The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65073   Message #1709955
Posted By: GUEST,magpie
04-Apr-06 - 12:41 AM
Thread Name: Cold Mountain (the movie)
Subject: RE: Cold Mountain
"A massacre with singing!!"

I was blown away by this opening scene. I went home and started digging around to find out more about the song. I found the name, Idumea... then I went looking for what "Idumea" meant. It's, of course, biblical and refers to a place. But then I found this:

The meaning of Idumea
Origin: Biblical
Meaning: Red, earthy, bloody.

woah... a very appropriate connection to that battle where all participants are caught up in a soup of mud and blood.