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Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:93] Ptah
Eric, I successully ignored your mention of Illmarinen the first time.
At 11:00 PM 2/16/00 -0600, you wrote:
> Illmarinen was considered because in the Finnish epic
>'Kalevala', he occupied a similar, though much less important role. He
>was known as 'the smith', and made many interesting things. Illmarinen
>is somewhat less pretentious and a little more obscure, but much harder
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
well not to me or you ..... (or Linus T., while we're at it... :-)
>but much harder to type. :-)
>
> Anyway, I have some strong ideas .....
(Oh bother!...)
"It is my desire, it is my wish
to set out to sing, to begin to recite,
to let a song of our clan glide on, to sing a family lay.
The words are melting in my mouth, utterances dropping out,
coming to my tongue, being scattered about on my teeth.
"Mieleni minun tekevi,
Aivoni ajattelevi
L\:ahte\:ani laulamahan,
Saa'ani sanelemahan,
Sukuvirtt\:a suoltamahan,
Lajivirtt\:a laulamahan.
Sanat suussani sulavat,
Puhe'et putoelevat,
Kielelleni kerki\:av\:at,
Hampahilleni hajoovat.
"Veli kulta,...
"Dearest friend ..."
.... Tell us more! :-)
gs
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- References:
- Ptah
- From: "Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>