( That thing people do when the world ends... )

Here's a link to a good summary of the edges I've been negotiating with Teja and his canon (and its historical implications, which are only getting re-evaluated very recently):

How to be a fan of problematic things

As if to mark the 100th anniversary of its author's death, Teja's canon is now available in English via Project Gutenberg, in the good contemporary Wolffsohn translation.

Volume One

Volume Two

Volume Three

First link is in German, sorry -- but the point is, canon in English for anybody who can put up with 19th century historical novel, which ( Read more... )

Teja opens the door onto the snowy evening hills of Gotland, the sea calmly and regularly breathing in the background ( Read more... )

Twins will not always do everything together ( Read more... )

Queer Vikings? Transgression of gender and same-sex encounters in the Late Iron Age and early
medieval Scandinavia, by Sami Raninen, Helsinki 2008

Teja is sitting by the door, turning the snake bracelet in his hands.

He is waiting for his friends to to turn up, so they may go visit his people together.

Count had decided to stay in Milliways and chase demonic rabbits, so among the things Teja carries down the barrow-hill, there is no cat, this time. But there are many other things: his harp, some pots Demeter prepared, and a satchel full of clanging tools he had promised Wachis to bring ( Read more... )

Teja is in the forge, gathering a few things he is meaning to take to Gotland and show to Aligern -- for Adalgoth had told him that he would come to see them, soon ( Read more... )

It is very early morning.

By the fireplace, Teja is playing his harp, making his way through several songs that please him, from the future.

The remains of his breakfast are on a table at his side -- some bread, a bowl that contained some last spoonfuls of moretum, and a few small pieces of cured meat, which Count the cat is eyeing.

Very