> > I teach several courses in mythology at my university (it's my area of > concentration), and I feel inclined to say that the unicorn, as a > mythological animal, does not have any type of queer of emasculating > connotation in myth. In fact, it is sometimes quite a masculine animal > that is related to the stag in the grail quest (the stag stabs, with his > antler, the inner thigh of the grail knight, thus showing the stag's > greater masculinity). These animals are symbols of divinity, > essentially, of the fusion of purity and power. They don't really have a > sexual connotation other than the idea of generative power (like the > bull). Queer is a new idea in myth; it's about fifty years old. Myth > itself, on the other hand, is about 70,000 years old. So, the > application of queer terminology to mythological items such as unicorns > is a modern practice which has no real impact on ancient myths and myth > items such as the unicorn. In a thousand years we will still have myths > of the unicorn, but the idea of queer will probably have evolved into > something else (it already is evolving into something else...). > > As to the question of whether or not unicorns still exist (see org FAQ), > this falls within the same domain as the question of whether Atlantis > exists. The answer (as much as there can be one) is that they do exist, > as mythological items that Carl Jung called "archetypal;" they are > essential to, and foundational of, human nature. They will always be a > part of human culture, and exist timelessly in that sense whether or not > they exist in fact. > > I can hardly ever contribute anything useful to this list. Today is an > exception.
Thank you very much! Posts like these convince me, that org-mode is a very nice and capable filter to find people who are worth listening to. Carsten, you started building a tool and what you've got is a real interdisciplinary fan group! Nice weekend to all of you Detlef -- Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. - Shakespeare _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode