Moskstraumen - Wikipedia
Poe provides an alternative name for the whirlpool with the line: "We Norwegians call it the Moskoestrom, from the island of Moskoe in the midway." [5] Moskenstraumen maelstrom from a NASA satellite image near Lofoten. Grey and blue-grey colors indicate rough seas.
A Descent Into The Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe - PoeStories.com
The Moskoe-Ström whirlpool was about a quarter of a mile dead ahead -- but no more like the every-day Moskoe-Ström, than the whirl as you now see it is like a mill-race. If I had not known where we were, and what we had to expect, I should not have recognised the place at all.
Beauty and Truth: Poe’s “A Descent into the Maelstrom”
2012年4月24日 · ‘We Norwegians call it the Moskoe-strom, from the island of Moskoe in the midway’” (pp. 180-181). The name is accepted by the first narrator, for the next time he refers to the vortex, he calls it the Moskoe-strom (p. 182).
A Descent into the Maelström - Wikipedia
Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb in Lofoten, Norway. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old—"You suppose me a very old man," he says, "but I am not.
A Descent Into the Malestrom
The crag overlooks a group of islands and a treacherous tidal channel called Moskenstraumen. In “A Descent Into the Maelström,” Poe refers to this channel by a Norwegian name, Moskoe-strom, and a Dutch name, Maelström.
Poe’s Short Stories A Descent into the Maelström ... - GradeSaver
The narrator hears a roar from the sea, which evinces a furious current that shapes the smaller whirlpools of the water into a huge mile-long funnel. He recognizes it as "the great whirlpool of the Maelström," which the old man terms the Moskoe-ström after the name of the island in the middle.
Edgar Allan Poe A Descent into the Maelstrom Summary
2024年1月25日 · The old man identifies various islands and landmarks in the distance, including the Moskoe-ström, a great whirlpool. The old man describes the violent and dangerous nature of the Moskoe-ström, including its ability to absorb and destroy ships.
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works-Editions-The …
2012年5月21日 · “We Norwegians call it the Moskoe-ström, from the island of Moskoe in the midway.” The ordinary accounts of this vortex had by no means prepared me for what I saw.
Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination/A Descent into the …
2022年10月25日 · The Moskoe-strom whirlpool was about a quarter of a mile dead ahead— but no more like the everyday Moskoe-strom than the whirl, as you now see it, is like a mill-race. If I had not known where we were, and what we had to expect, I …
A Descent into the Maelstrom Notes from Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
While rocky Helseggen shakes because of the ocean's force, the old man confirms this statement, adding that it is also called the "Moskoe-strom" because the island of Moskoe lies in the middle of this enormous whirlpool.