(urth) The problem of Cthulhu

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Tue Jun 19 20:22:05 PDT 2007


> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>
>> I think that all of this is related to various species of humans who
>> were around in the deep past. There were (especially) surviving
populations
>> of neanderthals and such in Scandanavia when the aryan types got there.

> *snicker* This is literally the premise of _The Thirteenth
> Warrior_/_Eaters of the Dead_.

Yes it is.

Why should that be amusing? The idea is not original with me or with
Michael Crichton (that book was by Michael Crichton, I believe).

What does Snorre Sturluson mean when he says that such and such a family
was 'half-troll'? I'd say that the description of Egil Skallagrimson's
skeletal remains (at the very end if "Egil's Saga") is suggestive to say
the least.

There's lots of other stuff.



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