tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post1781225755981672156..comments2024-02-26T07:40:57.648-08:00Comments on Early Medieval Britain: Avalon: Gateway to AnnwnMeghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553655640589660182noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-90222661322150585992009-04-14T18:18:00.000-07:002009-04-14T18:18:00.000-07:00Marian Zimmer Bradley has been one of my favourite...Marian Zimmer Bradley has been one of my favourite authors and The Mists of Avalon and the other books in the series have long been high on my list of favourites, to be reread more than once. History is a passion and, with that knowledge, these books seem to me to represent a much more realistic picture of the period. If Arthur existed he would have lived in the period after the departure of the Romans and before the christian church destroyed the druids and all the knowledge they accumulated. His companions would have been tribesmen, not knights in shining armour rescuing maidens in distress. In other words around the 4-5th centuries AD. Another author who writes of Arthur in a similar way is Mary Stuart, whose books are also a favourite.nefertarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350216112414038061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-77151561636052320672009-03-22T23:10:00.000-07:002009-03-22T23:10:00.000-07:00I forgot to mention that the review will be on my ...I forgot to mention that the review will be on my own blog, <B><I>The Writer's Daily Grind</I></B>, when I finish reading the book, which won't be all <B><I>that</I></B> long!Anne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-40560549106012856752009-03-22T23:08:00.000-07:002009-03-22T23:08:00.000-07:00I'm currently reading a mystery set in medieval ti...I'm currently reading a mystery set in medieval times, that takes place in and around Glastonbury, and seems to have some interesting twists re the whole Arthurian cycle, More later on the review of this book, which I personally think is very good.<BR/>anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624717560987577997.post-42403919812135054652009-03-22T18:34:00.000-07:002009-03-22T18:34:00.000-07:00A fascinating article! As you say, nothing about ...A fascinating article! As you say, nothing about the Celtic oral-based myths and worldview was written in stone. But one of the aspects of the legends that I think draws us back again and again is that you can catch just a glimpse of the original beliefs in the doubtless altered versions of the stories and poems that have come down to us through the ages. Like Bedivere's consigning Excalibur to the lake, which as many scholars have observed echoes the ancient Celtic custom of sacrificing to lakes and rivers--and viewing bodies of water as portals to the Otherworld.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com