abbadon420@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is Tom Bombadil?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareWhat is Tom Bombadil?abbadon420@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agothe Navajo had a tradition of weaving a single, intentional imperfection into the patterns on their blankets and rugs… they said it was so that their spirit didn’t get trapped inside the weave…
minus-squarehallettj@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.
the Navajo had a tradition of weaving a single, intentional imperfection into the patterns on their blankets and rugs… they said it was so that their spirit didn’t get trapped inside the weave…
TIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.