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[tree_and_leaf]

I have just read two seperate thirteenth century Middle High German poems which refer to Mary as the weasel who bore the ermine (Christ) who killed the snake (Satan). I can't help thinking a mongoose would be somehow more impressive. Worryingly, I also find myself musing over an exegesis of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as Christian allegory (only I can't work out where to fit in Darzi - John the Baptist? - or Chundra, who never came out into the corner of the room).

My brain is evidently on crack. Incense-scented crack. Or maybe it's too much batshit mediaeval poetry. Either way, not good.

I can see why the cult of Our Lady The Blessed Weasel never caught on, though.†

† Hey, maybe this proves that Voldemort will actually be destroyed by a Weasley? Somebody kill me now....

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[azdak.livejournal.com]

This is the weasel that bore the ermine that killed the snake that offered the apple that tempted Eve who overruled Adam who lived in the garden that God built...

Also, I am not a stalker, honest, but I used to be in the German sub-faculty at Oxford, so I am very intrigued to see that you are a medievalist there and was wondering if your supervisor was Almut, Annette or Nigel? (No need to answer if this is getting too close to your private life)

[tree_and_leaf]

Afraid I'd rather not share that information with the whole internet (not that it's of great interest to it, probably)

I think 'This is the garden that God built' could be the ideal Sunday School prize book, though.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

I rather thought you might feel like that and I apologise for being nosey!