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Re: Swedish alphabet [was: Re: Spanish alphabet]

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 20:19
Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> > Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > > :) . We had the same idea, but you were faster than me! :) Anyway, > > except in American comics and an episode of Sargate SG-1, I never saw > > programs using the Norse gods (Odin, Thor, Balder...) whereas movies > > with Greek and Roman gods (like all those peplums -"pepla" ? :) -) are > > very numerous. It is time to change that don't you think so? > > Yeah, most definitely. Though, with shows the way they are nowadays, I'm > surprised we haven't seen Marduk and Inanna stuck in there somewhere. > We've seen lots of their avatars, however. > > Imagine: Arnold Schwarzenegger versus Tiamat! Who'd win?
Gilgamesh! Some say he was Hercules. http://hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/Heracles1.html I have a thing for the Minoan snake priestesses, but I think they stole their symbols from Egypt. http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/minoan_pictures.html