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A dude riding through
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 8:59 am
by Sevothtarte
Time for a maybe really stupid question... Could someone please explain to me the title of second book?
Oh, and as for not-so-stupid: I know there was a king once who's name was Monomach, but does anyone have any other info on the term? Love the sound of it.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 3:19 pm
by duchess of malfi
I think that a man rides through is the next line of the poem...I read that poem in college, a long time ago. I can't even rememebr who wrote it!
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 4:37 pm
by Sevothtarte
Yes, but I fail to see the deeper meaning and connection of this line to the story... but then, I'm dumb.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 5:47 pm
by MsMary
I always assumed it was a reference to going through the mirrors...though nobody actually
rides through.
Also, it's in the quote that SRD uses to preface the books:
"Steeped in the vacuum of her dreams.
A mirror's empty till
A man rides through it."
~MsMary~
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 3:24 am
by birdandbear
Google is so great...
I don't have time right now to analyze this and draw any paralells, but here's some fodder for thought.
www.speakeasy.org/~anitra/commonwealth/river.html
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:01 pm
by Revan
Er... Who was the dude riding through?
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:23 pm
by duchess of malfi
If you follow Birdy's link you can read the poem and the commentary on the poem. The man who rides through in the poem is Sir Lancelot...
I have always thought of the man riding through in the book being Geraden, as he has broken through Terisa's enchantment, and given her a new life.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:28 pm
by danlo
Yes it's part of the Silverlock poem and it's like fairy tale analogy too--like Terisa's Prince Charming has come though to take her away...something like that.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:33 pm
by duchess of malfi
Exactly.
Geraden is Prince Charming to Terisa's Sleeping Beauty.
Re: A dude riding through
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:29 pm
by DukkhaWaynhim
Sevothtarte wrote:Time for a maybe really stupid question... Could someone please explain to me the title of second book?
Oh, and as for not-so-stupid: I know there was a king once who's name was Monomach, but does anyone have any other info on the term? Love the sound of it.
According to Dictionary.com, a monomachy is a duel; i.e, 1-on-1 combat. I'm not sure about the reference to a former king.
DW
Re: A dude riding through
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:34 pm
by MsMary
DukkhaWaynhim wrote:Sevothtarte wrote:Time for a maybe really stupid question... Could someone please explain to me the title of second book?
Oh, and as for not-so-stupid: I know there was a king once who's name was Monomach, but does anyone have any other info on the term? Love the sound of it.
According to Dictionary.com, a monomachy is a duel; i.e, 1-on-1 combat. I'm not sure about the reference to a former king.
DW
Makes sense that monomahy means duel, since the main job of the Monomach is to fight, in the book.
Was there a real-life king named Monomach? The only thing I found with a quick google search was a duke nicknamed "monomach" -
Vladimir II "Monomach" Grand Duke of Kiew, born 1053, died 1125.
~MsMary~
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:06 pm
by Nathan
what the hell? Does this have some relevance to the topic which I am missing?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:31 pm
by I'm Murrin
