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It’s a Celtic Thing

Posted on August 27, 2022 by Nathan

I recently finished reading the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh mythological prose, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest in the nineteenth century. I understand there have been better English translations since then, but this is what I could easily find online, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Board Games, British, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Games, History, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Religion, Roman Empire, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Welsh | Tagged affalach, arianrhod, avalon, bible, blodeuwedd, cassivellaunus, cayke the cookie cook, chronicles of prydain, delilah, dylan ail don, eagles, emperor magnus maximus, fidchell, fisher king, flowers, gilfathwy, goewin, grampa in oz, gronw pebr, gwydion fab don, holy grail, judges, julius caesar, king arthur, lady charlotte guest, lleu llaw gyffes, lloyd alexander, mabinogion, magic dishpan, math ap mathonwy, owls, pair dadeni, rape, sir perceval, the black cauldron, the lost princess of oz, urtha | 3 Comments

The Questing Game

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Nathan

Today we turn to Arthurian lore to look at a strange creature known as the Questing Beast, or Beste Glatisant (“barking beast”) in French. This animal is usually described as having the head of a snake, the body of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Characters, Christianity, John R. Neill, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged beste glatisant, dragons, evangeline, incest, king arthur, king pellinore, perlesvaus, questing beast, sir grummore grummersum, sir hokus of pokes, sir mordred, sir palomides, sir perceval, sir thomas malory, t.h. white, the once and future king, the wonder city of oz | 1 Comment

The King of Fishful Thinking

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Nathan

In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King was the guardian of the Holy Grail, but I wasn’t sure how he came by his aquatic nickname until I looked it up today. Since he was severely wounded in either the legs or … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Mythology, Welsh | Tagged bran the blessed, fisher king, holy grail, holy spear, joseph of arimathea, king arthur, king pelles, mabiongion, maimed king, sir bors, sir galahad, sir perceval | 4 Comments

It’s a Round, Round Table

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Nathan

We all know about the Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur’s fierce warriors, initiators of chivalry, hunters of the Holy Grail, and able to take out Sephiroth with no trouble at all. But did the Knights really exist? I … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Christianity, Final Fantasy, History, Mythology, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged annales cambriae, camelot, chivalry, chretien de troyes, elaine of escalot, excalibur, final fantasy vii, fisher king, geoffrey of monmouth, green knight, holy grail, judas iscariot, king arthur, king ban of benoic, king bors, king constantine of britain, king leodegrance of cameliard, king lot of orkney, king pellinore, king uther pendragon, knights of the round table, lady of the lake, last supper, merlin, monsters, monty python and the holy grail, morgan le fay, questing beast, robert de boron, sephiroth, siege perilous, sir agravain, sir bedivere, sir bors, sir ector, sir gaheris, sir galahad, sir gareth, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir gromer, sir grummore grummersum, sir kay, sir lancelot du lac, sir mordred, sir perceval, sir thomas malory, t.h. white, the once and future king, the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle, wace | 8 Comments

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