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Hera · 03-17-2011, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxilocks

"We'll stop here, for a bit," he said. "This clearing is known as the Impenetrable Clearing." The Impenetrable Clearing of Death, actually. It occurred to him that the actual Latin name sounded for the place sounded much fancier. "As the stories go, this part of the Forest was once home to a tribe of warriors. Enemies wiped it out, but the 'curse' of the tribe hangs over the clearing where their councils occurred - no human or creature can enter, and those that attempt to defy the curse and enter, are injured or die mysterious deaths."

"But all of us could enter, and quite easily. What do you think this tells us about this myth?"

Emily raised her hand, "Professor is it sort of like the whole nothing is as it seems... in that particularly with myths, as they are handed down through generations, told and retold, rewritten- it changes, in a way its like chinese whispers, one person says one thing but then as it gets passed down the message gets misinterpreted and retold differently resulting in the message being different from the one originally told?" Emily paused..
"I hope I'm making sense", she said as an after thought.

03-17-2011, 03:07 PM	#203 (permalink)
Hera DMC Abraxan Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth, AU (GMT +8) Posts: 25,070 Hogwarts RPG Name: Jasper Hart First Year x10 x10	½ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ½ Team House Elf Quote: Originally Posted by Maxilocks "We'll stop here, for a bit," he said. "This clearing is known as the Impenetrable Clearing." The Impenetrable Clearing of Death, actually. It occurred to him that the actual Latin name sounded for the place sounded much fancier. "As the stories go, this part of the Forest was once home to a tribe of warriors. Enemies wiped it out, but the 'curse' of the tribe hangs over the clearing where their councils occurred - no human or creature can enter, and those that attempt to defy the curse and enter, are injured or die mysterious deaths." *"But all of us could* enter, and quite easily. What do you think this tells us about this myth?" Emily raised her hand, "Professor is it sort of like the whole nothing is as it seems... in that particularly with myths, as they are handed down through generations, told and retold, rewritten- it changes, in a way its like chinese whispers, one person says one thing but then as it gets passed down the message gets misinterpreted and retold differently resulting in the message being different from the one originally told?" Emily paused.. "I hope I'm making sense",** she said as an after thought. __________________