We're not talking the daughter of Loki, no. We're talking about a personification in a Christian text who just happens to have her name. And maybe a little bit of her personality, but maybe not.
A stage in the rewriting, in short, where only a literary historian would see the connection. And her name is spelt Hell in the Anglo-Saxon. Aside from this one text, Hell is a place, and in this text the boundaries between place and person aren't properly drawn. Since it's a translation from the Latin, I assume Hell is a translation of Hades.
I like it. I like the way you introduce her, bit by bit, like she's being written as we enter the story; appropriate seeing as she was re-written as we, a people over time, told her story.
why thank you :)
I also gave her my Wife's boots. My Wife is a little disturbed by this...
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Date: 2008-06-10 03:51 am (UTC)A stage in the rewriting, in short, where only a literary historian would see the connection.
And her name is spelt Hell in the Anglo-Saxon. Aside from this one text, Hell is a place, and in this text the boundaries between place and person aren't properly drawn. Since it's a translation from the Latin, I assume Hell is a translation of Hades.
I like it. I like the way you introduce her, bit by bit, like she's being written as we enter the story; appropriate seeing as she was re-written as we, a people over time, told her story.
why thank you :)
I also gave her my Wife's boots. My Wife is a little disturbed by this...