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Post by deuce on Feb 13, 2018 10:52:46 GMT -5
Yeah! That's Koschei the Deathless. I referred to him in my first post. Koschei (or Koshchey), is a major figure in Russian and Slavic folklore: www.oldrussia.net/koshchey.htmlMignola used him in the Hellboy series. The "King Kastchei" in Stravinsky's The Firebird is simply good ol' Koschei under a slightly different spelling:
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Post by yezdigerd on Feb 13, 2018 17:08:42 GMT -5
Some very heroic Winged Hussars by Greg Lusniak.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 17:45:56 GMT -5
Some very heroic Winged Hussars by Greg Lusniak. Hello and welcome to the forum Yezdigerd. Here's a link to a post by Deuce on the Hussars: swordsofreh.proboards.com/post/14210/threadAnd cos I know you love the 'Siege of Makkalet' story-arc by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith I'll add the introduction of Mikhal Oglu, a winged Hyrkanian rather than a Winged Hussar.
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Post by yezdigerd on Feb 13, 2018 18:02:39 GMT -5
Thanks Hun. Shadow of the Vulture. Love it in both forms, Gombuk and Conan.
I remember when I first read the comic strip version, that I thought that Mikhal Oglu was a pretty spectacular fellow with his wings. I didn’t know that the wings were based on the reality of Ottoman Akinci Raiders and that the fashion may have been copied by the, somewhat later, Polish Hussars.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 18:07:41 GMT -5
Thanks Hun. Shadow of the Vulture. Love it in both forms, Gombuk and Conan. I remember when I first read the comic strip version, that I thought that Mikhal Oglu was a pretty spectacular fellow with his wings. I didn’t know that the wings were based on the reality of Ottoman Akinci Raiders and that the fashion may have been copied by the, somewhat later, Polish Hussars. Yeah, REH's historical yarns are often overlooked, but, there's some great stories there. The Akıncıs were probably the last remnants of the Ottoman's nomadic heritage.
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Post by deuce on Apr 3, 2018 14:11:21 GMT -5
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Post by keith on Apr 16, 2018 9:43:29 GMT -5
Thanks Hun. Shadow of the Vulture. Love it in both forms, Gombuk and Conan. I remember when I first read the comic strip version, that I thought that Mikhal Oglu was a pretty spectacular fellow with his wings. I didn’t know that the wings were based on the reality of Ottoman Akinci Raiders and that the fashion may have been copied by the, somewhat later, Polish Hussars. When I first read "Shadow of the Vulture" I thought Mikhal Oglu was fiction -- that REH had invented him. Found out later (years later) that the merciless chief of the Akinji was very real. Howard took the small liberty of having him die a year or so earlier than he actually did, and having Gottfried and Red Sonya lead the ambush that finished him.
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Post by deuce on May 15, 2018 10:39:21 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jul 21, 2018 15:40:28 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Sept 16, 2018 15:42:46 GMT -5
Good clip on the Kievan prince, Sviatoslav the Brave:
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Post by deuce on Oct 6, 2018 15:07:35 GMT -5
Vladimir Vysotsky was a maverick all-around artist during the Soviet era. infogalactic.com/info/Vladimir_Vysotsky“The Ballad Of Fighting” by Vladimir Vysotsky –
Translation by George Tokarev
In the world of burnt candles, full moons and, of course, Noble knights, their deeds and the battles they had – There lived bookworm-children who fought in no wars, And whose real existence was boring and dead.
As a rule kids are bothered With their life and their age; And we beat one another, Letting out our rage. Moms were darning and needling Shabby jackets and boots, While we never stopped reading, Getting drunk from the books.
Foreheads, covered with curls, sweating late in the night, And a spinning sensation of a joyful, sweet dread… We got dizzy from that scent of fabulous fight, Which was pouring on us from the pages we read.
And we tried to perceive – We, who knew no wars – What an ambush could give, What a chariot was; Why frontiers were set, What it means to obey When an order you get And there’s nothing to say.
And our growing brains fed on tumults and wars, On rebellions, revolts and uprisings of slaves. And we cast in the games only our foes For the roles of cowards, traitors and knaves.
And we killed in these games Rogues without regret; And most beautiful dames We were promised to get. Soothing pains in the souls Of our parents and pals, For the hero roles We would cast ourselves.
But you can’t in this fiction forever exist, Fun is brief and the world’s full of tears and pain. Now try to unclench that immovable fist And take over arms from the arms of the slain.
Having got someone’s sword And his armor you go – Test yourself and the world, See what’s high and what’s low. Prove yourself – what are you? But a dog or a knight? Come to learn this one too: What’s the taste of a fight!
When your friend hits the earth, shedding blood on the plain, When you wail over this most terrible loss, When you feel as if scalped, since your buddy was slain And not you – and this will be forever your cross –
Then you’ll know from a true, Flashing, piercing guess: Visors, grinning at you – It’s a sneer of Death! Look at Evil and Lie – Their faces are coarse, And they’re followed by Crows and coffins, of course!
If you cut your way through with your father’s old sword, Gulping tears and sweat on and on you’d proceed; If the battles you fought you got as a reward – Then the right books you read in your childhood – you did!
If you never ate meat From the blade of your knife; If you stayed in your seat, Taking part in no strife; If your hand had been lent To nobody in need – Then your life you misspent, Spoiled and squandered – you did!
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Post by deuce on Nov 24, 2018 14:54:56 GMT -5
Some interesting listening:
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Post by deuce on Nov 25, 2018 20:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 1:28:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the Vereshchagin art Deuce.
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Post by deuce on Dec 1, 2018 13:47:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the Vereshchagin art Deuce. My pleasure! A large portion of his art was devoted to Central Asians, so I plan on posting some of that over on the "Steppes" thread.
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