… much to the delight of Metti aka Sekhmet the Great, Eye of Ra, Beloved of Bast, Lady of Darkness, Destroyer By Fire, Burner of Evildoers [**], She Whose Opportunity Escapeth Her Not. And, um, the rest of us.
[** termites and other vermin]
11 May 2011
Brittened & brent to brondez & askez
Rather than the city of Troy being "brittened & brent to brondez & askez" (broken and burnt to brands and ashes)—as it is in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight—here it is vermiculated gum-tree branches (as below) that are being broken up and burnt to coals and ashes …
… much to the delight of Metti aka Sekhmet the Great, Eye of Ra, Beloved of Bast, Lady of Darkness, Destroyer By Fire, Burner of Evildoers [**], She Whose Opportunity Escapeth Her Not. And, um, the rest of us.
[** termites and other vermin]
… much to the delight of Metti aka Sekhmet the Great, Eye of Ra, Beloved of Bast, Lady of Darkness, Destroyer By Fire, Burner of Evildoers [**], She Whose Opportunity Escapeth Her Not. And, um, the rest of us.
[** termites and other vermin]
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