Post by Todd on Jul 27, 2016 8:37:14 GMT -5
As Chelsea has mentioned her card with the watch face, I thought it might be useful to start a discussion about the card I received, which I believe Dillon also received.
Here is an image of the card I received: i.imgur.com/xamWbXZ.jpg
The text on the reverse says "A Danish Nobleman with an unlucky name"
Digby Caesar
Posted May 2014
My research suggests that the Danish Nobleman is famed astronomer Tycho Brahe. Fun fact: Tycho lost part of his nose in a duel with his third cousin after arguing about a mathematical equation. It is said that Tycho wore a false nose of silver and gold (and possibly copper), which he glued to his face.
Digby Caesar
Posted May 2014
Chelsea, M.C.
Posted May 2014
Somehow that particular famed Danish Nobleman with a legendarily unlucky name slipped my mind entirely. Thank you for setting me straight! I still enjoyed the Tycho side-track. He's terribly interesting.
Digby Caesar
Posted May 2014
Perhaps you're thinking of that
Mike Rotch
Posted May 2014
Most of the people in
Devin Upham
Posted May 2014
Maybe it's not the Danish nobleman who is unlucky but names he is associated with that are unlucky....This leads me to the Danish expression ‘a Tycho Brahe day’, meaning an unlucky day, which does not come from Brahe’s own misfortune, but from a list of ‘unlucky days’ which Brahe’s name became associated with during the 1700s. Brahe was hired by Emperor Rudolph II, who believed in astrology. As was common for astronomers at this time, Brahe's task was to calculate a list of days which were especially unlucky (e.g. days when it was best to do nothing important at all). The Tyco Brahe calendar lists 33 so-called Tykobrahe days.
Mike Rotch
Posted September 2014
I highly suspect this card was included as an advertisement for The King In Yellow, especially based on the contents of my lasted package for that separate affair.
Digby Caesar
Posted September 2014
I don't doubt it, Digby. There's a book called "The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark" by Carmen Agra Deedy...It's a bit left of field, but he is a Danish nobleman -a king- famous for wearing a yellow sign (a yellow star of David) in solidarity with (Danish) Jews against the Nazis regime. But I don't know what's unlucky about his name, though. Yeah, I know, it's a bit tenuous to link it with TKIY experience. Just throwing it up here, please excuse the mess! lol
Mike Rotch
Posted September 2014
Based on a recent conversation with The Curator, I believe that while one side of the cards represents other offerings from the Mysterious Package Company, the sides containing text are somehow relevant to Curiosities.
Digby Caesar
Posted September 2014
Good observation, Digby. The images on the Experiences page match those on the mysterious cards. One can't help but be curious about the mysterious and much-warned-against "Risen", eh?
Chelsea, M.C.
Posted September 2014
Were there just the two cards received? Because the "Advice for those Searching" post from Bernard held three clues, if I'm not mistaken...
Chelsea, M.C.
Posted September 2014
Here is an image of the card I received: i.imgur.com/xamWbXZ.jpg
The text on the reverse says "A Danish Nobleman with an unlucky name"
Digby Caesar
Posted May 2014
My research suggests that the Danish Nobleman is famed astronomer Tycho Brahe. Fun fact: Tycho lost part of his nose in a duel with his third cousin after arguing about a mathematical equation. It is said that Tycho wore a false nose of silver and gold (and possibly copper), which he glued to his face.
Digby Caesar
Posted May 2014
Hamlet
would be my initial guess, but that seems far too simple and obvious for our esteemed curator. I will query my pool of friends and see what we can come up with.Chelsea, M.C.
Posted May 2014
Somehow that particular famed Danish Nobleman with a legendarily unlucky name slipped my mind entirely. Thank you for setting me straight! I still enjoyed the Tycho side-track. He's terribly interesting.
Digby Caesar
Posted May 2014
Perhaps you're thinking of that
Scottish play -Macbeth-
which is the unlucky one. Never heard of Hamlet
being unlucky, but it did spring to my mind at first. I looked at the phrase "A Danish Nobleman with an unlucky name" and thought I'd translate unlucky name to Danish, just out of curiosity. This is what I got: "uheldig navn". Yep, completely useless. Sorry about that. Anybody else got any ideas?Mike Rotch
Posted May 2014
Most of the people in
Hamlet
do end up betrayed, murdered, drowned, or poisoned, so none of them seem particularly lucky. Polonious, Rosencrantz or Guildenstern
would be the unluckiest that i can think, but i would still imagine that we're barking at the wrong play.Devin Upham
Posted May 2014
Maybe it's not the Danish nobleman who is unlucky but names he is associated with that are unlucky....This leads me to the Danish expression ‘a Tycho Brahe day’, meaning an unlucky day, which does not come from Brahe’s own misfortune, but from a list of ‘unlucky days’ which Brahe’s name became associated with during the 1700s. Brahe was hired by Emperor Rudolph II, who believed in astrology. As was common for astronomers at this time, Brahe's task was to calculate a list of days which were especially unlucky (e.g. days when it was best to do nothing important at all). The Tyco Brahe calendar lists 33 so-called Tykobrahe days.
Mike Rotch
Posted September 2014
I highly suspect this card was included as an advertisement for The King In Yellow, especially based on the contents of my lasted package for that separate affair.
Digby Caesar
Posted September 2014
I don't doubt it, Digby. There's a book called "The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark" by Carmen Agra Deedy...It's a bit left of field, but he is a Danish nobleman -a king- famous for wearing a yellow sign (a yellow star of David) in solidarity with (Danish) Jews against the Nazis regime. But I don't know what's unlucky about his name, though. Yeah, I know, it's a bit tenuous to link it with TKIY experience. Just throwing it up here, please excuse the mess! lol
Mike Rotch
Posted September 2014
Based on a recent conversation with The Curator, I believe that while one side of the cards represents other offerings from the Mysterious Package Company, the sides containing text are somehow relevant to Curiosities.
Digby Caesar
Posted September 2014
Good observation, Digby. The images on the Experiences page match those on the mysterious cards. One can't help but be curious about the mysterious and much-warned-against "Risen", eh?
Chelsea, M.C.
Posted September 2014
Were there just the two cards received? Because the "Advice for those Searching" post from Bernard held three clues, if I'm not mistaken...
Chelsea, M.C.
Posted September 2014