{"id":19022,"date":"2023-12-04T19:43:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=19022"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:43:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:43:59","slug":"the-long-serpent-reaches-metaphorical-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=19022","title":{"rendered":"The Long Serpent reaches metaphorical port"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ormen Lange\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w--FvmyaMS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Above, the folk song \u201c<em>Ormen Lange<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> (The Long Serpent). I think I\u2019ve posted versions of this song a couple times previously, but in each case they were more authentic than this one. I believe <a href=\"https:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/ormen-lange-long-serpent.html\">the song itself<\/a> derives from a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faroese_chain_dance\">Faroese chain dance<\/a> song, and the original song structure is a little foreign to Americans. This version was recorded some years back by a Norwegian folk group called the Wanderers, who dumbed it down a little, making it something I personally enjoy a little more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And why do I post yet another version of a song I\u2019ve already bored you with (at least) twice? Because it\u2019s about King Olaf Trygvesson and his long ship, and he was Erling Skjalgsson&#8217;s brother-in-law, and this post is my public announcement that this past Saturday, I completed my (apparent) life\u2019s work. At least in first draft. I finished the job of getting the essential story of <em>The Baldur Game<\/em> all down on paper. Or screen. In written form, in any case. There\u2019s lots of revising and reviewing and rewriting to do yet, but the story is tentatively finished. I know how it comes out. I\u2019ve typed END at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The author is generally the last to know whether a story is any good, of course. But I\u2019m pleased. This is, I think, the book I always wanted to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I have not created deathless art, I have at least realized my delusion, like a mad scientist in a B movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above, the folk song \u201cOrmen Lange\u201d (The Long Serpent). I think I\u2019ve posted versions of this song a couple times previously, but in each case they were more authentic than this one. I believe the song itself derives from a Faroese chain dance song, and the original song structure is a little foreign to Americans. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=19022\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Long Serpent reaches metaphorical port<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[4104,4414,4978],"class_list":["post-19022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-writing","tag-ormen-lange","tag-the-baldur-game","tag-the-wanderers"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19023,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19022\/revisions\/19023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}