Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Aslan and Peter
I don't know if this was SUPPOSED to be funny (most things that I think are funny aren't supposed to be funny....) but did anyone else think that at the end of chap. 12 it was kind of funny how Aslan said "Rise up, Sir Peter Wolf's-Bane. And, whatever happens, never forget to wipe your sword.". That 'never forget to wipe your sword' part I thought was funny. Maybe I'm just crazy. Which brings up a WHOLE other topic.
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You know what Anna...I had never thought of that part funny until you pointed that out. Come to think of it, even though it is serious, it does have a spark of humor to it! Hahaha!! From now on, whenever I hear or read that part, I'll start laughing...I promise you, I will.
I though that part was a little weird...
I mean , I though it kinda sounded weird ...
actually, its not weird at all. in medieval times, it was thought that a knight's sword reflected the knight himself, like his attitude towards chivalry, and what-not. so if a knight's sword was, say, rusty, you really wouldn't want him protecting you, would you? or if a knight's sword was sparkling clean, without so much as a smug from the oil he used to clean it, he'd be a guy you could count on to slay dragons for ya.
also, by keeping a sword clean, it helped to make the sword last longer, instead of getting rusty or weak. because you don't want a rotting sword in a fight.
hope that helps explain that line for ya guys/gals
Ringo
Aah, very good point Matthew. C.S. Lewis would've known this too as he taught and wrote about medieval studies. I bet this was the point he was trying to make.
~A good book is like an onion, you can just keep peeling the layers back.
Wow, awesome research Matthew. I knew there had to be a symbolic meaning to that line said by Aslan...now I never have to wonder. My guess was (before Matthew said what it really means) that he told Peter that because keeping the blood and remains of his last enemy he battled on it, it might look as if he were boasting. Like he wanted people to see that he was an excellent fighter; so Aslan told him to never forget to wipe his sword so that people would never look upon him that way.
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