28 May 2010 06:39:20AM @captain-sir-walter-gedenspire:
Ever curious about the denizens of Versailles engaged the delightful Tlazolcuani Xeltentat in conversation. Alas, I am not fluent in nahuatl - the language of the Aztecs - which our delightful lady speaks.However, I was curious about the meaning of her name - Tlazolcuani. And i was fascinated to learn that it is derived from the goddess Tlazolteotl, `the filth eater`- the goddess of witchcraft, madness and lust.A delightful conversation about the splendid culture of the Aztecs and the Spanish colony of Mexico.Tlazocamati thank you, my dear Tlazolcuani!Your servant,Gedenspire, Capitaine de la Garde Suisse de Versailles
28 May 2010 07:58:54AM @lord-myron-de-verne:
Dear Captain,your sister will fall from her chair, i'm afraid, if she learns that you refuse to be engaged to this charming Prunela, Princess of Londonderry, under the poor pretext that she sojourned temporarily in the Bicetre Asylum, and at the same time "engage" ( even if only in conversation) with the Goddess of Whitchcraft, Madness and Lust! How inconsistent of you!But I shall not in any way interfere in your family affairs, nor wake the wrath of Stormy: You can depend on my silence!
28 May 2010 08:20:41AM @lord-myron-de-verne:
Besides, this young lady seems to be in complete contrast with her frightful first name:lovely, charming, decent and all: is this an example of what they call "the two faces of Eve" ?
28 May 2010 08:26:26AM @lord-myron-de-verne:
...and at least Stormy told us Prunela does not "eat filth", but only her dog's food in his bowl...
28 May 2010 12:32:00PM @captain-sir-walter-gedenspire:
My Dearest Sister, My Lord Myron.Is it not possible that i may acknowledge the wonderful attraction that our glorious court of Versailles has on visitors from the Spanish colonies and from the mysterious East, without your raising this sorry business of Prunella.I have asked a professor of my acquaintance - have many learned friends in academic circles- about the Tlazolteotl. He assured me that she is a symbol of puissant womanhood.Tlazoltotl was an important and complex earth-mother goddess. She was known in four guises, associated with different stages of life. As a young woman, she was a carefree temptress. In her second form she was the destructive goddess of gambling and uncertainty. In her middle age she was the great goddess able to absorb human sin. In her last manifestation she was destructive and terrifying.I have pondered gravely the question of whom the goddess might remind me.I cannot think of anyone, except perhaps.......Gedenspire, Capitaine de la Garde Suisse.
Ever curious about the denizens of Versailles engaged the delightful Tlazolcuani Xeltentat in conversation. Alas, I am not fluent in nahuatl - the language of the Aztecs - which our delightful lady speaks.However, I was curious about the meaning of her name - Tlazolcuani. And i was fascinated to learn that it is derived from the goddess Tlazolteotl, `the filth eater`- the goddess of witchcraft, madness and lust.A delightful conversation about the splendid culture of the Aztecs and the Spanish colony of Mexico.Tlazocamati thank you, my dear Tlazolcuani!Your servant,Gedenspire, Capitaine de la Garde Suisse de Versailles
Dear Captain,your sister will fall from her chair, i'm afraid, if she learns that you refuse to be engaged to this charming Prunela, Princess of Londonderry, under the poor pretext that she sojourned temporarily in the Bicetre Asylum, and at the same time "engage" ( even if only in conversation) with the Goddess of Whitchcraft, Madness and Lust! How inconsistent of you!But I shall not in any way interfere in your family affairs, nor wake the wrath of Stormy: You can depend on my silence!
Besides, this young lady seems to be in complete contrast with her frightful first name:lovely, charming, decent and all: is this an example of what they call "the two faces of Eve" ?
...and at least Stormy told us Prunela does not "eat filth", but only her dog's food in his bowl...
My Dearest Sister, My Lord Myron.Is it not possible that i may acknowledge the wonderful attraction that our glorious court of Versailles has on visitors from the Spanish colonies and from the mysterious East, without your raising this sorry business of Prunella.I have asked a professor of my acquaintance - have many learned friends in academic circles- about the Tlazolteotl. He assured me that she is a symbol of puissant womanhood.Tlazoltotl was an important and complex earth-mother goddess. She was known in four guises, associated with different stages of life. As a young woman, she was a carefree temptress. In her second form she was the destructive goddess of gambling and uncertainty. In her middle age she was the great goddess able to absorb human sin. In her last manifestation she was destructive and terrifying.I have pondered gravely the question of whom the goddess might remind me.I cannot think of anyone, except perhaps.......Gedenspire, Capitaine de la Garde Suisse.