[ANSTHRLD] Possible new award

Darius and Monica dmriney at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 29 08:00:36 PDT 2001


Can we name an order in memory of one of our own who has gone on before us? My
mind is clicking and I have not yet formed a complete Idea, but Can we??

Darius



Kathri at aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 8/28/2001 7:37:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dmriney at earthlink.net writes:
> >>
> stop and consider if naming a Kingdom award after a Catholic Saint
> >>
>
> or Herne or Diana or -- Ulla, was it? -- or an archer from any other mythology
>
> >>
> while allowable would be altogether advisable
> >>
>
> I thought about this, too.  We've hit the stumbling block labeled "Authentic
> for Western Europe" on one side and "Representative of the People Who Play
> SCA" on the other, similar to our old friend "authentic vs registerable."
>
> I'd rather build the name on elements from Ansteorra mythology or archery as
> a whole -- and I don't mean William Tell.  I like him, but I'm part Swiss
> (both in and out of the SCA).  Even I have to admit that he's monocultural,
> and if not offensive then not representative of archers from other areas.
>
> In the case of award names, I'd like to see us be more inclusive.
>
> Kathri
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