Re: Swedish alphabet [was: Re: Spanish alphabet]
From: | Charles <catty@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 20:19 |
Thomas R. Wier wrote:
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> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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> > :) . 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