Fate the Mighty
From The Great Tales by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin, and Ancient Faith Ministries
June 5, 2026
About this episode
The episode explores how three Old English poems reflect on themes of loss and uncertainty in a collapsed civilization.
How do you live in a collapsed civilization? Three Old English poems stand out for their reflection amidst loss - "The Ruin", "Deor," and "The Wanderer." Their elegiac power still sings across a thousand years and teaches in our own time of collapse, loss, and uncertainty.
People in this episode
Hosts: Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin
Topics covered
- collapsed civilization
- Old English poetry
- loss
- elegy
- uncertainty
Keywords
- Old English
- poems
- The Ruin
- Deor
- The Wanderer
- elegy
- civilization
- loss
- uncertainty
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Ruin, Deor, The Wanderer
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