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SimonRoyHughes

@SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe

A translator and editor of #NorwegianFolktales. A teacher. A Brit (nominally, after so many years) living in northern Norway. A human being.

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SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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“Don’t worry,” I thought, “it's only a preface; it won’t take more than an evening to translate. Put it off until later.”

It’s later.

The preface is 22 pages long. The language is old-fashioned, the argument is convoluted. It’s taken me a week so far, and I’m still only ⅔ of the way through.

On the other hand, it is one of the most interesting texts I have ever read, documenting the connection between (modern) folkloric witches and their familiars, valkyries, and the goddess Freya. The , , and writing communities need to read it.

@folklore @norwegianfolktales @writingcommunity

A footnote from the text: A German journalist and poet [Julius Hammer] states in truth: “There are no poetic flowers that are so difficult to imitate as folktales and legends. Artificial flowers of this kind betray themselves as soon as they are made, even if they come from the most skilled hand.”

SimonRoyHughes,
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@WagesOf Indeed. It should be out some time later this year.

@folklore @norwegianfolktales @writingcommunity

NatureMC, (edited ) to Writers
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    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @NatureMC Fools being soon parted from their hard-earned cash is not my responsibility as a conscientious writer selling worthwhile books. The only measure I might take is a brief note on my copyright page, to the effect of disclaiming association with any works purporting to be derivative.

    @writers

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @NatureMC @writers By all means, warn away.

    tlacamazatl, to languagelearning
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    https://www.psypost.org/from-star-treks-klingon-to-tolkiens-orkish-unraveling-the-auditory-aesthetics-of-constructed-languages/

    @conlang @languagelovers

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @tlacamazatl @conlang @languagelovers Since the languages concerned were developed with an intention of evoking certain emotions, the research investigates how successful the creators have been.

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    A woman convicted of riding as a mare by night should be taken out to sea, hewed across the spine, and sunk in the water.

    Only women were ever suspected of being nightmares. This is one reason we need .

    @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    Fancy reviewing a book called Norwegian Hulder Tales and Folk Legends, and complaining about the incidence of hulders!

    (That’s why the book isn’t called something else, Mr Munch.)

    @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes, to random
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    Oh, hello, shingles. Please be gentle with me.

    SimonRoyHughes, to Netflix
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    ‘ could only look forward. “I couldn’t draw from anything because I’ve personally never read a story like ,” she said.’

    Apparently, a lack of reading will land you a contract. Good to know.

    https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/damsel-release-date-photos

    (Tip of the hat to @TarkabarkaHolgy for bringing the film to my attention.)

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    If you want to become more erudite than Millie Bobby Brown, get yourself a copy of ’s and other tales from Northern Norway (translated by yours truly), in which there are at least two stories of truly heroic girls.

    https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/ringelihorn-and-other-tales-from-northern-norway

    Or listen to one of the tales as read by @rorystarr (before buying the book).

    https://www.youtube.com/live/7EYfi94UwSI

    SimonRoyHughes, to blogging
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    : In which I answer two questions popular with literary agents and publishers: Why this work? Why am I the person to complete it?

    @folklore @folklorethursday

    https://norwegianfolktales.net/articles/why-this-why-me

    NickEast, to bookreviews
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    Elves, Trolls and Elemental Beings a collection of Icelandic folktales.
    The stories were so so in quality even if I always find lore interesting.
    But I found myself curious the theme of missing people? Was children and people going missing super common in these times? Because why else would it be such a common theme in the folktales?

    @bookreviews @reading



    https://ramblingreaders.org/book/364660/s/elves-trolls-and-elemental-beings

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @NickEast @bookreviews @reading Probably not. But the fear of going missing was used as a means of social control, hence the scary legends of what happened when someone did such and such a thing.

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    The introduction to Norwegian Hulder Tales and Folk Legends is quite easy to write, but I have had to go back to the beginning.

    @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes, to random
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    Master of all he surveys (when the snow stops melting and it stops raining and the temperature rises a little more).

    SimonRoyHughes, to random
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    How long do we tolerate from an instance? If new accounts are still popping up to spam us after a week, I think we are justified in concluding that the instance is ( can lock down signups), and the whole instance. Or am I being too harsh?

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    Having another go from a slightly different angle.

    @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @Mutedog @folklore You'd think so, wouldn't you?

    SimonRoyHughes, to random
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    Right now, many of the girls at my school are wearing rouge up towards their temple - above their cheeks, behind their eyes, whatever.

    Anyway, they look like they have been slapped across both sides of their faces.

    Of course, it would be inadvisable to tell them.

    High fashion, indeed!

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @raymccarthy They wear it higher still.

    mrundkvist, to random
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    Did you know that there is a strong movement in the academic Left that is heavily critical against Critical Theory? I like to refer to us as the Alan Sokal Academic Left.


    @johank76

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @mrundkvist

    Is that the same Critical Theory that fascists/ antisemites call "cultural Marxism"?

    @johank76

    TarkabarkaHolgy, to 13thFloor Hungarian
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    I feel the sudden urge to roll one of these into a wedding and see what happens. 😆

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    @TarkabarkaHolgy Shouldn't you throw it AT someone?

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    When the pandemic hit in early 2020, and we were all told to stay at home indefinitely, instead of nurturing sour-dough starter, I translated Sigrid Undset's puppet theatre stage play, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, which I released under a Creative Commons licence in the hope that someone will take the time and trouble to stage it once again.

    It has been freely available on Wikimedia ever since, but today I had the bright idea of uploading it to the @internetarchive, too.

    Here it is.

    https://archive.org/details/east-of-the-sun-and-west-of-the-moon

    If you'd rather download it from @wikimediafoundation:

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_of_the_sun_and_west_of_the_moon.pdf

    @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes,
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    From my preface:

    The reason for the Creative Commons licence is to make the play free for anyone to read, and lower any financial barrier to production. The licence allows adaptation – you are free to stage the play, or retranslate it into another genre or form. It also allows commercial derivatives, which, for example, allows theatres to charge for tickets, as a way of recouping investment, and (with any luck) turning a profit. If you do decide to do something with the play, please let me know. I am also willing to donate my time in an advisory rôle, if any matter needs further clarification. After all, this is a labour of love for me, too.

    @internetarchive @wikimediafoundation @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    I found the legend that Jonas Lie’s “Elias and the Draug” is based on. And it comes from farther up the fjord from where I live.

    https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/tjenester/kunnskap/samlinger/norsk-folkeminnesamling/Sagnkart/sagnkart.html#/record/nfs150

    @folklore

    SimonRoyHughes, to folklore
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    This is why we don't let Americans illustrate .

    @folklore

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