ANTH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Flyting, Labret, Positive Force
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Lots of paraphrasing, thumbnail sketch, translating into german. Looking for big connections rather than fine details. Swanton by contrast was very focused, fastidious, and detail-oriented, he wanted to and did take the time to learn the language and then translate into english, trying to keep as accurate and detailed as possible. Didn"t want an abstraction he could file away wanted all the detail, can see this difference in approach to dogfish iconography. Swanton believed what he"d received from skaay were all parts of a large epic, and thus they should be put in the order that he originally put them in. Bringhurst comes up with the idea that it"s actually the start of another epic. One of the most common ways to shape genealogies or mythologies is by human body parts thus, the epic that swanton got is one hand, it fits like a glove, and raven. Travelling" is the start of the other hand, aka another epic.
