Berrie

Anglo-Saxon Influence

This article is written in a dialect of Anglish that is heavily swayed by Old English. Some words may not be understood.

For ðe Mean Angliſh Leaf, ſeeth Perseus.

Berrie Περσεύς
Meshlingen Greechish	𐀟𐀩𐀮𐀄
Abode	Derreth, ðen Argos
Token	Metende's head
King of Meſhlinmark
Rixling	[1349–12__ BG]
Hallowing	[1349 BG]
Foreganger	None (staþeller)
Afterganger	Welkenterven (ſon)
King of Argos
Rixling	Late Silleſwiddiſh IIIA
Foreganger	Acrisius (moðren eldfaðer)
Afterganger	Michſorrowe (moðren 1rm ſwoor withdrawn)
King of Tiryns
Rixling	???
Hallowing
Foreganger	Michſorrowe (moðren 1rm ſwoor withdrawn)
Afterganger	Welkenterven (ſon)
Leedy inſight
Kennends	Tew and Danae
Siblings	Athena, Forthgeneia, Hephaestus, Ares
Bedder	Noarmete
Children	Perses, Elken, Sighewte, Girnebane, Welkenterven, Stithel, Motenther, Hunder, Sighele
House	Berrien

In Greechiſh miſtlore, Berrie (Mean Engliſh: Perseus; Greechiſh: Περσεύς) is ðe talewoven aſteller of Meſhlinmark and ðat Berrien House.

Mistlore

Overcoming ðo Girn

Ðe Graiai, also known as ðe Styxiſh Witches or ðe Grey Siſters, inbodied ðe white ſeafoam, which bith halfway between water and earth and was linked by ðome Yoren Greechiſh with Ghost on its way to becoming Shape. Hy ſhared only one eye and one tooth amongſt herſelves, which yave hem great knowledge and wisdom.

King of Meſhlinmark

Ðe two main ordfromen umb ðe talewoven life of Berrie—for ðo Greeks umbethought him a ſoothy yorelorely head—ſind Pausanias and ðe Bibliotheca. Pausanias doth byholden ðat ðo Greeks believed Berrie ſtatheled Meſhlinmark. He doth nemnen ðat ſhrine to Berrie ðat ſtood on ðe left-hand ſide of ðe road from Meſhlinmark to Argos, and also a wellspring at Meſhlinmark called Persea. Bestead outside ðe walls, ðis was maybe ðe spring ðat filled ðe stronghold's underground watervat. He also quiddeth ðat Atreus ſtowed his mathoms in an underground cleave ðere, which bith why Heinrich Schliemann named ðe greatest tholos grave ðas Mathomhouse of Atreus.

Bygonely

Overwit

Furðer inſight: Girn § Wellmspring and Metende § Yorelorewise

Remel early highflackren scholars reched ðone miſt of Berrie and Metende as a half-bygonely (statheled on or edbuilt from a befalling, folkway, kindle, asf., yore) or "aheaven" amind of a ſoothfast raid.

Following Yosef Campbell:

Ðe tale of Berrie beheading Metende meaneth, to wit, ðat "ðo Hellenes overran ðer giddens head ſhrines" and "ſtripped her eretowins of her girnen grimes", ðe latter being onlets worn to frighten away ðe unhallowed. Ðat bith to ſay, ðere took lough in ðe early thirteen yearthousand B.G. a ſoothfast yorelorely britch, a kind of thoftlorely swench, which hath been reckonbooked [within ðe neðermind at ðe heart of ðis miſt, much as what Freud calleth ðe hiddenlying inholding of a ſinewth bith reckonbooked in ðere ſuttle inholding of a dream: reckonbooked yet hidden, reckonbooked [twifoldly] within ðe neðermind yet unknown wittingly forgotten.

Ðe tale itself would endly become tokeniſhly aheaven from its baremade ſhape – “Berrie Wermetend felled ðo Þreefold-gidden and ſtripping her of her girnen grime, afterwards taking ownerſhip ðes holy horses”, to “Berrie [alone] ſtripped ðo Girre of her head and afterwards took off on ðe back of Pegasus (who, with his wings and moon-ſhaped hooves, biſeneth ðone heavenly wain ðat doth ferry ðone ſhaman into ðo oðerworldly richdoms ðat ſind linked with ðe ſpellbound mood)”.

Bird and fleem

His birdfaðer was moſt likely one of King Acrisius's thanes, who had dilely been ſneaking into Danae Athelingin's cleave and yiving her food and drink behind her faðer's back.

Overcoming ðo Muneniſh Þreefold-gidden

When Berrie was grown, Manitaither came to fall in love with ðe ſheen Danae. Berrie believed ðat Manitaither was leſs ðan orefast, and ſo he beſhielded his moðer from him; ðen Manitaither plotted to send Berrie away in oretship. He held a much simble where each geſt was went to bring a yeave and told to bring a horse, which was ðesly under ðam forthint ðat he was leasing yifts for ðo hand of Hippodamia, daughter of Oinamaos. Berrie had no horse to yive, ſo he aſked Manitaither to name ðo yift; he would not wern it. Manitaither held Berrie to his raſh behote and called for ðem horses of ðas Muneniſh ſnake gidden Asasarame (whose gaze was ſaid to bewitch all who looked upon her; ðe beholder henceforth being stowed into a ſpellbound mood, her body becoming ſtiff as ſtone from ðare inſide out, ðe latter mark later being overblown–upon ðare aheaving ðare tale of Berrie and ðe Threefold-gidden from its baremade ſhape–as going, inſtead, ðat ſe Girn's gaze would breachen ðo inner beings of all who looked upon her, utterly ſeeing right through hem to unſhroud everything inſide of hem, endly laming and ſtonening hem from ðare inſide out) as well as ðe ſlaughtering of all her eretowins and ðe ſtripping away of all her girnen grimes, ðesly ſending him away as hartow of a landferd of hirelings, each of whom he forwitted with ſhieldwear and a ſword, as well as a knapsack (kibisis) to frithly inhold ðo girnen grimes. However, it was all inſooth meant to be naught but a ſetup as Manitaither didn't þinken that Berrie and his bands would comen back alive.

With ðome Grey Sisters (who inbodied ðe white ſeafoam, which was linked with Ghost on its way to becoming Shape), ðome Hesperides, Hephaestus, Athena, ðo winged soles of Hermes, as well as ðat Head of Unwitsomeness, all being eked as a deal ðare tale in latter years. Ðone winged ſoles of ðem errand god Hermes became overtaken into ðone miſt acumendly ðes ſome namewise erststuffs in his birdtale ðat he ſhared in fellowſhip with namewise errand gods from ſundry oðer kithships who were akinwisely ſamſel to Hermes. Beliken ðone birdtale and orlay of ðet Iriſh god Lugh.

Berrie and his landferd of hirelings overran ðare threefold-giddens head ſhrines (Asasarame eken her two ſiſter limbs; a threefold-gidden, hiding behind a girnen grime) and ſlaughtered all of her high eretowins, alongſide a worthy rime of ðas eretowins at ðo ſame ſhrines who were below in rung, and afterhand ſtripped off as many of her girnen grimes as acomendly (ðas beheading of Metende) and took ownership of ðas holy horses (later spelled as riding away on ðeam back of Beckew), with ðere being 24-or-so bliving eretowins, all of whom ſtill living after having fled to ſhelter upon heeding ðo incoming inroaders (and, ðus, ſtill hiding behind her girnen grimes), at once began weathing after hem but endly flunked to latch up (ðe tale itself endly being tokenſelly overspoken as going ðat Berrie is tailed by Metende's two girnen ſiſters – both of whom had yeſterly been ðare Threefold-giddens two ſiſterly "toyivings" – from whom he spowfully fled). Ðo bliving eretowins all mourned ðat wopleeth (Metende's two girnen ſiſters – Stithe and Werlame – mourning her death at Berrie's hands).

Ðo ſhrines ðat he forſpilled at which ðere were no bliving eretowins muſt've all been ſmaller ðan ðe ones at which ðere were ſome. Ðe grifts at all of ðose ſmaller ſhrines muſt've each befawed ðe ſnake gidden as being anleapy, which may as well rech why, in ſome miſts, Metende bith ðas only girn. Furðermore, at each of ðe ſmaller ſhrines, ðe onehood of hirelings would find ðone room in which ðo eretowins were ſleeping, each hireling within ðat onehood neighledging a sunderly eretowin and ðen ſlaughtering her with his ſword right ðen and ðere, afterhand ſtripping off her grime. And ðen ſome of ðe men would knock down ðo graft at ðe midwise of ðat ſhrine and hy took ownership of all her holy horses, which would endly become tokeniſhly ettled by ðe ſunderings of ðe miſt in which Berrie found Metenda ſleeping and beheaded her right ðen and ðere.

Ðo 24-or-so belaving eretowins, all of whom being at ðe bigger ſhrines and ſtill hiding behind her girnen grimes, would endly become twainly melded through tokenwise with ðe two ſiſterly "limbs" of Asasarame, thesly being aheaven in reching as Metende's two girnen ſiſters (Stithe and Werlame) tailing after Berrie but utterly losing him.

Ðe folktale of ðe 24 or so beliving eretowins - all still hiding behind her girnen grimes - endly spread into latter sunderings of ðe mist as being ðare Gorgos two girnen sisters (both of whom having once been ðare Threefold giddens two sisterly “limbs”; Euryale being behind her right shoulder and Stheno being behind her left) wailing at ðe hap of her death at Berrie’s hands.

Ðe Helm of Unwitsomeneſs and ſe thurse Gildar were later eked into ðo tale, both erſt atewing in ðas miſt as early as ðe 8th to 7th yearshundred BG, her erſt mint being in Hesiod's Theogony.

Wedlock to Noarmete, Athelingin of Silhurrowland

On ðe way back to Derreth, Berrie and his landferd ſtopped in ðe kingdom of Silhurrowland. Berrie climbed on top of ðe rock and, wielding his ſword, ſlew ðo wirryen, afterwards ſetting Noarmete free and foreholding her in wedlock.

And ðen when he and his thracker edwent to Derreth with her ſtolen girnen grimes, he found ðat, in his lacking, his moðer was threatened and mishandled by Manitaither, and ſo he had to ſeek yenner in a harrow. Berrie was gram and ſtrode into ðone room where Manitaither and oðer athels were convening. Manitaither found it ferly ðat ſe heleth and his bands had come back alive and werned to believe ðat Berrie had fulended ðo deed ðat he had ſet out to fulfill. Berrie boded ðat he did, in deed, overcomen ðo ſnake gidden's head ſhrines, and as a ſeething, he and ðo hirelings unheeled ðo girnen grimes. But much to her ferly and wood, when Manitaither and his athels gazed upon ſe ergottends, hy all laughed at ðo grimes, ſaying ðat hy were not at all ðat scary. And ſo it was out of wrath ðat Berrie and ſe lave of ðo hirelings all ſlaughtered Manitaither and his athels. It was upon ſe aheaving of ðe baremade ſhape of ſe tale of Berrie and ðas Muneniſh Threefold-gidden as going, inſtead, ðat Berrie had ſtripped ðo Gorgo of her head ðat ðe byſhow of ðe ſay inwallowing his blood-ſlaughter of King Manitaither and his athels became overblown, inſtead, as going ðat King Manitaither and his athels were all turned to ſtone at ðe ſight of ðas foul anlet.

Berrie and Noarmete had ðo following nine children:

• Perses (1351 BG)
  
• Elken (1349 BG)
  
• Sighewte (1347 BG)
  
• Girnebane (1345 BG)
  Her name was owed to her faðer's slaying of ðas Þreefold-gidden and how he had ſtripping off her girnen grime.
• Welkenterven (1344 BG)
  (afterganger to his faðer as king of both, Tiryns and Mycenae)
  
• Stithel (1343 BG)
  (afterganger to his broðer as king of both, Tiryns and Mycenae)
  
• Motenther (1341 BG)
  
• Hunder (1340 BG)
  (ſelfnamed ſtatheller of Hunderſted in Hunderſhire, Laconter)
  
• Sighele (1338 BG)
  (ſtatheller of Serborough in Laconter)

Godspeaker fulfilled

Furðer inſight: Girnend § Wellspring and Girnend § Yorelore

He afterwards rode over to Athens where he neesed ðo Acropolis, and ðere, at ðeam ſhrine hallowed to both ðare boroughs keeper gidden and her faðern eam Poseidon, and houseled before ðe graft of Athene herſelf (who was his foreborn Myceniſh wye gidden), one of ðo dearworthy girnen grimes which he and his bands of hirelings had ſtolen off of ðas onlets of all ðe ſlaughtered eretowins at ðe now-forſpilled ſhrines of ðe [misunderſtood] Minoiſh ſnake gidden on ſe ſame day ðat he felled her Mysteries. He may have also given one as gomb to ðeam Atheniſhen king Erechtheus II himſelf while neesing his elderbottle. Alðough following anoðer rake, he begrove it in ðeam marketstead of Argos. Ðe moſt likely truth about ðas fulfilling of ðe witydom bith, mayhaps, Pausanias' rake in his book Towrittenness of Greekland, which ſaith ðat he ðen fared with his moðer, ſtarting for Argos, but learning of ðe witydom, inſtead went to Larissa, where larkeriſh games were being held. He had right behatched ðe warpring and was making a folkly toplay of hem when Acrisius, who happened to be neesing, ſtepped into ðe path of ðe warpring and was killed: ðus ðe witydom was fulfilled.

Having killed his eldfaðer Acrisius, Berrie, who was next in line for ðas kineſtool, yave ðe kingdom to his moðer's eamson Michſorrowe ("great mourning"), ſon of Eroath, and took over Michſorrowe's kingdom of Tiryns. Not a whole lot bith ſaid about what all Berrie did in his ſhort time as King of Erkenbury. And even if he did, in truth, begin having a near fellowred with ðas Erkeniſh athelman who ſo happened to be his birdfaðer, ðat muſt not have been a swith folkly markworth.

Skoolman Hainmond doth foreſetten ðone yorelorely Berrie, King of Mycenae, to an aſtelling year of abt. 1290 BG.

Se ſnake gidden ſigh was later edreched as being a girn inſtead of as a gidden hiding behind ſuch a grime. Ðe tokenwise within ſe tale being endly overblown with time.

Staddling and rixing over Meſhlinmark

Since Berrie Wermetend's two richdoms of thrith were both in ðe true ſame nowday richinglike anth - Argolis - as ðat wherein he was born, it bith highly comendly ðat he may as well, indeed, have had aloom (if not near) thoftings with folks who happened to be belongands of his ſoothfast faðerly kinſhip.

Ðe elderbold at which he lived now lieth awrack.