• Aspittle and the Stoorworm

  • Feb 23 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
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Aspittle and the Stoorworm

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  • Alicia explores the Scottish folktale, “Aspittle and the Stoorworm,” and how an artist might interpret the title character, the sea dragon, and the battle in the beast in a retelling. Topics discussed include ashes, fire, and dreams; etiological tales; the Leviathan passage in Job; and the paradox of the weak overcoming the strong.

    Resources

    • See “Aspittle and the Stoorworm” in Norah and William Montgomerie’s The Folktales of Scotland
    • “At the Burial of the Dead” service from the Book of Common Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/book-common-prayer/burial-dead
    • Liver as the seat of the emotions - entry in the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon: https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3516.htm
    • William MacDonald’s Believer’s Bible Commentary on Job and Isaiah 27
    • See John Piper’s sermons on Job on DesiringGod.org
    • Charles Simeon Trust Society's online course on Wisdom Literature, especially Douglas Sean O'Donnell's exposition of Job 42

    Music: Intro from Adam Saban’s “Tales of the Past,” episode segments from Cody Martin’s “Taking the North”
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