Good thinking, Berlaug!  I suppose I was naively thinking of the red blankets ambulance drivers have on their stretchers, but yes, a dark purplish blue is much more appropriate!
 
Cheerful topic!!
Kveðja,
Sarah.
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From: Berglaug Ásmundardóttir
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Hrafnkel 152 - 176/ Sarah

heh, but can you imagine a corpse at winter in iceland? somehow i think blue(which in these instances is most often very nearly black( dying a blue colour with herbs is tricky, you most often get a reddish-blue black, or a dark purple of a kind)) is a very appropriate colour to associate with death in a coldish climate.. the blood dries soon enough, and then it's basically blackish.. and, just to confirm the thing, we're taught in 'highschool' or 'college' or whatever you call it, that a person wearing blue (see former comment on the colour) signifies that a death is imminent.
 
berglaug
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Hrafnkel 152 - 176/ Sarah

Thanks for this Daniel.  I know colours have often had symbolic value in literature of the years, interesting that blue might have been associated with death.  [I would have thought red might have been better - less messy!!]
 
Cheers,
Sarah.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Hrafnkel 152 - 176/ Sarah

Heil, Sarah,

This may be apocryphal, but I've been told that when heroes die in the sagas, they are most often wearing blue. Coincidence, or is there some deeper significance?

Sarah Bowen wrote:
Hello!
 
Can anyone tell me the significance (if any) of Hrafnkel wearing blue when he goes out to confront Einar?
Thanks.
 

Kveðja,
--

Daniel Bray

dbray@...

School of Studies in Religion A20

University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." H. G. Wells



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