Inkanta
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Posted: April 26 2000, 10:27 |
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GMOVJ and others were discussing the lyrics in Incantations over on the HR topic. 1) non-words lyrics 2) Diana sections, with only 'Diana, Luna, Lucina' 3) 2 Songs : 'Hiawatha Departure'+'The Son of the Evening Star' at the end of Part 2 from Longfellow, and 'Ode to Cynthia', sometimes called 'Hymn to Diana' by some 'Oldfieldians' at the end of part 4.
Which do you consider the non-word lyrics? I've got to go back and resurrect a very old amarok post, but Diana, Luna, and Lucina all refer to the same goddess, the moon. Diana, of course Artemis in Greek mythology, was associated with the hunt, but also with the moon. Hiawatha, interestingly enough, was the son of Nokomis, who was the daughter of the moon in the poem, anyway. It's important to know that Longfellow's Hiawatha is an amalgamation of Ojibwe (Anishinaabeg)and Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)folklore/mythology. I'm not sure without researching further if Nokomis exists in the Anishinaabeg pantheon. There was a real Hiawatha--Haudenosaunee-- who along with the man known as the Peacemaker, forged the League of the Iroquois, on which the US Constitution is based. The Haudenosaunee League is the longest-lived democracy on this side of the planet. BTW, an Ojibwe friend has been tracking down some of the Incantations words in Anishinaabegowin with tribal elders, and isn't finding all of them. Part of the reason may be that the spelling is just too off, and some of the reason may have to do with the cultural genocide experienced by native peoples, which included suppression of their languages. Native children were sometimes beaten to death in boarding schools for speaking their language. OK, enough of Native America 101. BBTW, don't know if you've noticed, but one of the A. words is mis-sung in Incantations. Know which one? (Hint: it's one of the birds....((-; )
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