One of my co-workers at the bookstore clued me in to the fact that there actually was a first "Easter Egg" (or hidden message in video games), & it has a story behind it. This reminded me irresistibly of the Cynewulf rune signature. (Well, what i said was Caedmon...) Farther afield, of course, makers of ghazals (& also, e.g. troubadours--"I am Arnaut who gathers the wind") have a designated place to put their takhallus (nom de plume). But Cynewulf's is probably the Ultimate Easter Egg. He used, in order, the things that each rune named, as words in his poem.
This is also like Alfred Hitchcock appearing in so many of his movies as a cameo. Nowadays, this sort of thing is much more sophisticated.
No comments:
Post a Comment