Happy Samhuinn!
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rugbytackleI've been lurking for ages but never written anything, but finally I'd like to say Hi to everyone and, umm, here's a little tiny something that fell into my mind in response to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lannamichaels's Halloween challenge. I've not written anything before, and a hundred words is about as far as my imagination goes, so here it is:
Author:lebannen
Pairing, such as it is: SB, VM
Rating: R, I think, for swearing.
Note: If you take the word Samhuinn, and replace the amhu with the the sound of the ou from ouch, and then try to say it aloud you might be somewhere approaching close to the right pronounciation, or at least as close as I've ever got. I've never been entirely sure how to say Cailleach, though. Or even how to spell it, and I suspect spelling might be somewhat less optional than it is for the various versions of Samhain and Beltain!
Another note: Unbeta'd. All punctuation entirely my own - in fact, all of it's entirely my own, I made it up. Except of course for the bits I've credited elsewhere. Any comments welcome!
The invite flicks between his fingers. "Sam who what?"
A sigh. "Samhuinn. You really don't know? It's your country it comes from..."
Indignant denial. "His country, maybe," with a dismissive wave, "But even he doesn't speak bloody Gaelic. ' the fuck's this Cay... Cayal... old woman who runs the show?"
"After the Oak King defeats the Green Man, the Cailleach rules for the winter. Simple, see?"
"Green Man, eh?" He points back to the others again. "He's definitely green and I suppose he counts as a man..."
"Sean, you can't sacrifice Orlando. But will you come to my Halloween party anyway?"
Such plot as I've described for the Samhuinn ceremony, I borrowed from the Beltane Fire Society's previous performances in Edinburgh. The whole Oak King/ Green Man thing isn't really a sacrifice, since the Green Man is reborn in February and comes back to fight the Oak King again at Beltane but, well, whatever. And we can skip over the fact that if this is set in New Zealand at this time of year, it should really be Beltane and there should be bonfires and getting naked... right?
lannamichaels's Halloween challenge. I've not written anything before, and a hundred words is about as far as my imagination goes, so here it is:Author:
lebannenPairing, such as it is: SB, VM
Rating: R, I think, for swearing.
Note: If you take the word Samhuinn, and replace the amhu with the the sound of the ou from ouch, and then try to say it aloud you might be somewhere approaching close to the right pronounciation, or at least as close as I've ever got. I've never been entirely sure how to say Cailleach, though. Or even how to spell it, and I suspect spelling might be somewhat less optional than it is for the various versions of Samhain and Beltain!
Another note: Unbeta'd. All punctuation entirely my own - in fact, all of it's entirely my own, I made it up. Except of course for the bits I've credited elsewhere. Any comments welcome!
The invite flicks between his fingers. "Sam who what?"
A sigh. "Samhuinn. You really don't know? It's your country it comes from..."
Indignant denial. "His country, maybe," with a dismissive wave, "But even he doesn't speak bloody Gaelic. ' the fuck's this Cay... Cayal... old woman who runs the show?"
"After the Oak King defeats the Green Man, the Cailleach rules for the winter. Simple, see?"
"Green Man, eh?" He points back to the others again. "He's definitely green and I suppose he counts as a man..."
"Sean, you can't sacrifice Orlando. But will you come to my Halloween party anyway?"
~~~~~
Such plot as I've described for the Samhuinn ceremony, I borrowed from the Beltane Fire Society's previous performances in Edinburgh. The whole Oak King/ Green Man thing isn't really a sacrifice, since the Green Man is reborn in February and comes back to fight the Oak King again at Beltane but, well, whatever. And we can skip over the fact that if this is set in New Zealand at this time of year, it should really be Beltane and there should be bonfires and getting naked... right?
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Date: 2003-10-31 12:29 pm (UTC)It's really nice to see someone promoting some good old Pagan rites. And a nice little ficlet, too. Thanks, and Happy Samhain!
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Date: 2003-10-31 03:47 pm (UTC)Good use of the drabble form, too, BTW.
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Date: 2003-11-01 03:44 pm (UTC)I have to admit, this seems to be set in a pub and I think Sean may be slightly tipsy... not drunk exactly, just a bit more, umm, Sean, as you said!
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Date: 2003-11-01 03:49 pm (UTC)and I don't mind watchingI'm far too innocent for that sort of thing *polishes halo*no subject
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Date: 2003-11-01 03:26 pm (UTC)*snickers* Please sacrifice Orli!!
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Date: 2003-11-01 03:54 pm (UTC)uh.
umm.
Let's rephrase this...
There's no way I can write that!