it’s the year 2023 and there’s still no knight emoji, how do you expect king arthur to rise again in these conditions
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And then they took their horses and rode throughout a fair forest; and then they came to a plain, and saw where were many pavilions and tents, and a fair castle, and there was much smoke and great noise; and when they came near the siege Sir Beaumains espied upon great trees, as he rode, how there hung full goodly armed knights by the neck, and their shields about their necks with their swords, and gilt spurs upon their heels, and so there hung nigh a forty knights shamefully with full rich arms. Then Sir Beaumains abated his countenance and said, What meaneth this?
Fair sir, said the damosel, abate not your cheer for all this sight, for ye must courage yourself, or else ye be all shent, for all these knights came hither to this siege to rescue my sister Dame Lionesse, and when the Red Knight of the Red Launds had overcome them, he put them to this shameful death without mercy and pity. And in the same wise he will serve you but if you quit you the better.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Book 8 | Thomas Malory
march to camelot #4: monstrous
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Orkney family board game night
Gaheris, Agravaine, Mordred, Gawain... and Gareth sorry it's a game for four people . @moirailsupport
This is the board of tables of the four seasons, called the world, which begins like this. (From The Libro de los Juegos, 1283) X X
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I think the main problem with a lot of Morgan le Fay characterizations is that they focus too much on the angst and not enough on the Wile E. Coyote-esque schemes
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Hi! So let’s say one of your listeners’ whole knowledge about Arthurian legends is that there was King Arthur, knights, Round Table and Grail. And they were like: fine, doesn’t matter, I will certainly enjoy Camlann anyway. And let’s say that after two episodes they did realise that it matter to them and they do have a deep personal need to actually know something more. What would you recommend them to read to learn more (or like anything) about Arthurian legends?
HI!!!!! Well, in this hypothetical situation, first of all I would say thank you very much to this listener for caring enough to ask.
Second, my big recommendations would be Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Mallory (maybe the most famous Norman version of the stories) and The Mabinogion, translated by Sioned Davies (the most Welsh version of the stories!). In particular I'd recommend this listener read up on Culhwch ac Olwen and Peredur, which have been referenced so far. I'd also strongly recommend this person read Gawain and the Green Knight (I like Simon Armitage's version, which is also available as an audiobook).
If this person wanted to go further, they could also read translations of Chretien de Troyes' chivalric romances, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Brittonum, and medieval Welsh poetry found in the Red Book of Hergest and the Black Book of Carmarthen.
I will say Camlann is (very much on purpose) a chaotic mish-mash of Arthurian legends and British folklore. In some places we run very close to 'the canon', and in other places we throw it away completely. Sometimes I'll be referencing pretty obscure bits of Arthurian canon, sometimes we'll be bringing up fairly commonly accepted stuff.
I hope this hypothetical listener has fun!
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gawain sketches for my happiness
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The round table, according to the Vulgate cycles, was a gift from Guinevere's father and one hundred knights were already part of the round table at that point. The remaining fifty knights were chosen by Merlin, on Arthur's behalf. Which is funny, because in the series Merlin already adopted two of five knights himself, knowing in his heart that they were deserving of Arthur's approval and Arthur would approve of them, too.
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