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Wizards’ Work

Once & Future, by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy – Written by a queer couple and published under the imprint of mystery and thriller author James Patterson, this combines the King Arthur myth with science fiction, LGBT themes, and … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Corporations, Humor, Magic, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged amy rose capetta, banshees, cori mccarthy, guinevere, homosexuality, james patterson, king arthur, kobolds, merlin, nimue, once and future, reincarnation, sexuality, sir lancelot, sir perceival, t.h. white, the once and future king, too many curses, wizards |

Guinevere Out of Control

Arthurian literature hasn’t often been kind to Arthur’s wife Guinevere, presenting her as having an ongoing affair with his favorite knight, sometimes even goading him into it when he doesn’t really want to go against the king. It’s pretty much … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, England, History, Magic, Mythology, Relationships, Welsh | Tagged absalom, adultery, battle of camlann, bible, cywyrd of gwent, false guinevere, geoffrey of monmouth, gians, gogfran gawr, gwenhwyfach, gwythyr ap greidawl, incest, infidelity, jenny jump, king arthur, king constantine of dumnonia, king david, king leodegrance of cameliard, queen guinevere, sir bertholai, sir lancelot, sir mordred, t.h. white, the once and future king, tower of london, triads of the island of britain, vulgate cycle, welsh triads |

Knight Time Is the Right Time

The King Arthur Collection – I’ve been reading this one on and off for about a year and a half. It’s long, but worth reading. There are six separate works included, as well as some background information about the historicity … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mythology, Poetry, Religion, Roman Empire, Video Games | Tagged a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court, alfred lord tennyson, baba yaga, camelot, charlton miner lewis, dolorous stroke, emperor magnus maximus, fisher king, garland, garlon, gawayne and the green knight, geoffrey of monmouth, holy grail, idylls of the king, jesus, john william waterhouse, joseph of arimathea, king arthur, king arthur and his knights, king arthur and the knights of the round table, lady of shalott, lady of the lake, le morte d'arthur, lucius tiberius, mark twain, maude radford warren, queen guinevere, round table, siege perious, sir balan, sir balin, sir galahad, sir gareth, sir gawain, sir jame knowles, sir lancelot, sir thomas malory, spear of destiny, the hobbit, the king arthur collection, vasilisa the fair |

Strange Women Lying in Ponds Distributing Swords

While the Lady of the Lake is an important figure in the Arthurian mythos, there doesn’t appear to be much agreement about various aspects of the character, including her name and how many of her there actually were. At various … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged achilles, alfred lord tennyson, arthurian vulgate cycle, chretien de troyes, coventina, diana, dyonas, elaine, excalibur, fairies, king arthur, king ban of benoic, lady of the lake, merlin, morgan le fay, nimue, peleus, sir balin the savage, sir lancelot, sir pelleas, sir thomas malory, t.h. white, the once and future king, thetis, vivien |

Land of Dairy Milk Bars and Honey

Tonight, I’m going to take a look at British Israelism, the movement popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that insisted the British were descended from refugees from Israel. This was essentially a way to be pro-Semitic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, England, Ethnicity, History, Judaism, Language, Middle East, Mythology, Religion | Tagged aeneas, beli mawr, bran the blessed, british israelism, bron, brutus of britain, cimmerians, conan the barbarian, dan, elaine of escalot, emperor constantine, enygeus, ephraim, fisher king, geoffrey of monmouth, glastonbury, heli, house of tudor, igraine, ireland, israel, jeremiah, jerusalem, jesus, john of glastonbury, joseph of arimathea, judah, king arthur, king coel, king henry vii of england, king james i of england, king leir, king uther pendragon, king zedekiah of judah, lost ten tribes, nebuchadnezzar, pellas, robert e. howard, scota, scotland, sir galahad, sir lancelot, sir percival, t.h. white, tea tephi, the once and future king, william blake |