Lil story: I was that weird kid who knew some stuff in Latin. I couldn't speak the language but was into witchcraft. One of my favorite protection spells goes "Sator arepo tenet opera rotas", it's written in a 5x5 square, it's a palindrom, the columns are the same as the lines, this fits my need for order and meaning. I tried to translate it, but what did "tenet" mean? Nothing. I searched, got frustrated, but landed on the Wikipedia page for this incantation and read some of the articles listed and boy oh boy I learnt so much about the development of Christianity in ancient Rome and how paganism had spread and the Christians merged some of their lore with the pagan lore to get it accepted...
Cut to 6 years later in Uni a teacher thought I was so smart and knowledgeable and interested in her class "ancient civilizations" for knowing that... I had just changed from a major in paleontology so surprised friend asked "studied THAT hard?" I was just like "nah I'm a witch".
The kid who played assassins creed
Cut to 6 years later in Uni a teacher thought I was so smart and knowledgeable and interested in her class "ancient civilizations" for knowing that... I had just changed from a major in paleontology so surprised friend asked "studied THAT hard?" I was just like "nah I'm a witch".