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To: Alouette

No Alouette, it came from here: http://www.runestone.org/vkgfuner.html. I was searching for something that reflected what I was taught as a child and as I grew older...the death songs my ancestors sang as they rowed their way to battle and Valhalla. Woe be to the Arabs and Muslims once our spirit awakes. Why do you ask?


95 posted on 02/06/2006 6:11:38 PM PST by Cornpone (Who Dares Wins -- Defame Islam Today -- Tell the Truth About Mohammed)
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To: Cornpone

I seem to remember that line, or something very similar, in Michael Crichton's novel "Eaters of the Dead." The story is about a Muslim who is sent as an ambassador by the sultan to the Vikings. It was made into a movie, "The Thirteenth Warrior" starring Antonio Banderas.


98 posted on 02/06/2006 6:17:29 PM PST by Alouette (Please pray for Israel! Psalms of the Day: 44-48)
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To: Cornpone

Crichton's novel is based on Ibn Fadlan's memoirs, which is also the source of the page you cited.


99 posted on 02/06/2006 6:19:25 PM PST by Alouette (Please pray for Israel! Psalms of the Day: 44-48)
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