Comments on: Pirates and Goddesses http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:24:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-929 Anonymous Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:12:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-929 <i>Voodoo-practicing witch . . .</i><br/><br/><br/>Vodoun holy people do not like to be called witches. Priest or priestess will do.<br/><br/><br/>And Pagan practioners continued to existed . . . even in "the age of Christianity", whether it was the 18th century or early 21st century. Voodoo-practicing witch . . .

Vodoun holy people do not like to be called witches. Priest or priestess will do.

And Pagan practioners continued to existed . . . even in “the age of Christianity”, whether it was the 18th century or early 21st century.

]]> By: Penelope http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-928 Penelope Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:49:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-928 Odysseus a pirate?? Even "something of a pirate"?<br/>Absolutely not! He was a king. <br/>Zeus-sprung Odysseus<br/>Great-hearted Odysseus<br/>Noble Odysseus<br/>Resourceful Odysseus<br/>and he looked a bit like Sean Bean... Odysseus a pirate?? Even “something of a pirate”?
Absolutely not! He was a king.
Zeus-sprung Odysseus
Great-hearted Odysseus
Noble Odysseus
Resourceful Odysseus
and he looked a bit like Sean Bean…

]]> By: Jason http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-917 Jason Sat, 26 May 2007 00:38:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-917 But I DID post a spoiler warning. But I DID post a spoiler warning.

]]> By: Jilder http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-916 Jilder Fri, 25 May 2007 23:49:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-916 There's been talk of issuing a spoiler warning over on the Livejournal feed for this blog. Not everyone has the pleasure of seeing a film on its release, and this is a pleasant little surprise I would have liked to find out the conventional way. There’s been talk of issuing a spoiler warning over on the Livejournal feed for this blog. Not everyone has the pleasure of seeing a film on its release, and this is a pleasant little surprise I would have liked to find out the conventional way.

]]> By: c. http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-915 c. Fri, 25 May 2007 22:10:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-915 this is not the first pirate fiction to portray pirates as involved with pagan or polytheist religions. in Tim Powers's excellent novel <i>On Stranger Tides</i>, Blackbeard and other pirates are said to be devotees of voodoo lwa. Blackbeard, specifically, is said to be a devotee of Baron Samedi, "…whose secret <i>drogue</i> is a low-smoldering fire, which is why Blackbeard always braided lit slow matches into his hair and massive beard before going into any risky encounter…." this is not the first pirate fiction to portray pirates as involved with pagan or polytheist religions. in Tim Powers’s excellent novel On Stranger Tides, Blackbeard and other pirates are said to be devotees of voodoo lwa. Blackbeard, specifically, is said to be a devotee of Baron Samedi, “…whose secret drogue is a low-smoldering fire, which is why Blackbeard always braided lit slow matches into his hair and massive beard before going into any risky encounter….”

]]> By: Jason http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-914 Jason Fri, 25 May 2007 18:27:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-914 ...a peg leg to stand on... …a peg leg to stand on…

]]> By: Angela Raincatcher http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html/comment-page-1#comment-913 Angela Raincatcher Fri, 25 May 2007 18:12:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/05/pirates-and-goddesses.html#comment-913 Considering that some in my group have been aching to do a "talk like a pirate" Discordian ritual, this may give them a leg to stand on. Oh my! Considering that some in my group have been aching to do a “talk like a pirate” Discordian ritual, this may give them a leg to stand on. Oh my!

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