When Ermanaric's men seize Randwar, the wind comments:
"This was a bleak evening, where wind shrilled." (p. 444)
When they hang him:
"He struggled long before he swung free in the wind." (p. 445)
When the Wanderer has forbidden Alawin to take part in the revenge attack:
"...he went back into the night and the wind." (p. 446)
Although I was certain that I must have quoted that first sentence before, I checked and found that, although it had been quoted, the post in question was not about the ubiquitous Andersonian wind but about Sunsets which are another whole subject. See here (scroll down).
"Undaunted, Hathawulf, Solbern, and their men rode forth at dawn." (ibid.)
They ride to attack Ermanaric. All that remains is the climax.
I feel that we have been seeing more deeply into "The Sorrow..." this time than on any previous rereading.
2 comments:
Note that hanging was the principle. means Germanics used for human sacrifice...
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Since Ermanaric was said to have no interest in religious questions I doubt he thought of it like that.
Ad astra! Sean
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