My twitter feed makes it clear that I enjoy being Jewish (even if I don't like some members of the community) but I especially am starting to enjoy the folklore. Even in the old rabbinic commentaries on the laws of holidays like the Sabbath, there are mentions of demons (or sheydim) who might cause disruptions in daily life. Remembering this lore brought up an idea for a naming scheme.
I will continue to do "semi-regular" mini grids (under 9x9) and keep the name as such, but I'm debating what to name them. Likely, I will keep the name or drop the Semi-Regular part altogether in the future. Minis or Midis (between 11x11 and 14x14, for my standard) that are intended to be more difficult will be called Menaces. Thankfully, dear reader, they will be somewhat infrequent as I will need time to build the larger grid and may frequently ask for help from other constructors for cluing and filling in. Anything that would go into a New York Times weekday or Saturday - grids of size 15x15, 15x16, 16x16, and 16x15 - will be few and far between for the time being, but I will be titling those Sheydim (individually, they will be called Sheyd, the singular for "demon"). Anything the size of a New York Times or Washington Post Sunday or larger will be called an Ashmedai Construction (as in one of the kings of demons in Jewish lore who, according to Talmudic lore, was contracted by King Solomon to help make the first Temple). I enjoy trying to make more difficult grids but I need to get more practice in before I submit anything.
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AuthorAriel Haymarket (they/them, she/her, it/its, e/em/eir) is an annoying anti-authoritarian leftist residing on stolen Kiikaapoi land. New grids every first and third Friday and every second and fourth Tuesday. Archives
May 2024
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