Harrowing opening to this scene! I like the subtle gesture of the guy holding up 3 fingers to alert the others in the tent of how many people were outside.
I was just thinking of something. Do you think they might have covered the felt tents with animal hides? A few years ago I read a book about the ill-fated Franklin expedition. One of the things the author highlighted was that the members of the expedition only had felt coats which were evidently not terribly effective in arctic conditions. I think the Mongols’ yurts were smeared with animal fat to help keep the wind out. Did you ever see the Russian film, “Mongol” that came out in 2007. That film has quite a few spectacular scenes in Mongol tents. I Genghis Khan is centuries removed from your story, but it does a good job capturing the awesomeness of the Eurasian Steppes and the mysteriousness of the shamanistic and totemic practices of the people.
By the way, Winston showed me in the Substack where you can group poetry lines together as they would appear in a book of poetry by using the “poetry quotation” menu option in the edit mode. At the moment, the incantation at the end of this chapter has a space in between each line.
So happy Aric pulled through. Thanks, Ana, for your special potion! They make a good team. Great chapter.
Harrowing opening to this scene! I like the subtle gesture of the guy holding up 3 fingers to alert the others in the tent of how many people were outside.
I was just thinking of something. Do you think they might have covered the felt tents with animal hides? A few years ago I read a book about the ill-fated Franklin expedition. One of the things the author highlighted was that the members of the expedition only had felt coats which were evidently not terribly effective in arctic conditions. I think the Mongols’ yurts were smeared with animal fat to help keep the wind out. Did you ever see the Russian film, “Mongol” that came out in 2007. That film has quite a few spectacular scenes in Mongol tents. I Genghis Khan is centuries removed from your story, but it does a good job capturing the awesomeness of the Eurasian Steppes and the mysteriousness of the shamanistic and totemic practices of the people.
By the way, Winston showed me in the Substack where you can group poetry lines together as they would appear in a book of poetry by using the “poetry quotation” menu option in the edit mode. At the moment, the incantation at the end of this chapter has a space in between each line.