The Chronicles of Saga, Puppywülff

Puppywϋlff Saga - the rise of the warrior Småldog

For though the puppy was young and still small, she was fierce. When her homeland was threatened by the creature Maucerat, did the puppy quail? Did she falter? She did not. She drew Maucerat out from his lair and destroyed him. 

In the traditions of the land, the puppy displayed her first kill proudly. And the king did bestow upon her ye honour of puppywϋlff and the name Småldog. 

Stave II - the death toll rises

All had been peaceful in the land of the puppy. There had been the Wulff Games where all puppywϋlff gather to and compete for the Attentions of the King. Småldog had performed admirably and was only narrowly trumped by Little Fat Bum herself, who had performed the daring move of launching herself at the King whilst he was mid-caffeina.

It was during these games that the monstrous Pidge-Y-Onny landed near the King. Without any thought to her safety Småldog pounced upon the monster and used her now famous teethies to destroy the beast. 

Has her bloodlust run to high? Will Småldog ever be able to coexist with  smaller beasties? We will wait and watch. 

Puppywϋlff Saga II - Småldogs defeat

Stave I Revenge of the Cone of Trafficus

And it came to pass that all had been peaceful in the land of the puppy. There had been many exciting adventures into the wilderness where trophies such as the Feather, the Oldee Socke and the Straw of the gruesome clown Donald, son of Donald were won, prized and set aside. But no beast came to challenge Småldog, Little Fat Bum and the chief puppywϋlff Ju Ju the Beautiful. Until....

One fateful morning the puppywϋlff clan were taking a stroll into the wilderness. Småldog was investigating some interesting plant growth when she brushed against one of the Cones of Trafficus. These cones were considered inanimate by the puppywϋlff and not of concern. But THIS Cone was different. He had become sentient and he was angry. He viciously tipped himself over to land on Småldog. The puppy yelped and ran to a safe distance before berating the Cone loudly. LFB and Ju stared at their sister in dismay. No puppywϋlff had been defeated by a Cone before. The king and queen tried to comfort her, but the puppy was inconsolable. 

Stave II - Småldog in the wilderness alone 

Shamed by her defeat at the Point of the Cone of Trafficus, Småldog looked to leave the land. She found the smallest gap in the fence and she wriggled and she squeezed and she squozed and she was through. She had made it. Into the wilderness. 

Småldog was suddenly afraid. She had never been in the wilderness alone before. She tried to get back into her homeland but the gap had disappeared. Småldog started to cry. She might be a fierce huntress and warrior, but she was also a Very Small Puppy. 

But then who should come around the corner but her mummy. She scooped Småldog up in her arms and told her that there was no shame in being scared of a Cone. After all, one of her sisters, a feared puppywϋlff, had once been defeated by a wheelbarrow. Småldog was comforted and allowed herself to be handed to the king for fortifying cuddles. 

And there we leave our puppywϋlff family. Adventuring in their own little kingdom

And a happy chocolate day to you all

Now before I begin, let’s put some cards on the table - When it comes to my choice of gods I currently tick the box with "Taoist" on even though it’s more of a philosophy than a religion. If pushed I would have leanings towards a wheel of the year, working in harmony with nature type affair. So I think it's probably safe to say I have "views" on the whole Easter thing.

It all fits together so nicely you see. Lets take the our favourite culprit, the Venerable Bede, who may or may not have made up a Spring Goddess being worshipped in the Germanic tribes called Eostre. Now Eostre's name comes from Eos meaning Dawn. And we also get the words Easter and East from the same root <ooh spooky> And it is likely that some if not many Germanic tribes did worship or give thanks to the dawn - The bringing of a new day. And this time of year was particularly noteworthy as the crops started growing, the animals started breeding, the days were getting longer and in fact we could all take a deep breath that we had survived the winter. Excellent. Maybe what Bede did was gather all these stories together and give them a name - Eostre. But by heck did she make some waves.

With Eostre came all that lovely symbolism of new life - Eggs and bunnies.... Or did it?

Before Easter was Easter it was Paschal - Passover. As we know the Last Supper was a Seder, the Passover meal, and guess what was a part of that meal? You'll never guess. No, not bunnies, that would be weird, but eggs. As a symbol of the sacrifices made. And as a symbol of mourning. Now why would we be mourning? Lets bring in our big hitter Jesus Christ.

Jesus was arrested and crucified after Passover and died only to be reborn some time later - Is that a story of rebirth and resurrection? Why yes it is! With a big egg shaped stone too. See, it's all fitting together!

Ok lets go back to the bunny. Neo pagans will jump up and and down and tell you that its a hare. Bunnies are a great symbol of spring, the frisky little devils and according to some, the Lutherans had a fable of a Bunny who knew if you'd been good or not and brought sweets and toys - Surprised Coca Cola hasn't nobbled him.

Many traditions included the decorating and giving of brightly coloured eggs and who hasn't stood on a stool in their kitchen with hard boiled eggs tied up and floating in boiling onion skins to give a tie dye effect? 

The chocolate egg didn't make an appearance until the 19th century with Mr Cadbury launching his in the 1870s. According to the website "The Easter egg market is one of the most exciting confectionery markets, with new ranges and presentations attracting more consumers every year."
Something to look forward to then.