tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post7307312463016333821..comments2024-03-28T10:11:40.572-04:00Comments on VISUP: Colonial Pagans and Sleepy Hollow Part IReclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13510266038933358020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post-69349943273706506272016-01-03T14:55:10.932-05:002016-01-03T14:55:10.932-05:00I am a lifelong resident of Quincy, and was taught...I am a lifelong resident of Quincy, and was taught in childhood a simpler version of the Merrie Mount story. The area is still called Merrymount, and for many decades belonged to the presidential Adams family before it was bequeathed to the City of Quincy. It was used as a baseball field for ages before a recent rediscovery of the Adams documents show it was meant to be transformed into a formal garden. This is now in process. <br /><br />Long story short, one of the oldest and most powerful New England families took pains to ensure a patch of land in the middle of the city was never built upon, and a public green space where many a parade and celebration has taken place. <br /><br />Hmmm...Moses Horowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270150897407282808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post-23350889065836972882014-02-08T22:01:24.330-05:002014-02-08T22:01:24.330-05:00Erin-
Hawthorne most definitely, As another reade...Erin-<br /><br />Hawthorne most definitely, As another reader pointed out in the second installment of this series, John Hathorne, Nathaniel's grandfather, had been one of the judges involved in the Salem Witch Trails. Hawthorne changed the spelling of his last name so as not to be linked to his relation. <br /><br />That's an excellent catch on "Snow White." I was totally unaware of Freya's connection to it. <br /><br /><br />-RecluseReclusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510266038933358020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post-55614122832970703242014-02-04T13:10:07.762-05:002014-02-04T13:10:07.762-05:00"The May-Pole of Merry Mount" is a short..."The May-Pole of Merry Mount" is a short story based on the historic event by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in his 'Twice Told Tales' in 1836. This suggests 19th-century Americans would have been somewhat aware of the nation's Pagan past. <br /><br />The tale that forms that basis of "Snow White" didn't originally have a "wicked stepmother" character. In Norse mythology it was Freya, the goddess of love, war, and death and commander of the Valkyries, who offered her domestic services to seven mountain-dwelling dwarves - miners, just like in the Disney cartoon - in exchange for the Necklace of the Brisings, an exquisite piece of jewelry sometimes identified with Bifrost, the rainbow bridge between worlds. Erin O'Riordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829574740027964039noreply@blogger.com