tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post2304884104217514141..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: The Song Of AmerginA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-36168519183699210422014-03-28T11:32:04.590-05:002014-03-28T11:32:04.590-05:00Wow. That opening to M&D would not have hit me...Wow. That opening to M&D would not have hit me like a splash of cold water in the face, after the Jaka's Story/Melmoth interlude, had I not read (and revered) Graves. I read that and thought, Oh boy are we in for a wild ride now!Tony Dunlopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-76899302084050738822014-03-28T08:52:15.352-05:002014-03-28T08:52:15.352-05:00I always thought he wrote it too and figured it wa...I always thought he wrote it too and figured it was some kind of Cirinist lullaby. He briefly touched on it in the second part of TCJ interview with Tom Spurgeon (when discussing Minds): <br />"The Celtic riddle that led off the 1000-page story I lifted from Graves' The White Goddess which - to me - points in the direction of the largest possible presence, the White Goddess herself."<br /><br />He also briefly discussed The White Goddess and Graves in a response to a letter in #239 (the Alan Moore and Rick Veitch issue), where the letter writer mentions he saw a lot of references to it in Mothers and Daughters. Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831826350149920878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-15030901238510118822014-03-28T08:48:53.707-05:002014-03-28T08:48:53.707-05:00en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Goddess
Reading t...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Goddess<br /><br />Reading through the Wikipedia entry makes me think that Dave saw something similar to Cirinism in Graves' writing. I haven't given it a lot of thought really because I also thought Dave wrote it and I never saw anything but the vaguest connections to the story. A simple word pairing or turn of phrase can inspire individuals in countless ways so who knows.Birdsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829558355806670311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-80217954790565698082014-03-28T02:36:01.817-05:002014-03-28T02:36:01.817-05:00I was (and still am) totally unfamilier with Rober...I was (and still am) totally unfamilier with Robert Graves' "The White Goddess" and, until last week, I had just assumed Dave had written that poem himself. Now I'm wondering why he put it into Cerebus at all. It doesn't seem to relate to anything. Does anyone know why he did it?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />TimA Moment Of Cerebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-28445651540083338892014-03-27T14:30:50.322-05:002014-03-27T14:30:50.322-05:00Thanks for this. The White Goddess changed my life...Thanks for this. <i>The White Goddess</i> changed my life years ago when I read it; fascinating to hear that Graves may have been full of shit. I still love the book, though.Tony Dunlopnoreply@blogger.com