Re: What is "The Ninth Wave"?

[jaspyr@interramp.com]

Well, about time to stop lurking.. 

>From what I can recall of Gaelic myth, the sea was a powerful entity in 
many tales. You can imagine how powerful a force it was in the minds of 
those in the isles when sailing was still a montumentous affair (not to 
say the sea is any less awesome to modern man). Among the punishments a 
doomed man could face was to be exiled to the sea on a small raft. Thus, 
his fate was left to this powerful elemental force. To do so was to go 
"beyond the ninth wave". 

This in a way, was the boundry of their world.. outside, was the unknown. 
This is roughly what I remember of it, and always how I think ofthose 
images.. the very edge of the known and tangible world. 


My little bit o' KT lore..

Jaspyr 
"I'm reeling from the music, and I've only had a few.."