[PW] Carter's wormkiller, 1902

[FERGUSON Timothy]

Sorry Peter, I was unclear.  I did not mean to offend.

I write role-playing game books, and at the moment one of the ones I'm working on contains descriptions of the lindwurm / orm.  I was interested in your source because it would be really useful for the book I'm working on, since I'm using Grendel already, too.  I wasn't having a go at you: it's just every version of Grendel I've seen has him as a sort of troll. If he was a dragon, or called a dragon, then that would link him in a useful way, for me, to Fafnir, who is the dragon mentioned in the link you have quoted below.

So, I wasn't having a go: I apologise for my abruptness.




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Peter Macinnis
Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2007 9:30
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Subject: Re: [PW] Carter's wormkiller, 1902


I was being subtle -- I am well aware of the vermin/worm link -- but in 
the past, 'worm' had other meanings.  All vermin were "worms", just as 
spiders were insects, once upon a time.  Carl von Linné spoiled a lot of things, and that was one of them.

Many dragons were referred to as worms in the past.  See 
http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs991a/prelude.html

There was a degree of humour in my comments.  This is unlike me, and I 
apologise.

peter


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