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No possibility of a folk memory of the last ice age then?
I wouldn't really bet on it,human memory is one of the strongest things that ever were and ever will be.Recent archeological finds also show,that a modern(or at least capable of metalurgy) peoples have existed long long before the "official" dates (although theese materials are being hidden in old depositaries or made to disapear,as not to ratle the curent theories). New Babylon.
-- Sparviere ( talk) 14:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
How plausible is this? I wouldn't immediately edit it away, but cites are definitely needed. Also, is wikipedia really the place for speculation like this?
OK I have cut this out of the main page, it was too speculative, too unreferenced, and if referenced would be original research:
I can attest that my maternal grandmother, who was a simple Swedish country girl with no higher degree of education, would use the expression "fimbulvinter" to describe an unnaturally cold winter. Being a Swede myself, I can also attest that many of my peers understand the term with that meaning. jkl 11:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Note that The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, a very well known (in Britain and Ireland) 1960 children's fantasy novel that draws heavily on British myths (themselves derived from Norse and Celtic myths), uses the word, with the English spelling "Fimbulwinter", and I'd guess it is the major force in propagating the term with that spelling in the English-speaking world (yeah yeah, citation needed...).
A Nuclear Winter was referred to as "fimbulwinter" in some sci-fi story I read (probably due to its use in the Weirdstone book), but I don't recall the name of the story and can't find it online either, sigh... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.167.47 ( talk) 02:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Blockhaj ( talk) 11:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Fimbulvetr → Fimbulwinter – More common name in English, i get 73% more results in Google than the Old Norse name (142k vs 246k), also in line with other Wikipedia languages whom have the name translated to the indigenous language. Blockhaj ( talk) 14:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Favonian ( talk) 15:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
A week as soon past (in 14 hrs) and there is already reason to move it by WP:COMMONNAME so i will request the move now.-- Blockhaj ( talk) 22:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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No possibility of a folk memory of the last ice age then?
I wouldn't really bet on it,human memory is one of the strongest things that ever were and ever will be.Recent archeological finds also show,that a modern(or at least capable of metalurgy) peoples have existed long long before the "official" dates (although theese materials are being hidden in old depositaries or made to disapear,as not to ratle the curent theories). New Babylon.
-- Sparviere ( talk) 14:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
How plausible is this? I wouldn't immediately edit it away, but cites are definitely needed. Also, is wikipedia really the place for speculation like this?
OK I have cut this out of the main page, it was too speculative, too unreferenced, and if referenced would be original research:
I can attest that my maternal grandmother, who was a simple Swedish country girl with no higher degree of education, would use the expression "fimbulvinter" to describe an unnaturally cold winter. Being a Swede myself, I can also attest that many of my peers understand the term with that meaning. jkl 11:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Note that The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, a very well known (in Britain and Ireland) 1960 children's fantasy novel that draws heavily on British myths (themselves derived from Norse and Celtic myths), uses the word, with the English spelling "Fimbulwinter", and I'd guess it is the major force in propagating the term with that spelling in the English-speaking world (yeah yeah, citation needed...).
A Nuclear Winter was referred to as "fimbulwinter" in some sci-fi story I read (probably due to its use in the Weirdstone book), but I don't recall the name of the story and can't find it online either, sigh... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.167.47 ( talk) 02:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Blockhaj ( talk) 11:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Fimbulvetr → Fimbulwinter – More common name in English, i get 73% more results in Google than the Old Norse name (142k vs 246k), also in line with other Wikipedia languages whom have the name translated to the indigenous language. Blockhaj ( talk) 14:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Favonian ( talk) 15:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
A week as soon past (in 14 hrs) and there is already reason to move it by WP:COMMONNAME so i will request the move now.-- Blockhaj ( talk) 22:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)