tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post5893247595447045954..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Folklore Snippets: The Lover's GhostKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-18867467438796760732017-01-24T03:25:51.795-08:002017-01-24T03:25:51.795-08:00Very interesting. It's one of those stories in...Very interesting. It's one of those stories in which the actual structures of power are reversed; the girl has power over her faithless lover's ghost, and even though she does relent and join him, still he is dependent on her. One could look at it as what Heine called 'The eternal song of denial, the lullaby about Heaven' in that justice, as so often, is portrayed as only obtainable beyond the grave. Looking at how often injustice triumphs, even in supposedly democratic countries, one can hardly blame people for grasping at such hopes..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.com