Alright tooters, out of curiosity (and because I am way down in this rabbit hole):
If you hear "epic" what stories do you automatically think of?
(In the interest of narrowing it down, let's say "traditional epic"!)
#question #literature #folklore #mythology #epics #storytelling #tradition
Brynawel
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in reply to Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág • • •Ben Ramsey
in reply to Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág • • •For me, the first stories that come to mind are The Lord of the Rings, Beowulf, Völsunga saga, and the Nibelungenlied.
Clearly, I have specific leanings in this area (I studied a lot of Tolkien at university). 😉
tessarakt
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in reply to Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág • • •In a film? Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea in "The Ten Commandments".
Saw it as a child in the cinema ... staring up at the walls of water pouring seemingly right there in Birmingham just for us!!
That was *Epic* :)
kym 📚🐉
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in reply to Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág • • •Anything above apart from Lord of the wrings (still absolutely no idea what that's all about; please try and repair me).
Gulliver's travels,
My Grandmother,
anything concerning;
Pavarotti,
Tebaldi,
Pucini,
William Shatner,
Pino Daniele,
Young Rossini AND Von Beethoven (!)
Caravaggio,
Bulgarian yoghurt
Eccccc
Anything I haven't had the time for yet to explore.
There is so much to discover. I need more than just one lifetime.
Bill, organizer of stuff
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in reply to Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág • •Without¹ having read/heard it myself, first thing that came to mind was Eddan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_E…
¹so I might be very wrong on this one
anamuk
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