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A dwarf is a creature from Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games. It usually has magical talents, often involving metallurgy.
The original concept of dwarves is very difficult to determine. The sources closest to the original Germanic mythology come from Norse Mythology, but even these are scarce and varied. Sources have gradually given dwarves more comical and superstitious roles. Dwarves were certainly humanoid, but sources differ over their height, their lifestyles, and their similarity to elves. Considering early sources, and considering the dwarves' nature, original dwarves seem fully human height. They had strong associations with death: paled skin; dark hair; connections with the earth; their role in mythology. They followed animistic traditions, showing similarities to such concepts of the dead. They were similar to others from the 'Vættir' family, such as elves.
As their mythology evolved, the most notable changes have had them become more comical and more mysterious. They adopted the modern image of short height and ugliness. Their associations with the underground became more predominant. Dwarves were magical creatures with huge skill at metallurgy, taking fame for making great artifacts of legend. Late Norse concepts of dwarves became quite different from the early ones. The Legendary saga shows the new trend. The remnants of the original dwarf formed later fairy tales and folklore (see German folklore, and Dutch folklore). They had become unseen magical creatures like fairies; users of charms, curses, and deceit.
Modern fantasy and literature have formed an intriguing web of concepts, from that of the original dwarf, to the dwarf of later Norse mythology, the dwarf of folk-tales, and of other mythology. The typical modern dwarf has distinctive features such as short stature, excessive hair, and skill at mining and metallurgy. However, modern literature draws from a wide range, and dwarves vary in fidelity to historical notions. Many fantasists devise new powers or images for dwarves. Modern dwarves have no strict definition.
The conception of dwarves as short is probably the most tenacious, and the term 'dwarf' can now describe short humans, regardless of its mythical origins. The universal modern description of a dwarf is something short, usually associated with magic, fantasy, and fairy tales.
Sources for the earliest concepts of dwarves are essentially non-existent. Norse dwarves (dvergar) are the earliest source for our understanding of original dwarves. However, the concept of Dvergar mutates rapidly, even during our records of Norse Mythology. This makes it hard to draw a uniform concept of early dwarves, and questionable whether there actually was one.
For most of Norse mythology, the skin color of Dvergar was 'pale' (fölr), like a corpse. The hair color is 'black' (svartr). The Norse depiction of the deathly complexion of Dvergar resembles the modern depiction of vampires, with early dwarves fatally susceptible to sunlight. Dvergar are skilled craftsmen, and most of their magic involves labour, craftsmanship, and metallurgy. They are a family of Vættir, or nature spirits. From the later information on dwarves, from similar mythical creatures, and from the nature of Germanic mythology and its roots, we can get a good idea of early dwarves. Elves are a race with very close associations to dwarves. 'Alf' often appears as part of dwarf names (eg.: Álfr, Gandálfr, and Vindálfr), and dark elves have deep parallels with dwarves. Elves are often described as humans elevated after death, and descriptions of them often have them passing through physical objects. Other Norse creatures and Vættir have similar connotations of death. Trolls are deathly creatures who rise from beneath the earth and often require to be put back to rest. Nisse have the same labourer image as dwarves, and they lived in burial mounds. Death is a recurring motif in Norse Mythology, and ancestor worship is a prevalent practice in animistic religions. 'Dvergr' is very similar to 'draugr' (a spirit of the dead in Norse Mythology). Norse mythology has images such as the dwarves growing from maggots from Ymir's flesh and the inevitable murder that comes from a dwarf weapon. All of this suggests dwarves were a form of spirits of the dead.
Dwarves seem to be associated with age and wisdom. They are consistently pictured with beards, and have great knowledge, particularly of craftsmanship (a major occupation in Norse society). The connection between the elderly and death helps strengthen the link between dwarves and spirits of the dead.
It's worth noting that nothing points to early dwarves' short height. Short dwarves only appeared around the 13th century, in sources such as the legendary saga, and it became a trend for mythical creatures (see: fairies; elves; gnomes) to be small, such that they gained a mischievous and comical nature. Given the dwarf's association with dead humans, it seems unlikely for them to have been anything but human height, and any shortness they have would be a characteristic of old age. With the oldest sources depicting dwarves as human height (see Norse dwarves), early dwarves most likely were.
Norse Dwarves vary throughout our sources of them. The differences between early and late Norse Dwarves are surprisingly large; outside influences, such as the onset of Christianity, acted as a catalyst for these changes.
Late Norse Dwarves (around the 13th to 15th centuries) became more comical. Various old concepts were exaggerated, and dwarves became stunted, small, and ugly. Along with being physically deformed, they became excellent craftsmen, whose ability is partially god-like (they can create humans); this has parallels with stunted and ugly craftsmen and wise people (witch and oracles) from other mythologies. Dvergar are famous for having created Skíðblaðnir, Gungnir, Draupnir, Mjolnir, etc.
These dwarves of later Norse Mythology have left a heavy influence on modern fantasy. Concepts such as dwarven short height, ugly features, and exceptional craftsmanship are commonplace in modern literature.
Dwarf concepts also appeared in creatures such as Trolls (association with death and the earth), and Nisse.
Though most dwarves in the Arthurian romances of Chrétien de Troyes seem to be short humans, there is a reference to a kingdom or kingdoms of dwarves (suggesting a non-human race) in "Erec and Enide." The following passage is from Carleton W. Carroll's translation.
More ambiguous are the dwarfs found in attendance on ladies in romances. Although these might be humans afflicted with dwarfism, who were often kept as curiosities by courts and nobles of the era, the ladies are often of uncertain origin themselves; many enchantresses were in original stories fairies, and their attendants might likewise be nonhuman.
Folktales featuring dwarves include: The Adventures of Billy McDaniel, Aid & Punishment, Bottile Hill, Chamois-Hunter, The Cobbler and the Dwarfs, Curiosity Punished, Dwarf in Search of Lodging, Dwarf-Husband, Dwarf's Banquet, Dwarves Borrowing Bread, Dwarf's Feast, Dwarves on the Tree, Dwarves Stealing Corn, Dwarf-Sword Tirfing, The Field of Ragwort, Fir Cones, Freddy and his Fiddle, Friendly Dwarves, Gertrude and Rosy, The Girl Who Picked Strawberries, The Hazel-nut Child, The Hill-Man at the Dance, History of Dwarf Long Nose, Journey of Dwarves Over the Mountain, Knurremurre, Laird O' Co', Little Mukra, Loki & the Dwarf, Lost Bell, Nihancan & Dwarf's Arrow, Nutcracker Dwarf, Rejected Gift, Snow-White and Rose-Red, Rumpelstiltskin, The Silver Bell, Sir Thynnè, The Skipper and the Dwarfs, Smith Riechert, Snow White, The Story of Maia, Thorston & the Dwarf, The Three Little Men in the Wood, Thumbkin, Timimoto, Wonderful Little Pouch, The Yellow Dwarf
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The Chamorro people of Guam believe in tales of taotaomonas, duendes and other spirits. Duende (mythology), according to the "Chamorro-English Dictionary" by Donald Topping, Pedro Ogo and Bernadita Dungca, is a goblin, elf, ghost or spook in the form of a dwarf, a mischievous spirit which hides or takes small kids. Taotaomona are spirits of the ancient Chamorro that act as guardians to banyan trees.
Modern fantasy and literature have formed an intriguing web of concepts, from that of the original dwarf, to the dwarf of later Norse mythology, the dwarf of folk-tales, and of other mythology. The typical modern dwarf has distinctive features, such as short stature, excessive hair, and skill at mining and metallurgy. After Tolkien, the standard dwarf has become similar to those of later Norse Mythology. It has none of the associations with death and the afterlife, and the late association with shortness has stuck. It continues the image of old-age (through appearance), if not explicitly. Other characteristics of dwarves include long (but mortal) life, antipathy to elves and distrust to other races. Many but not all are portrayed as having Scottish accents. However, many fantasists devise new powers or images for dwarves, and modern dwarves have no strict definition. The Elder Scrolls series explicitly shows the similarity between elves and dwarves, with the latter a sub-race of the former. In Runescape, the dwarves have an advanced economy, with a major trading culture and great wealth. The dwarves of the Artemis Fowl series act as a sort of earthworm: they tunnel through soil and loose rocks and get nutrition thereby, and they excrete the earth as fast as they eat it.
Raymond E. Feist, the bestselling fantasy and science fiction author of The Riftwar Saga, shows the similarities between dwarves and humans. Though their appearances are relatively rare, the dwarves are especially gifted in warfare. They have a hearty appetite for ale and feasting as with Tolkien's depictions.
The Dwarves were created by Aulë, one of the Valar, when he grew impatient waiting for the coming of Children of Ilúvatar. Ilúvatar gave them life after rebuking Aulë for what he had done and seeing that he was both humble and repentant.
Dwarves in Tolkien are long-lived, living nearly four times the age of man (about 250 years), but are not prolific breeders, having children rarely and spaced far apart, and having few women among them. Dwarvish children are cherished by their parents, and are defended at all costs from their traditional enemies, such as Orcs. A longstanding enmity between normal Dwarves and Elves is also a staple of the racial conception.
Tolkien's immense popularity led to numerous imitators, and rewrites and reworkings of his plots were extremely common, as a bit of reading through the advertisements in the back of paperback fantasy books printed in around 1960–1980 will show. The Dwarves from the book The Hobbit became the fathers to hordes of dwarves that would follow, with their surly, somewhat suspicious demeanour passing to an entire race. Still, re-envisionings and creative reuses of the concept exist.
A long standing source of interest (and humour) comes from the allusion of Tolkien to female dwarves having beards, like in Nordic Mythology, which was borrowed by other writers. Essentially, Tolkien developed a rational explanation for why female Dwarves are never encountered in the story, by elaborating that female Dwarves never travel abroad, and look so much like Dwarf men that visitors to Dwarf cities cannot immediately spot them. In addition to being rare creatures they are perhaps not often featured in many fantasy milieu for this reason. A more cynical, and perhaps more realistic, suspicion is that female dwarves (unlike, say, female humans or elves) lack sex appeal and consequently are of little interest to fantasy fans.
Tolkien writes his Dwarf-women are "in voice and appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of the other peoples cannot tell them apart." This, he writes, leads to the belief that dwarves grow out of stone. In The Chronicles of Narnia, in fact, C. S. Lewis, who was a friend of Tolkien, describes his Dwarfs [sic] as doing just this, and it is possible that Tolkien was ribbing Lewis in making this point. Interestingly, though, Lewis' all-male Dwarfs are capable of mixing with humans to make half-Dwarfs, such as Doctor Cornelius, the tutor of Prince Caspian (In the 2008 adaption of Prince Caspian, female dwarfs are shown as archer along with the males, though these female dwarfs are shown to be beardless.). (In later writings, Tolkien directly states that his female Dwarves have beards "from the beginning of their lives", as do the males.)
In the MMORPG RuneScape, female dwarves are as present in the game as the females of other races. Also another notable MMORPG, the once popular Dark Age of Camelot featured female dwarves as a selectable race.
In Dungeons & Dragons the status of beards on dwarven women varies by setting and editions: In Greyhawk, dwarven women grow beards but generally shave; in Forgotten Realms they grow sideburns but not beards or mustaches in AD&D, but full beards in 3rd edition; and in Eberron they do not grow beards at all. However in 4th edition no female dwarves have beards, and in fact have been changed to look "sexier" than their previous incarnations.
In the Discworld novels, Terry Pratchett notes that bearded dwarven females pose a major problem for their race, and states that the point of dwarven courtships is to 'tactfully find out which sex the other one is'. This creates the unique situation where females are treated equally, but the idea of acting 'distinctly' feminine is sometimes considered unconventional.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura features only male dwarves, and asking one about dwarven women is taboo, tantamount to insulting him. The game's manual hints that the reason for this is that the birth of a female dwarf is a rare event, with dwarven men outnumbering the women 2-to-1, and dwarven women are pregnant with their children for up to ten years, during which time their health is greatly at risk. Dwarven culture, therefore, requires that female dwarves spend almost all of their lives concealed from the outside world, for their own safety.
In the RPG Castle Falkenstein, all dwarves are male. They marry with women from other Faerie races, such as Naiads or Selkies; their daughters are all members of their mother's race, and their sons are all dwarves. Given that the Naiads and Selkies are all female, this would appear to suggest that this is simply a marked example of sexual dimorphism.
In a notable departure from convention, dwarven females in the Korea-produced Lineage II MMORPG are very comely, young-looking women (almost girls, actually), a shocking contrast to the grizzled, old look of male dwarves. Female dwarves, however, are taller than males, and look more like young human girls, with larger heads and stomachs.
In the Warhammer world, dwarfs are depicted as having female members of the race. Female members are rarely seen, however, as most dwarven warriors are male. From what evidence can be gathered, female dwarfs of the Warhammer kind look like female equivalents of their male counterparts, possessing long, platted hair instead of beards.
In the Warcraft universe, female dwarves do exist, but do not possess facial hair. Dwarves in general speak Scottish English.


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Eddie Russo, the second-oldest living Indianapolis 500 driver, died Oct. 14. He was 86.
Russo had lived for the last few years of his life in a veterans' retirement home in King, Wis. He was tied with Chuck Weyant – the oldest living "500" starter – for having the earliest Indianapolis 500 start (1955) among living drivers.
The Chicago-born Russo, whose forte was midget car racing, passed his rookie driver's test at Indianapolis in 1954 and succeeded in qualifying for the "500" in 1955, 1957 and 1960 although he did not finish in any year. He also served as a relief driver in 1956.
A warrant officer in the U.S. Marines who spent 37 months in the South Pacific, Russo came from a racing family. His father was Joe Russo, who lost his life at Langhorne, Pa., less than two weeks after placing fifth in the 1934 "500," while Paul Russo, of Novi fame, was an uncle.
Had rain not prematurely ended the final day of qualifying in 1956, Eddie Russo may have joined his uncle Paul in the lineup as a Novi driver. He was sitting in line with the second tail-finned V-8 supercharged monster when the weather intervened.
Eddie Russo made 21 National Championship starts between 1952 and the 1960 "500," the latter event being the one which ended his career after an excursion into the outside wall in Turn 2 resulted in the loss of an eye. While never enjoying a top finish, he led the first four laps from the pole in 1955 at Du Quoin, Ill.
After his driving days were over, Russo couldn't stay away for long and resurfaced for a couple of seasons in the late 1960s as the owner of a USAC midget car.
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The Flyers have played their best hockey of the season over the past few weeks, earning a point in seven straight games thanks to a 6-0-1 mark during that stretch. The club has posted a pair of three-game winning streaks during the tear and notched a third straight victory with Saturday's 5-2 triumph over the visiting New York Islanders.
After Saturday's win against the Islanders, the Flyers have outscored the opposition by a 14-5 margin during their current three-game run. Philadelphia has scored 27 times over the last seven games after registering only 22 goals through its first 15 contests.
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"I'd say a little bit of luck, being in the right spot at the right time," Read said of his recent goal success. "My line mates are doing all the work and I've just been benefiting from them. I give all the credit to those two. We'll just keep working together, and hopefully continue to have success."
Read's line, which features centerman Sean Couturier and physical winger Steve Downie, has combined for 13 points over the last three games. Downie has posted six assists in seven games since coming over in a trade with Colorado last month and Philly is 5-1-1 with him in the lineup this season.
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How the Patriarchy Screwed the Starks
The King In The North is dead. In Game of Thrones' latest ridiculously daring narrative move, it killed off Robb Stark, a character who could easily have laid claim to the role of "hero" on the show. Robb was handsome, talented, and possessed of an intrinsic decency rare to find in the show's world of Westeros. He was also the son of the first season's protagonist, Ned Stark, himself killed in the big twist, which positioned Robb as a traditional fantasy hero. And unlike his rival would-be kings, Robb was motivated in an entirely positive fashion. He rebels against the crown in order to free his father. He allows himself to be crowned King In The North in order to free his people, winning battle after battle for that cause. Even his tragic mistake is motivated by the best of intentions—instead of fulfilling his lordly obligations and marrying for strategic gain, Robb chose to marry for love. For the crime of being insufficiently cynical about the world, Robb, his mother, and most of his vassals were betrayed and killed by the family whose political marriage he rejected. Robb may have been a good person, but he was bad at being a great lord.
The past 15 or so years have seen the rise of "quality television" as a cultural force, as dozens of magazine articles and blog posts have articulated time and time again. These shows can vary fairly widely in setting and tone, but there are two consistent similarities found in most of them. First, they're usually serialized; if you haven't seen the episodes preceding the one you're watching you'll likely be confused. Second, they're thematically powerful, and they're not usually subtle about it.
Take the very first scene of the most golden of the Golden Age shows, The Wire. A man who always robs a dice game robs a dice game, except this time he gets shot. That farcical tragedy is explained with "This America, man." In just a few minutes, the show explains that it's about how ideals turn into habits and institutions that can't prevent—and sometimes even encourage—the worst to happen, themes that appear again and again until the fifth season's final moments. That's just one example. There's also Buffy, which turned from curiosity to cult hit by cleverly using "growing up is hell" as a central metaphor. The Sopranos examined masculinity and violence in the context of the modern American dream. Comedies like Arrested Development examined the push and pull of family, while Parks And Recreation became one the best shows on television by shedding its cynical shell and working as a paean to the power of optimism.
Game of Thrones' biggest obstacle to entering the modern pantheon of classic television is that it hasn't had an obvious, powerful theme to rest its laurels on. But Robb Stark's betrayal makes arguably its strongest just-below-the-surface theme even more apparent: Game of Thrones is about how patriarchal systems damage men as much as they damage women.
The idea that patriarchal systems are universally damaging is, rhetorically, one of the most important for spreading many forms of feminism. Far too many men believe that feminism is an attempt to prop up women at men's expense (the entire men's rights movement hinges on that belief). Convince these men that feminism will help them as well—by allowing them to be emotional, by not forcing them to follow honor and pride, by showing that men don't have to be defined by job title just as women don't have to be defined by maternity—and many of these people will resist less and support more. But the somewhat counterintuitive proposition that feminism helps men too can be difficult to demonstrate. That's where popular culture can be incredibly useful.
In Game of Thrones' case, its fantasy setting becomes its greatest strength for examining patriarchal systems in-depth. A real-world setting would be too difficult to use as an example of a patriarchal system, since it's too "normal"—we're too immersed in it to see what's different. The metaphorical potential of a speculative setting helps—Game of Thrones, with its lords and kings battling for supremacy, is inarguably patriarchal. It uses an agnatic-cognatic primogeniture system where only men can inherit titles unless only a woman is the sole successor. This is obviously bad for women, who are used as political pawns and very rarely wield institutional power on their own. But what Game of Thrones manages to do is demonstrate how it damages men as well.
That is why Robb Stark is dead. In the world of Westeros, Robb's innate goodness was at odds with his job title. As heir to Winterfell, and then as King IN The North, he had obligations that had to be fulfilled, which included marrying for strategic gain—obligations that he didn't keep. Marrying Talisa Maegyr instead of Roslyn Frey wasn't his only shirked responsibility. His inability to maintain relations among his vassals led directly to his death as well, in large part because he was unable to punish his mother after she worked against him. So Robb didn't just die because he'd married for love; he also died because he'd been kind to his mother. Both of those actions seem like they should be no-brainers, but because of the world he was in, they combined to ruin the hero.
Robb Stark isn't the only man in the series ruined by the patriarchy. Tyrion Lannister, perhaps Game of Thrones' greatest character, is in many ways an ideal lens to see this grand theme through. Tyrion's primary motivators are not power or wealth, but a fundamental human decency, emotion, and occasionally base desires—a real person, to put it simply. He is also one of a tiny handful of non-sociopathic characters who are able to maintain political power in the chaos of the show's civil wars.
Yet the world he lives in cannot recognize him as such, because he is a little person, known as "the Imp" or "Halfman." As such, he is never treated as a man who can hold and wield power effectively, because he is not an ideal man like his father, brother, or nephew appear to be. This point is hammered home in a magnificent scene early in the third season, when Tyrion confronts his father, demanding recognition for saving the kingdom during the events of season two. Tyrion's father, Tywin Lannister, refuses to give his son credit, saying that he was only doing his duty to the family. Yet when Tyrion presses for a legitimate reward—becoming heir of his father's possessions—Tywin rejects him by refusing to do his duty as a lord and lets his only viable son (Jaime, as a Kingsguard, is ineligible) inherit his title. "I would let myself be consumed by maggots before mocking the family name and making you heir to Castlerly Rock."
The chief weapon of the patriarchy in maintaining and destroying its men is the drive for honor. The most surprising development of the second season was the elevation of Theon Greyjoy, the Stark family ward, into a major character and villain. Theon was the only son of a rebellious father, who journeyed to visit that father as another rebellion was brewing. Theon was forced to choose between his actual life with friends and lovers among the Starks, and his imagined life with honor and pride as a Greyjoy. Theon chooses honor, which takes him down a path of betrayal and child-murder.
So many of the show's best scenes deal directly with how power is acquired, lost, and maintained in the patriarchal system that this becomes an effective lens for seeing when Game of Thrones loses its moorings. The show's much-discussed—usually female—nudity is often illustrative of a sexist world, but occasionally and subjectively goes too far and illustrates no real point other than to show nude women. And some of the worst parts of the show's third season have deviated too far from the theme of systemic oppression. For example, both the murder of the lowborn character Roz in the middle of the season and the constant torture of Theon Greyjoy have demonstrated little except for the personal cruelty of a few of the characters. The brutal depiction of Robb's wife Talisa's death at the wedding falls into that category as well.
But when Game of Thrones works, it's a magnificent depiction of how sexist systems ruin everyone, even those they're supposed to help. Every woman on the show is oppressed in some way. And the only men who can succeed are those who submerge their humanity and happiness, or were sociopaths to begin with. Westeros' patriarchy may be a metaphor that can't exist in our real world, but that's what makes it so rhetorically powerful.
Mon, 2013-06-03 13:15
"Far too many men believe that feminism is an attempt to prop up women at men's expense (the entire men's rights movement hinges on that belief)."
For hundreds of thousands of feminists, feminism is an attempt to prop up women at the expense of men (just take a look at Tumblr's "feminism" and "misandry" tags to prove that point). Those so-called feminists are wrong, but they exist in large numbers and are very vocal -- more so than actual feminists, who seem reluctant to call them out. And no, the entire men's right's movement does not hinge on the belief that gender politics is a zero sum game. There are real legal, economic, and social areas where men are deprived of rights based on their gender.
But thank for you recognizing that patriarchy is as detrimental to men as it is to women.
Mon, 2013-06-03 18:42
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The analysis here isn't bad as far as it goes, but it chooses too narrow a lens and gets lost. GOT is about the abuses of power and the cruelty of those driven by it. Sure, for the most part, it takes place in a blatantly patriarchal world, but some of the strongest characters are women: Cersei Lannister, Arya Stark, Catelyn Stark, Daenerys Targarean, Asha Greyjoy, just for starters. And there are more, some of whom we've not yet met by the end of Season 4. Certainly the TV version of Margaery Tyrell has shown guts and intelligence, among other talents, and her grandmother . . . well, I don't want to be accused of spoilers. There is, also, the remarkable Brienne of Tarth. And the Red Priestess. And. . . the list really does go on.
The very point of a character like Tyrion, of course, is to show that the fittest to rule may not be the fittest in other ways (think of him as a decent-souled Richard III, perhaps?), and thus unreasonably deprived of what a less-blind Tywin would have realized should have been HAPPILY given to his younger son.
I realize from most of the comments above that folks are more interested in the same old tired arguments about feminism and the war of the sexes. I'll pass on that, thanks. I'd prefer to keep the conversation on point, and I suggest that there are bigger themes here than patriarchy to chew over. Not suggesting that it isn't a theme, but rather that it's a sub-theme of several bigger ones.
Tue, 2013-07-09 07:47
I think you're right when you say that Game of Thrones' major theme is power, its abuses and its cruelty, but also that the conclusion you can draw from this theme, the subtle argument of the show, is that patriarchy is destructive for everyone.
The fact that you mention that there're strong female characters actually reinforces the point raised in the article: power is only granted to ''real males'', although we can clearly see that many who don't belong to this category have shown that they deserve as much credit. And I'm not talking here of a war of the sexes, because not only women are excluded from power, but also those who aren't seen as ''real men'', like Tyrion, Theon Greyjoy (his father says so himself in the last episode), or Samwell Tarly. Seeing this show as critique of patriarchy provides a way to explain why they are rejected, while the 'abuse of power and cruelty related to it' angle fails to do so. Samwell Tarly's only fault was that he was 'too soft' in the eyes of his father, Theon loses all interest in the eyes of Balon Greyjoy once's he's castrated, and Tywin is too proud to admit that he, a great man of a great house, could father a 'misshapen' son.
And when watching the show, you can see that most of the characters who somehow do not conform to the ideal of the alpha male have to struggle particularly hard to be respected and have their piece of the cake. Brienne, despite her good sword and towering height, is made consistently made fun of by men because she makes them feel uneasy. Daenerys has to threaten to be taken seriously by the slave owners. Cersei is another version of Agrippina, who tried and failed to rule through her son because, as a woman, she couldn't do it on her own, while Margaery succeeds in it – at least so far- because she found the right way to manipulate Joffrey. Jon Snow doesn't get a proper place in society because he's 'a bastard' and has to join an alternative structure to find more recognition.
So, I think the destructive effect of power is indeed a major theme of the show, but there's too much emphasis put on who has it and who's excluded from it to see the critique of patriarchy only as something minor. And to me, that's really what makes Game of Thrones so different and worth watching.
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- Conference space size (meters) - 8505
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free valet parking
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of meeting rooms - 32
- Number of restaurants - 8
- On private beach
- Pool sun loungers
- Porter/bellhop
- Sauna
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 593
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wedding services
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Year Built 2009
Family Friendly Amenities
- Arcade/game room
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- DVD player
- On private beach
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
Available in all rooms: WiFi (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge) , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathrobes
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Ceiling fan
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- Down comforter
- DVD player
- Espresso maker
- Flat-panel TV
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- iPod docking station
- Iron/ironing board
- Jetted bathtub
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Pillow menu
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Private spa tub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- Turndown service
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Piaf - Overlooking the ocean, this fine-dining restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Sen Lin - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required.
Frida - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine and serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Cocina de Autor - This fine-dining restaurant overlooks the ocean. Reservations are required.
Lucca - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A private beach and a health club are featured at the resort. A children's pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a steam room.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Volleyball on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Kayaking on site
- Playground on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
Spa Services
Grand Velas SPA has 40 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Massages are available on the beach and in the spa; other services include facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Number of treatment rooms 40
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages on beach
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 170
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 75 (from 4 to 16 years old)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 16 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 90 per vehicle (one way)
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Awards & Affiliations
- Grand Velas Riviera Maya - All Inclusive is listed in the 2013 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2013 Travel + Leisure 500.
- The property is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World.


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I would've liked this game if it were not on a console. It was the reason I finally sold off my 360, as I never actually turned the box on to play it.
Pretty decent attempt but needs more powerful hardware IMO to be really impressive.
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Posted 26 December 2012 - 17:25
The fast travel system was my biggest gripe too. I didn't remember actually being told in the game (which isn't to say it didn't happen, I don't know for sure) how to do it so I ended up walking from place to place and wasting a whole lot of time before searching on the internet about it.
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It's an AWESOME game. Sure, I've only spent a dozen hours on it so far (and still doing the first quests!) but I love it. Such a great concept, and so daring of them to require thinking in the game. It's a great fuse of "old school" and modern RPGs.
However, I'd also love if it was made for PC, because it is a grand game and certainly demands a lot from the hardware.


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Pope Benedict XVI (as Cardinal Ratzinger): Vatican II Has the Same Authority as Trent (if one goes, both go)
Whoever accepts Vatican II, as it has clearly expressed and understood itself, at the same time accepts the whole binding tradition of the Catholic Church, particularly also the two previous councils . . . It is likewise impossible to decide in favor of Trent and Vatican I but against Vatican II. Whoever denies Vatican II denies the authority that upholds the other two councils and thereby detaches them from their foundation. And this applies to the so-called 'traditionalism,' also in its extreme forms. Every partisan choice destroys the whole (the very history of the Church) which can exist only as an indivisible unity.
To defend the true tradition of the Church today means to defend the Council. It is our fault if we have at times provided a pretext (to the 'right' and 'left' alike) to view Vatican II as a 'break' and an abandonment of the tradition. There is, instead, a continuity that allows neither a return to the past nor a flight forward, neither anachronistic longings nor unjustified impatience. We must remain faithful to the today of the Church, not the yesterday or tomorrow. And this today of the Church is the documents of Vatican II, without reservations that amputate them and without arbitrariness that distorts them . . .
I see no future for a position that, out of principle, stubbornly renounces Vatican II. In fact in itself it is an illogical position. The point of departure for this tendency is, in fact, the strictest fidelity to the teaching particularly of Pius IX and Pius X and, still more fundamentally, of Vatican I and its definition of papal primacy. But why only popes up to Pius XII and not beyond? Is perhaps obedience to the Holy See divisible according to years or according to the nearness of a teaching to one's own already-established convictions?
(The Ratzinger Report, San Francisco: Ignatius, 1985, 28-29, 31)
6 comments:
- Ricardo Sene said...
Hey Davi, Thank God I found this text. Its from here where you copy paste the text of the Facebook, right? at the time i saw the first fhrase and though it was only that. Now i read it entirely.
Interact to me, help me in my studies.
I'd like to point another text from Ratzinger where the Holy Father calls a document from VacII as a kind of Anti Syllabus, and i'd like to know how do you aproach these both directions.
I only have the portuguese version, so ill translate myself, so it may not be like the original. The source is below, however.
"If is desirable to give an overall assessment of this text [of Gaudium et Spes], it could be said that it means (along with the texts on religious freedom and on world religions) a revision of the Syllabus of Pius IX, a sort of Antisyllabus"
(Cardeal Joseph Ratzinger, Teoria de los Princípios Teológicos, Herder, Barcelona, 1985, p. 454).
and after:
"Let us be content here with the confirmation that the document plays the role of an Anti Syllabus, and, consequently, expresses the intention of a official reconciliation [between] the church and the new period established from the year 1789"
(Cardinal Ratzinger. Theory Theological Principles. Barcelona: Editorial Herder, 1985, p. 458).
Ratzinger points the document oposite to what Syllabus taught, calling it a kind of a antisyllabus. How do you combine this affirmation with the text above? How would you approach this?
Do you know this text? it's valid? How is your view?
God bless.
- Fri Nov 16, 01:08:00 PM EST
- Dave Armstrong said...
Not familiar with it and don't have time to delve into this. Sorry!
- Fri Nov 16, 01:25:00 PM EST
- Dave Armstrong said...
The liturgy / New Mass is an entirely different subject. As I don't have time to delve into this huge discussion, I can't allow this comment to remain up without reply, because it is too controversial and may lead people astray.
My blog is not a platform for the promulgation of various "traditionalist" opinions.
At least the first comment had some relation to Vatican II.
This has nothing to do with friendship (no problem!): only with the purpose of my blog and what is appropriate to post in comments.
- Fri Nov 16, 05:55:00 PM EST
- Ricardo Sene said...
Ok, it's understandable.
Just send me a copy of the text pls :)
- Fri Nov 16, 06:05:00 PM EST
- Ricardo Sene said...
Just for the clarify, what do you mean by tradicionalist? What can I understand for tradicionalist?
- Fri Nov 16, 06:12:00 PM EST
- Ricardo Sene said...
Hey Dave, I know you already said no time, but pls, don't forget to send me the text I sent, ok? I forgot to keep a copy for myself.
God bless.
- Tue Nov 20, 07:56:00 PM EST