November 23 -
Norse: Festival of Weyland the Smith (Volund)
Japan: Shinjosai Festival
Weyland the Smith is a legendary blacksmith and armour maker who made the very sword that slew Grendel in Beowulf. He is renowned for having pure Norse spirit, having turned his enemy's children's skulls into goblets, and teeth into jewelery, then sending these to their mother.
The Shinjosai festival celebrates Konohana-Hime in way of a rice festival. She is the grand-daughter of Amaterasu the sun-goddess.
2008 The Inner Sun - "Personal strife is what leads us to our rewards," says Amoran. Renavoid nods and continues the lesson. "Hmm...but perhaps not quite so personal then? Perhaps we have need to include more people so that our hardships are not our own...I've been dreaming...".
2008 The Inner Sun - No One screams, this must be a dream, but as the torrent subsides he sees there isn't a scratch on him. Instead, far more disturbingly, he is covered in something thick, black and sticky like oil... or blood.
2008 The Inner Sun - Hearing a clamour, Bootes looks out of the door to see a figure with a book shouting and singing on his way out. Tarquinus scowls dismissively and turns away, but Bootes points and asks "Wait...what do you see there?".
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