Beyond Norse mythology, there are many similar examples: the Arthurian legend of Excalibur; epic Sanskrit poem the Ramayana, in which Rama earns the right to the hand of Sita by lifting and stringing Shiva's bow; and Homer's Odyssey, in which Penelope offers her hand to whoever can string Odysseus's bow.
You take control of the lead character by lifting his strings with your left hand and then swiping left and right to direct him past obstacles; you can also jerk your arm in the air to make him jump.
'To be honest I usually do this dish with the new season's garlic - it's not all that hot at the moment.' Kathy Burke lifts a string of steaming pasta from the pot, juggles it in her fingers and lowers it into her mouth before declaring it not quite ready.
Wait about ten seconds, then lift the string by its ends and the ice cubes will hang from it.
Practice lifting off each string in order.
The crowning glory of a Ruokangas, though, is the nut — the thin strip at the top of the neck that lifts the strings above the fingerboard.
Led by the simple, bright piano of Mike Mills and lifted by strings arranged by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, it is a simple, powerful piece of nostalgia about lost innocence, inspired by the band's early days, spent skinny-dipping in rivers, without a care in the world.
The plane appeared to be lifted by strings, but we saw the plane fly out of the stadium and into the night sky, gliding along to Brazilian music, a bit like Peter Pan's Flight in Disney World, or certain pleasant dreams I've had, or the Rockettes' opening number, where Santa flies you into Rockefeller Center.
Removing all the strings at once permits you to clean and wipe the fingerboard without lifting up the strings or having to work around them.
Generally dispensing with a baton, he often seems to be ripping the music out of the orchestra, stabbing violently at the strings, lifting the brass out of their seats, his whole body shuddering back and forth with each crescendo and diminuendo.
