NAM- The Blacksmith (English Folk Song)

A short Clip of Austrian Pagan Folk Rock Band NAM (www.nam.co.at): Musicians: Bernhard Mikuskovics, Patrick Feldner, Georg Baum, Robert Polsterer, Rudi Gotsmy, Christian Recklies playing the traditional Song The Blacksmith (made famous by Steeleye Span and Andy Irvine in the 70s -we salute!) filmed by Kat at a rehearsal gig in Vienna’s Unplugged Club.
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For best quality, click: www.youtube.com The most part of images is rapresenting the Hunt of the Unicorn – series of seven tapestries dating from 1495-1505. The tapestries, often referred to as the Unicorn Tapestries, show a group of noblemen and hunters in pursuit of a unicorn. Much of the tapestries’ history is disputed and there are many theories about their original purpose and meaning, including suggestions that the seven tapestries were not originally hung together. However it seems likely that they were commissioned by Anne of Brittany to celebrate her marriage to Charles VIII, King of France.[1] The two major interpretations of the tapestries hinge on pagan and Christian symbolism. The pagan interpretation focuses on the medieval lore of beguiled lovers, whereas Christian writings interpret the unicorn and its death as the Passion of Christ. The unicorn has long been identified as a symbol of Christ by Christian writers, allowing the traditionally pagan symbolism of the unicorn to become acceptable within religious doctrine. The original myths surrounding the Hunt of the Unicorn refer to a beast with one horn that can only be tamed by a virgin maiden; subsequently, Christian scholars translated this into an allegory for Christ’s relationship with the Virgin Mary. The tapestries were owned by the La Rochefoucauld family of France for several centuries. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. bought them in 1922 for about a million dollars and donated them to the Metropolitan …