Talk:Grateful dead (folklore)

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Cicero and Simonides

I am not in a position to check the reference given, but the story told about Simonides by Cicero in his De Oratore (book II, lxxxvi) is not an instance of this trope, although it bears some resemblance that might lead to it being confused for such a tale, in that it does concern both the proper burial of the dead, and a supernatural reward. The order and causal relations of the events are quite different, though. The relevant passage is here (pp. 220-221).

Simonides is not rewarded by the spirits of the dead in gratitude for their proper burial, as this trope requires. He is rewarded by being saved from dying, and, by implication, this reward comes from the demigods Castor and Pollux, and is for having extravagantly praised them in a poem he recited during a banquet. Castor and Pollux (or someone else unknown) has him called outside just after his recitation, and, just after he leaves, the banqueting hall collapses, killing all the remaining occupants and mangling them so much as to be unrecognizable. However, Simonides is able to identify the bodies, and thus ensure their proper burial, because he can remember where each person was sitting during his recitation. His reward does not come from the grateful spirits of the dead. Indeed, no such spirits are mentioned by Cicero, and at the time of Simonides' "reward" the people whose proper burial he ensures are not yet dead.

It is possible, I suppose, but not very likely, that the passage in Laura Hibbard's book that is given as a citation refers to a different passage where Cicero tells a different story about Simonides, but that seems highly unlikely. Perhaps Ms Hibbard gives a misleading or very tendentious account of this passage, or, much more likely, the Wikipedian who put this mention of the Simonides story into the encyclopedia misinterpreted Ms Hibberd.

I have edited the relevant claim out. Before considering reverting it, Ms. Hibberd,s book (cited as Laura A. Hibbard, Medieval Romance in England p74 New York Burt Franklin,1963) should be checked, and what she says there should be checked against whatever passage in Cicero's works she is talking about. I would be very surprised, however, if it is a different passage from the one I have described. Treharne (talk) 16:50, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 5 March 2018

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 17:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]


WP:DIFFCAPS. A hatnote can fulfill that task instead. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:54, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply
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  • Support, but hatnote required to help lazy (or high) typers find the band. -- Netoholic @ 21:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose, the
    WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT to Grateful Dead accordingly. In more pragmatic terms, anyone searching with "grateful dead" is almost certainly looking for the band, not the near-stub folklore article, and so the band article is where they should be taken. --В²C ☎ 21:37, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply
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  • Support. Popularity can certainly override long-term significance, depending on individual circumstances. That's why proposals have to be discussed on a case by case basis. In this case, it can also be argued that the band's significant cultural and musical influence in the last half of the twentieth century has greater long term significance than a relatively minor folkloric tradition that itself might be as well known as it is partly or even mostly because of the very popular band's name. The significance and popularity of both topics may be to some degree mutually dependent, but in any case derivation of a name does not automatically indicate which topic is more significant; "long term" may include the future as well as the past, and 'significance' is more important than 'longevity'. In this particular case, it doesn't really matter too much, though, because "
    grateful dead probably do want the band, correct use of capitals might militate toward using the title for the folkloric tradition, with a hatnote for those who don't bother to type caps (I don't know if I'd call them "lazy" so much as "shift-less"). Station1 (talk) 03:31, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply
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  • Comment - the band is capital D. However (folklore) is useful on drop down menu. I would say a primary redirect to (folklore) and leaving the article as is would be most user-friendly solution here. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:51, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per B2C. The likelihood of people using all lower case to search for proper title case names, which would redirect to the proposed title, is very high. In this case the band has such significant strength as the primary topic that the likelihood of the majority of users using a lower case search is high.--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:31, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • We could make EVERYTHING useful in the dropdown if we wanted - by adding parentheticals to every article. But that's a bit silly. People primarily find their way to articles here via robust search engines that work on keywords and context. We don't need to put so much stress on the value of the dropdown. There will be a hatnote here pointing to the band, and heck, maybe if some rare people land here wrong because they misclick the dropdown (they'd still have to miss the capital D), they'll learn where something new. -- Netoholic @ 09:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Prime redirect should continue to be to the band. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:50, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Oliveros de Castilla

O romance de cavalaria "La Historia de los Nobles Caballeros Oliveros de Castilla y Artus D'Algarbe", publicada em Burgos no ano de 1499 (autor anônimo) é perfeitamente um caso de "morto agradecido". Oliveros (filho do rei de Castela), quando se dirigia à Inglaterra, sobreviveu a um naufrágio, e ainda salvou do mar a um inglês chamado John Talabot. Quando chegam à praia, o inglês morre, e Oliveros fica sabendo que ele não poderia receber sepultamento cristão por estar "excomungado por dívidas". Oliveros paga as dívidas, levanta a excomunhão e John é enterrado. Depois, Oliveros começa a receber a visita de um cavaleiro misterioso, que o ajuda a vencer o torneio pela mão da filha do rei de Inglaterra ao dar-lhe muitas armas, armaduras e cavalos, com a condição de dividir com ele tudo o que recebesse em decorrência dessa ajuda. No penúltimo capítulo do romance, o cavaleiro misterioso vem cobrar a dívida, pedindo para dividir a esposa de Oliveros ao meio; ele ainda objeta que metade do cadáver de u'a mulher não significaria nada para o próprio cavaleiro misterioso, mas termina consentindo no "pagamento" da dívida que tinha com ele. Então, o cavaleiro não parte a mulher, e diz que era o fantasma de John Talabot, e desaparece. Oliveros e sua esposa vivem até uma idade muito avançada, e seu filho varão (Henrique) se torna um cavaleiro, que morre com honra lutando contra os mouros em Chipre, e sua filha (Clarissa) se casa com Artus, rei do Algarve. 2804:14D:5C74:C9D8:80FA:2E90:DC48:2FCF (talk) 11:55, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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