Thursday, August 25, 2011

Branwen

Men and women differ in many ways. In a perfect world, they both serve a different purpose. The men are the providers, hunters and, usually, head of the household. Women are the care-takers, healers and nurturers of the young. The roll of women in this story is peacekeeper. Since the men can only cause problems, it is up to the women to make the world peaceful. Branwen has been named White Raven, which means she is independent and pure. Efinisen is an example of a man causing problems. He finds out Branwen and Matholwch, King of Ireland, slept together, joining the two in holy matrimony, and gets angry and kills all the horses promised to him. What a dick right? To make it even worse, later he crushes the heads of warriors in bags of flour, then walks away singing, just because it seems. Back to the women, Branwen called her brother about the the Irish treating her poorly and this causes retaliation. She ends up being the peacekeeper, you could say, but only for herself. And the men then have to clean up the mess. SO in the end, nobody is perfect, but the ways in which men and women contrast always will be...

Monday, August 22, 2011

Death Of Conchobhar

Cet, Son of Madu, cam across the green at Emhain with three heads of Ulster warriors. Cet was said to be the most troublesome monster in Ireland. Cet is Satan. Conchobhar exceeds all standards known to man. Cet tries to kill him on the spot, but it ends up being seven years before he would pass. Or, he had to pass seven layers before he would meet his maker. Conchobhar is a man who can do just about anything, and being in the delicate state he was in, year after year of ‘baby-ing’ his body and ability had to have became harder and harder to cope with, so by the time Christ was killed by the Jews, he was looking for a way out from his seemingly endless tourture, went crazy, and did what he was told not to for freedom in death.