Tuesday, July 10, 2012

About the name: The Dancing Goats...

The Dancing Goats Folk Ways Studio is dedicated to the preservation & restoration of the lost arts and folk ways. Http://thedancinggoats.com 

The Dancing Goats or The Merry Dancers to the Scots, the French knew them as Les Chevre Dansant...Revontulet from the Finnish
All names for the phenomenon we call the Aurora Borealis or Northern lights…
Shrouded in ancient mystery, they are beauty made real & terrible.
Like Galadriel, the Aurora held secret peril for the unwary. Disrespect them and they could reach down and whisk you away…


http://www.space.com/16498-northern-lights-clapping-sound-explained.html

Another example of Folklore proven true...
The Aurora Borealis has long been regarded with deep respect by the circumpolar cultures familiar with the phenomenon…I know Alaska natives that are secretly terrified by them…Among the stories are sounds and behavior that science has long scoffed at. The article in space.com now supports the lore that the Aurora makes sounds…Makes me wonder about the other stories, where people can be carried  away off into space by the same phenomenon…

The Dancing Goats at The Waterloo Sheep Festival, Waterloo IL...

No comments:

Post a Comment