Kennings: renaming the world
This article is intended as a follow-up to yesterday’s article entitled Sanskrit words...
Yeavering: how halls of kings rose from the dust
The great wooden hall was the hub of ancient Germanic...
The weird lottery of fate unravelled
According to Greek mythology the fate of each and every individual is determined...
The erosion of cases
Ink, as a tool for writing, has had a profound...
Speaking and answering in traditional epic narrative
Although they are today read in books containing a stable and...
Words for king in Sanskrit, Greek and Old English
The common word for king is राजा (rājā) in Sanskrit, βασιλευς (basileus)...
Kith and kin
Both words in the phrase kith and kin are of Old English origin. Kith is...
The poisoned twigs
Ancient Germanic smiths used a technique known as pattern welding, by which...