Chris Peterson wrote:JohnD wrote:
"The Henge will harness the Midnight Sun at the Arctic Circle."
By surrounding it visually from a certain perspective.
Chris Peterson wrote:JohnD wrote:
"It is inspired by the mythical world of eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress)." So far so literary, but the saga makes no mention of stone circles or towers, or any construction like this, so it is a modern invention.
Of course it's a modern invention.
Inspired by an ancient saga.
That doesn't mean copied from.
It's a modern version of an ancient invention
inspired by an ancient saga.
(Sorta like the Globe Theatre.)
Chris Peterson wrote:JohnD wrote:
This is either commercial madness and greed, Disneyland on Ice or World of Warcraft, to attract tourists, or else a "re-imagining" of Old Nordic religion and astrology, in which case good luck to you, but this has absolutely nothing to do with astronomy.
The image references the path of the Sun over the year and it references the aurora. Both are of astronomical significance.
[c]Astrognomony[/c][/b] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomon wrote:
<<The gnomon is the part of a sundial that casts the shadow.
Gnomon (γνώμων) is an ancient Greek word meaning "indicator", "one who discerns," or "that which reveals.">>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome wrote:
<<A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various story-tellers, but it is typically said to be a small, humanoid creature that lives underground.
The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus, which first appears in the works of 16th Century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus. He is perhaps deriving the term from Latin gēnomos (itself representing a Greek γη-νομος, literally "earth-dweller"). In this case, the omission of the ē is, as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) calls it, a blunder. Alternatively, the term may be an original invention of Paracelsus. Paracelsus uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmæi, and classifies them as earth elementals. He describes them as two spans high, very reluctant to interact with humans, and able to move through solid earth as easily as humans move through air.
The chthonic spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the Germanic dwarves and the Greek Chalybes, Telchines or Dactyls.
The English word is attested from the early 18th century. Gnomes are used in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock". The creatures from this mock-epic are small, celestial creatures which were prudish women in their past-lives, and now spend all of eternity looking out for prudish women (in parallel to the guardian angels in Catholic belief).>>
[float=right][img3="[b][color=#0000FF]The Chinese invented having a collar around a horse's
neck to have more control over the horse.
This idea didn't reach Europe until 300 years later.[/color]
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"The Henge will harness the Midnight Sun at the Arctic Circle."
[list]Harness? How?[/list][/quote]
By surrounding it visually from a certain perspective.[/quote][quote="Chris Peterson"][quote="JohnD"]
"It is inspired by the mythical world of eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress)." So far so literary, but the saga makes no mention of stone circles or towers, or any construction like this, so it is a modern invention.[/quote]
Of course it's a modern invention. [i]Inspired[/i] by an ancient saga.
That doesn't mean copied from.[/quote]
It's a modern version of an ancient invention [i]inspired[/i] by an ancient saga.
(Sorta like the Globe Theatre.)
[quote="Chris Peterson"][quote="JohnD"]
This is either commercial madness and greed, Disneyland on Ice or World of Warcraft, to attract tourists, or else a "re-imagining" of Old Nordic religion and astrology, in which case good luck to you, but this has absolutely nothing to do with astro[u]nomy[/u].[/quote]
The image references the path of the Sun over the year and it references the aurora. Both are of astronomical significance.[/quote]
[size=175][b][c][color=#0000FF]Astro[u]gnomony[/u][/color][/c][/b][/size][quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomon"]
<<The gnomon is the part of a sundial that casts the shadow.
Gnomon (γνώμων) is an ancient Greek word meaning "indicator", "one who discerns," or "that which reveals.">>[/quote]
[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome"]
<<A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various story-tellers, but it is typically said to be a small, humanoid creature that lives underground.
The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus, which first appears in the works of 16th Century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus. He is perhaps deriving the term from Latin gēnomos (itself representing a Greek γη-νομος, literally "earth-dweller"). In this case, the omission of the ē is, as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) calls it, a blunder. Alternatively, the term may be an original invention of Paracelsus. Paracelsus uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmæi, and classifies them as earth elementals. He describes them as two spans high, very reluctant to interact with humans, and able to move through solid earth as easily as humans move through air.
The chthonic spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the Germanic dwarves and the Greek Chalybes, Telchines or Dactyls.
The English word is attested from the early 18th century. Gnomes are used in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock". The creatures from this mock-epic are small, celestial creatures which were prudish women in their past-lives, and now spend all of eternity looking out for prudish women (in parallel to the guardian angels in Catholic belief).>>[/quote]