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Legend holds that King Arthur's reign was foreseen by an enchanted lady in a lake, who granted him the sword Excalibur. By the same rules, Saga Vanecek, an eight-year-old Swedish girl, is now on a divine path to rule a great kingdom after she discovered a 1,000-year-old sword in a lake.
The sword may be Viking in origin and could date back to Arthurian times, in the 5th or 6th centuries, according to experts at the Jönköpings Läns Museum. That its discoverer is literally named Saga is further proof that this is the stuff of legends.
Vanecek found the rusted weapon over the summer while swimming in Vidöstern Lake in Småland with her family. "I felt something with my hand and thought it was a stick, and then I lifted it up and it had a handle that looked like it was a sword," she recounted in an interview with the Swedish news site Värnamo Nyheter.
"Then I lifted it up and shouted at Dad: 'Daddy I found a sword!'"
Girl pulls ancient sword from lake
An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer.
Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.
The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum now believe it may date to around 1,500 years ago.
"It's not every day that you step on a sword in the lake!" Mikael Nordström from the museum said.
The level of the water was extremely low at the time, owing to a drought, which is probably why Saga uncovered the ancient weapon.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Saturday October 06 2018, @02:04PM (3 children)
Racist? LMAO - you guys are just too much. Surely you've met at least one genuine racist in your life. Maybe you should read some, to find out how racists really think. Search for the Turner Diary. Hell, I'll just find it myself, and give you the link . . . https://www.docdroid.net/Iv8omhj/turner-diaries-andrew-macdonald.pdf [docdroid.net]
Let me give you a sample:
Seriously, dude, those are the thoughts of real racists. Me? I don't think that way. I don't have a "lot of" black friends, but I have black friends. I don't have a "lot of" Jewish friends, but I do have Jewish friends. Hmmmm - Mexican/Latino? Now that I think of it, I've acquired a fair number of those, over the past fifteen years or so. White racists would never call a black, a Jew, or a Latino a friend. At best, you would get something like, "He's not a bad guy for a nigger/Jew/wetback."
Wake the fuck up, and learn what racism really is. Don't you dare run around using that catchword, "I'm woke!" unless and until you familiarize yourself with genuine racism.
The PDF reminded me of this site: http://solargeneral.org/ [solargeneral.org] http://solargeneral.org/ebooks/ [solargeneral.org]
Just educate yourself, and stop pretending that everyone who disagrees with you on some idiot divisive issue is a racist.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 07 2018, @12:37AM
Your friends who aren't white tolerate you. That doesn't make you not a racist. I tolerate my boss, I tolerate all kinds of shit, doesn't turn it to not-shit.
You're Dunning-Krugering on race and not realizing it. No biggie as long as you're not making public policy or getting violent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 07 2018, @12:41AM (1 child)
PS - "I have friends " is a dog whistle for "I'm a self-unaware racist", and "hey I don't use offensive terms like " is how you get big nods from other un-self-aware racists, and incredulous looks from everyone else. You probably haven't noticed those incredulous looks because you're too flushed with getting to say the naughty word out loud.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:34AM
Good boy, Fido!