Thursday, February 18, 2016

Deasil (adv)

To go in the direction of the sun. The natural way, for sun-worshipping and aware cultures. This is the "good" or "right" way to go, obviously, because the sun does it.

Or clockwise, in modern English.

The opposite is "Widdershins". This is the bad-luck way to go. If you want to curse someone without their understanding, start walking around them counter-clockwise.

I like these words far more than our modern versions, "clockwise" and "anticlockwise". They are less descriptive, and therefore a lot more fun to say.

But it is a little Jibber-English like.

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