Nagy is a gentleman and a scholar. Having had the pleasure of being one of his students, I believe the greatest thing he passes on through his lectures is the fascination with the material he covers. I remember reading the Tain for the first time, and liking it, then as Nagy brought the story and the battles to life in his lectures, we felt each magnificent blow dealt in each battle as if it were to our own flesh, and we were transported back to a world that was like none we had visited ever before. Thanks be to Nagy and his ever-flowing well of enthusiasm.
This is one of the few times in my life when I wish a presentation had been longer. The beauty of the old stories is that they were meant not only to entertain, but to teach as well.
When he mention Scottish and Hungarian in the same sentence, I'm reminded of the legend of the progenitor of my clan, Drummond. It is said it was a Hungarian prince who accompanied Edgar Ætheling and his sisters to Scotland after England was conquered by Normans. No proof, just a good story.
Interesting to listen to this. Spectacularly misses the true symbolic resonance of the ollpéisteanna and the allegory behind the story of Finabhear and Fraoch, (pronounced Fray-ock), but interesting nonetheless. It's crazy really to think he's seemingly getting paid to teach this stuff when he apparently knows very little about it, but such is life. Fair play to him for trying.
Nagy is a gentleman and a scholar. Having had the pleasure of being one of his students, I believe the greatest thing he passes on through his lectures is the fascination with the material he covers. I remember reading the Tain for the first time, and liking it, then as Nagy brought the story and the battles to life in his lectures, we felt each magnificent blow dealt in each battle as if it were to our own flesh, and we were transported back to a world that was like none we had visited ever before.
Thanks be to Nagy and his ever-flowing well of enthusiasm.
This is one of the few times in my life when I wish a presentation had been longer. The beauty of the old stories is that they were meant not only to entertain, but to teach as well.
@34:02 what is the name of that story that is least known? The one with the dragon guarding the life of a man & the dragon becoming a parasite?
When he mention Scottish and Hungarian in the same sentence, I'm reminded of the legend of the progenitor of my clan, Drummond. It is said it was a Hungarian prince who accompanied Edgar Ætheling and his sisters to Scotland after England was conquered by Normans. No proof, just a good story.
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Interesting to listen to this. Spectacularly misses the true symbolic resonance of the ollpéisteanna and the allegory behind the story of Finabhear and Fraoch, (pronounced Fray-ock), but interesting nonetheless. It's crazy really to think he's seemingly getting paid to teach this stuff when he apparently knows very little about it, but such is life. Fair play to him for trying.