Talk:Eight Days of Luke

This seems to be an entirely too-detailed synopsis of the book as a whole. I suggest editing it to make it flow better, and to reduce the amount of detail provided.

Probably you are right, and I like your edits to date. Jones' books tend to be so complex it is difficult to write a short summary.--Wehwalt 16:58, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Siegfried / Brunhilda

Does anyone know the reason for Dianne Wynn Jones choosing the myth of Siegfried and Brunhilda for saturday? Did she just pick another Germanic/Norse myth for the only day the Germanic peoples hadn't calqued, or what? 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 23:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Well . . . it is certainly the best known Nordic myth. My guess is that she wanted something that a bright teenager reading the book would have heard of.--Wehwalt 23:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

It is? Maybe it holds true for the Anglo-Saxon world, though. As a Swede, I'm more familiar with other myths such as the slaying of Balder, and Thor's fake wedding in Thrymskvida. Well, that's one answer as good as any, I suppose... 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 23:48, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but you would have studied the roots of your own culture. Most American and English kids wouldn't have studied the Nordic myths. Probably they would know Siegfried and Brunnhilde from the elements of the operas that have trickled into popular culture.--Wehwalt 00:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Guessed so, although the general knowledge of both the opera and the myth seems rather fragmentary. =S 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 00:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)