- Rhetoric has expanded and become vast since the collapse of ancient and roman empire. Rhetoric has taken on many other forms. Augustine’s de doctrina is an example. Christianity influenced Nordic culture by the mid 11th century it made its way into Denmark and then late 11 century into Sweden. This change i see the Norse culture ultimately changing to become more civilized.
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Annotated Bibliography
Clunies Ross, Margaret, ed., The Old Norse Poetic Translations of Thomas Percy ( Making the Middle Ages 4), Turnhout, Brepols, 2001; hardback; pp. xiii, 290; RRP €55; ISBN 2503510779.
Thomas Percy book of the old Norse poetic translations is astonishing. The author is a well-known scholar around the globe as a man of language. He used Latin to decode Nordic culture. This article supports the overlying point of this paper because it shows how important poetry was to this culture’s rhetoric and the formation of storytelling by oral of mouth was sacred to Nordic cultures. Just like the passing of the stories of the god’s editors this source will be important in providing more information into Norse culture
Gaiman, Neil. Norse Mythology. First edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Neil Gaiman’s Norse mythology is an outstanding read. He is an award-winning author who wrote many books. His book Norse mythology talks about the lands of the Norse gods and how Nephilim is a land bound of fog. And Alfheim is the land of light, and Helheim is the land of the dead. Similar to Christian cultures the Norse mythology entails a heaven and a hell. And a set of rules you must follow to reach the desired haven known as Valhalla. His book starts off like the Christian bible in the book of genesis saying in the beginning there was nothing. And the world will end due to Ragnarök a battle which has already happened but is destined to come about again. Neil Gaiman is a credible source because he is a famous historian and expert on Norse mythology. I can use this source to strengthen my argument and exemplifies just how big Norse mythology was in the Nordic culture.
Looijenga, Tineke. 2003. Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions. p. 87.
Flowers, Stephen E. 1986. Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Older Runic Tradition. p. 71-73.
Looijenga article about runic in Nordic culture is unique. The article touches the vast array of Nordic art and how runes were made to tell stories. Runes where rocks that have been drawn on or carved to tell something. Generally, in Nordic culture runes were used by the different Germanic tribes to show whose territory and rune it is. The god of gods Odin later sacrificed himself to understand the sacred meaning and power that the runes could give you. Rune work is a formidable art and also a means of literacy. It is a form of writing that is cherished by Nordic culture. I believe this author is credible because she gives examples of what one of the runes actually say. There is arithmetic to the madness. She is experienced in writing traditions and alphabet of western cultures.
Sorabella, Jean. “The Vikings (780–1100).” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vikg/hd_vikg.htm (October 2002)
The success of the Vikings depended on their skills as seamen and the excellence of their wooden ships. The seagoing craft recovered from a ninth-century burial at Gokstad in Norway demonstrates the ingenuity and the effectiveness of Viking ship design: fast, light, maneuverable, and flexible, it could be simply beached and quickly launched, rowed by oarsmen or sailed in any wind. “In 1893, an exact replica of the ship was sailed from Norway to Newfoundland in just 28 days. Scandinavian sagas record voyages of similar length. In the ninth century, Norwegian adventurers sailed to settle in Iceland and Ireland, Danish arrivals claimed territory in France and Britain, and Swedish Vikings established themselves in the river valleys of Russia.” This article by Sorabella, Jean depicts how cunning and marvelous Nordic art and designs where. Vikings were believed to be skilled in woodwork and metalwork and admired for their works. They were even distinguished craftsmen of their time, even though other civilizations to believe them ruthless and savage. She is credible because she is a art historian who is experienced in many cultures and has a degree in Nordic traditions. The source will help me in my next piece about more Norse culture
Wanner, Kevin J. “Cunning Intelligence in Norse Myth: Loki, Óðinn, and the Limits of Sovereignty.” History of Religions, vol. 48, no. 3, 2009, pp. 211–246. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/598231.
Norse mythology is the body of myths of north Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and the folklore of it.
Warner K.J article on the intelligence in Norse mythology is exponential. He first introduces Loki an Aesir god from the Asier tribe in Scandinavian culture. What warren is trying to convey is that Nordic mythology is cunning they were several factions in the mythology the Vanir the Asier and Jottun. He argues that each use “metis” which another word for cunning in Nordic culture is. He references the Nordic culture to that of Greek and how they both are similar. This author is credible I believe because he states why Loki is cunning. “Although we have not yet considered any narratives about him yet it is clear that the description of Loki that he embodies many of the qualities under the heading of metis.” This source is useful because it highlights how important and big Nordic culture was.
Viking History: Facts & Myths
By Ryan Goodrich, LiveScience Contributor | August 28, 2018 09:53pm ET
Ryan Goodrich article states that Many historians commonly associate the term “Viking” to the Scandinavian term Viking, a word for “pirate.” However, the term is meant to reference oversea expeditions, and was used as a verb by the Scandinavian people for when the men traditionally took time out of their summers to go “a Viking.” While many would believe these expeditions entailed the raiding of monasteries and cities along the coast, many expeditions were actually with the goal of trade and enlisting as foreign mercenaries. The author argues that these attacks derive from Christians persecuting pagans. The Vikings were a nomadic culture that supported pagan rituals.
http://norse-mythology.net/viking-social-classes/
The Viking society was divided into a hierarchy of four social classes. At the bottom were the slaves, above the slaves where the Karl’s, in the middle where the Jarls, and at the top where the royals, such as the Kings and Queens. You were not stuck your whole life if you were born into one of these social classes. It was possible to move up and down the social latter, depending on your luck and your choices in life. The author of this article is unknown so the credibility may not be there but he touché basses how Nordic culture political and social structure works. It was possible to make it out of each social; class depending on your deeds and how you lived your life.
Marcus Sedgwick the author of this article is not credible not too much is listed about him. His article does strengthen my argument. He shows how important the gods were the Germanic tribes named the days of the week after them. Nordic culture tells how the world will end simply just like the bible. Though it’s not Christendom its pagan and unorthodox rituatuals are what make it so widely breathtaking its an opinionated article and just does not provide enough facts on the matter at hand there al
Prompt 9
The two articles The notes of the kentucky cycle and stepchild in back talk appalachia are very similar to one another. The end of back talk from appalachia end with the notes of the kentucky cycle. It’s pretty much the author explaining everything wrong that the play writer got wrong about the culture of kentucky. And how only outsiders of the west coast only found it amusing. While people from that area were angered and sad of how he portrayed their everyday life as “living in poverty”. The second article that I read is stepchild. The authors goes about how he moved from the region to the suburbs of a city. The struggle of adjusting and trying to fit in when you are constantly being ridiculed. Because he fits like americans stereotype of a “hillbilly” The author spent his whole life trying to fit in to a society that has seen him as an outcast his whole life. From being bullied for being smarter and not talking like everyone else. As you can see with the first article the author talks about how they make fun of how people speak and use of their terminology. The first article addresses what kentucky is really like and why it’s good to be from the area. The second one at the end the author finds remorse in being from the region learning that it is all not bad even though he spent most of his life in the city.
prompt 8 Kentucky Cycle
The Kentucky cycle is a play by Donskey in the book back talk from Appalachia. He mentions in this chapter that the play is considered a drive by shooting. This means that the play will take a hit to the people that the play intended to portray. The chapter is titled that america needs hillbillies is that a significance? This chapter in the book goes and discusses the criticism that the play receives in contrary to the people of that region. Depicting the peoples that inhabit as “mean quiet and violent” Even calling them brutish and low down and dirty. The show pretty much attacks those of the basic stereotypes. This was important because for the first time it was attacking the region of the mountains it was attacking an average american area. Making fun of the people and they way they talk. Critics argued against the likeness of Appalachia and the Kentucky cycle. Saying that pop culture plays a huge role in how we portray these various regions. The sad fact of the matter is that these regions are still apart of america and are just like everyday Americans in other parts of the country.
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Annotated Bibliography
Wanner, Kevin J. “Cunning Intelligence in Norse Myth: Loki, Óðinn, and the Limits of Sovereignty.” History of Religions, vol. 48, no. 3, 2009, pp. 211–246. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/598231.
Norse mythology is the body of myths of north germanic people stemming from norse paganism and continuing after the christianization of scandinavia and the folklore of it.
Warner K.J article on the intelligence in norse mythology is exponential. He first introduces loki an aesir god from the asier tribe in scandinavian culture. What warren is trying to convey is that nordic mythology is cunning they were several factions in the mythology the vanir the asier and jottun. He argues that each use “metis” which is another word for cunning in nordic culture. He references the nordic culture to that of greek and how they both are similar. This author is credible i believe because he states why loki is cunning. “Although we have not yet considered any narratives about him yet it is clear that the description of loki that he embodies many of the qualities under the heading of metis.” This source is useful because it highlights how important and big nordic culture was.
Gaiman, Neil. Norse Mythology. First edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Neil gaiman’s Norse mythology is an outstanding read. He is an award winning author who wrote many books. His book norse mythology talks about the lands of the norse gods and how nephilim is a land bound of fog. And alfheim is the land of light , and helheim is the land of the dead. Similar to christian cultures the norse mythology entails a heaven and a hell. And a set of rules you must follow to reach the desired haven known as valhalla. His book starts off like the christian bible in the book of genesis saying in the beginning there was nothing. And the world will end due to ragnarok a battle which has already happened but is destined to come about again. Neil gaiman is a credible source because he is a famous historian and expert on norse mythology. I can use this source to strengthen my argument and exemplifies just how big norse mythology was in the nordic culture.
Sorabella, Jean. “The Vikings (780–1100).” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vikg/hd_vikg.htm (October 2002)
The success of the Vikings depended on their skills as seamen and the excellence of their wooden ships. The seagoing craft recovered from a ninth-century burial at Gokstad in Norway demonstrates the ingenuity and the effectiveness of Viking ship design: fast, light, maneuverable, and flexible, it could be simply beached and quickly launched, rowed by oarsmen or sailed in any wind. “In 1893, an exact replica of the ship was sailed from Norway to Newfoundland in just 28 days. Scandinavian sagas record voyages of similar length. In the ninth century, Norwegian adventurers sailed to settle in Iceland and Ireland, Danish arrivals claimed territory in France and Britain, and Swedish Vikings established themselves in the river valleys of Russia.” This article by Sorabella, Jean depicts how cunning and marvelous nordic art and designs where. Vikings were believed to be skilled in woodwork and metalwork and admired for their works. They were even distinguished craftsmen of their time,even though other civilizations to believe them ruthless and savage. She is credible because she is a art historian who is experienced in many cultures and has a degree in nordic traditions.
Looijenga, Tineke. 2003. Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions. p. 87.
Flowers, Stephen E. 1986. Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Older Runic Tradition. p. 71-73.
Looijenga article about runics in nordic culture is unique. The article touches the vast array of nordic art and how runes were made to tell stories. Runes where rocks that have been drawn on or carved to tell something. Generally in nordic culture runes were used by the different germanic tribes to show whos territory and rune it is. The god of gods odin later sacrificed himself to understand the sacred meaning and power that the runes could give you. Rune work is a formidable art and also a means of literacy. It is a form of writing that is cherished by nordic culture. I believe this author is credible because she gives examples of what one of the runes actually say. There is arithmetic to the madness. She is experienced in writing traditions and alphabet of western cultures.
Clunies Ross, Margaret, ed., The Old Norse Poetic Translations of Thomas Percy ( Making the Middle Ages 4), Turnhout, Brepols, 2001; hardback; pp. xiii, 290; RRP €55; ISBN 2503510779.
Thomas percy book of the old norse poetic translations is astonishing. The author is a well known scholar around the globe as a man of language. He used latin to decode nordic culture. This article supports the overlying point of this paper because it shows how important poetry was to this cultures rhetoric and the formation of storytelling by oral of mouth was sacred to nordic cultures. Just like the passing of the stories of the gods lEditors
Viking History: Facts & Myths
By Ryan Goodrich, LiveScience Contributor | August 28, 2018 09:53pm ET
Ryan Goodrich article states that Many historians commonly associate the term “Viking” to the Scandinavian term vikingr, a word for “pirate.” However, the term is meant to reference oversea expeditions, and was used as a verb by the Scandinavian people for when the men traditionally took time out of their summers to go “a Viking.” While many would believe these expeditions entailed the raiding of monasteries and cities along the coast, many expeditions were actually with the goal of trade and enlisting as foreign mercenaries. The author argues that these attacks derrive from christinas perscuting pagans. The vikings were a nomadic culture that supposrted pagen rituatals.
http://norse-mythology.net/viking-social-classes/
The Viking society was divided into a hierarchy of four social classes. At the bottom were the slaves, above the slaves where the Karls, in the middle where the Jarls, and at the top where the royals, such as the Kings and Queens. You were not stuck your whole life if you were born into one of these social classes. It was possible to move up and down the social latter, depending on your luck and your choices in life. The author of this article is unknown so the credibility may not be there but he touche basses how nordic culture political and social structure works. It was possible to make it out of each social; class depending on your deeds and how you lived your life.
Marcus Sedgwick the author of this article is not credible not to much is listed about him. His article does strengthen my argument. He shows how important the gods were the germanic tribes named the days of the week after them. Nordic culture tells how the world will end simply just like the bible. Though its not christendom its pagen and unorthdox rituatuals are what make it so widely breathtaking
Prompt 7
It was important for the media to portray appalachian life as backwardness to be able to blame someone for the troubles of the country. It was easier to make fun of so called mountain folk because of their differences. Yes these people dress different and eat differently due to the resources of the land that they live off on. These people showed how they rely on family and their own to survive. The more america modernized after the war that type of lifestyle was not seemed fit to american society. So the media portrayed these peoples as dumb and inferior because of their respective differences. Even though these people were just like them. Media portrayed these people so that people would not move to these areas and remain in the growing cities allowing cities to thrive and not country type regions. The groups that gain something from depicting appalachia like this are the city dwellers and people that want those resources that they have. These indigenous groups gain exploitation by degrading these peoples and saying that they are in fact backwards. This chapter that we read for hw is cunning and direct in the way that it depicts these problems