshift and he | | | speaks in rhymes, like a poet | | | or a bad drake verse. He also | | | has level 10 berserk fury | | | | | | - He can wildshape -- just a | | | talented bloke | | | | | | - Skandi married Njordr but | | | wouldn't sleep with him, so | | | she married Odin, and they | | | had a bunch of kids | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Ireland's immortals] | - Dagda's name Is Eochaid | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | [Táin bó cúailnge] | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+