#King_Arthur

[wrennwyrmnest]

i’m very very curious about your arthurian retelling! who are the central characters? what do you find most interesting/exciting/compelling about them? what are your arthurian sources & inspirations (be that medieval texts or modern retellings)?

Hey there anon! Thank you so much for asking this question - this is going to be a bit of a long answer but I get the feeling that won't be an issue :D (Maybe grab a snack?)

Firstly I'll explain why I'm using 'reimagining' rather than 'retelling', namely it's because of moving Arthur and co into a high fantasy setting rather than just Britain etc. which, while of course there will be analogues, there's going to be a bigger part that other fantasy species play. Christian themes and I guess, reasonings, aren't found but linger where appropriate (Grail Quest is there but but Galahad doesn't like yk go to Heaven afterwards) as some media I've been inspired from as well as I think a big thing of Arthur's legend of moving from one world into another whether that be Pagan -> Christian or Anglo-Saxon -> Britain(* all the big asterisks there because yk fiction and history not aligning).

Characters

Oh boy. Firstly I'd like you to check out the chart that was added to the wikipedia for King Arthur's Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur%27s_family *how I wish this was there last year :sob:* and basically this kinda gives a good scope of characters I have 'webbed' out. I've gone to both Welsh and French texts for inspiration since Welsh includes Arthur's trips to the underworld ( ;) ) and French is when we get Lancelot and the Grail Quest. Firstly know I have taken some liberties both in Arthur's family tree as well as some creative ways that account for say multiple parents (Lancelot is recorded as being the son of a King but also as a son of The Lady of the Lake ~plot reasons~ they're separate uh, instances lets say ;) of his parents in my story). But in terms of characters whose voice I have a pretty good grasp of, their emotional arc(s) and a clear image in my mind of what they look like are (and grouped for no particular reason...):

Arthur, Lancelot, Gwen, and two others in their polycule.*

Igraine, Uther, and Gorloris.**

Merlin <- think druidic Loki vibes, he's a pain in my ass and I love him.

Hector his daughter Ser Kay.

Nimue and The Lady of the Lake.

Morgause and her son Mordred.

Madoc and his brother Mark.

Morgaen and how they were separated from Arthur at birth.

... The notion database I've created by pulling all the characters from sources comes to 258 but the above lists some uh key figures that are fleshed out as protagonists, antagonists, and anti-heroes.

(*) I'll get to Arthur/Lance/Gwen's triad a bit more below, but what I will say is that polycule is an important term here as everyone isn't with everyone, if that makes sense? But imagine found family five-man-band vibes.

(**) SO fun fact, when I watched the movie Merlin as a kid I misheard Gorlois as Goloris so I just kinda stuck with it. Unsure if that'll upset people too much though aha.

Why Tho? Exciting/Interesting/Compelling reasons why these characters have my soul.

I'm a big fan of Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Mythology. Seeing comparisons and also seeing both the Disney-fied versions but also the original tales. Arthurian legends has scratched an itch of dragons, knights, and magic that I've loved and is also shared by other stories too - which in part is why I'm spending so much time worldbuilding up front so I have a whole world sandbox to play in and tell some other tales too with it.

Why did I go with Arthur instead of say the Little Mermaid & Harpy sapphic reimagining I've got stashed? Honestly? Because he answered the call to adventure - the quest I have planned - but also because the Arthur I have in my mind, a big theme for him is Courage and doing the thing even though you're scared to which I resonate with a lot. Lancelot came stumbling in as his best friend from their squire days after disappearing for a few years for a second chance romance plot. Gwen butting heads with her twin sister had a certain, fire let's say ( ;) ), that need to pull these two dorks out of their heads while also exploring themes of empowerment. Mordred's arc which I hope to pull off as well as Zuko's was. Merlin, whom I love, was the one who revealed the world to me and really sparked the magic of it all. But then two scenes came to my mind, in full colour and with a big emotional impact.

Arthur and Morgaen's next meeting after finding out they're siblings.

Lancelot's lost memories returning and Arthur knighting the man who had turned to stone to save him.

I'll need to go through and make a full list of tags eventually but uh, lots of Angst/Hurt/Comfort mixed in with wholesome moments. I'm leaning towards potentially writing in a serial format and also doing maybe side stories from different character perspectives.

Sources & Inspirations

In terms of Arthurian specific things:

Welsh sources: Black Book of Carmarthen; Red and White books of Hergest; Culhwch and Olwen; Mabinogion; and the Welsh Triads.

Geoffrey of Monmouth, notably for Arthur's connection to the Roman Empire and characters from that region.

French sources: Le Mort de Arthur, Tristan and Iseult, Perceval and other stories such as Lancelot and the Knight of the Cart (I cackled a bit when I read that one ngl).

I tend to listen to the Myths and Legends podcast by Jason (something) who will be coming out with an Arthurian book sometime which I am keeeen for.

In terms of post-medieval things, there's a lot of nodding to fairy tales such as Tom Thumb and any story where Jack is mentioned.

Merlin the 1998 miniseries with Sam Neill. (This is the one that I misheard Golois as Goloris aha.)

The Mists of Avalon 2001 miniseries. (I haven't read the books and don't plan to support the author or that estate in any way due to the abuse she aided and abetted in).

Sword and the Stone is a classic Disney film but the main thing here I took inspiration from was to really highlight The Great Game in some way... Which is also a nod to Talesin in the Mabinogian. Also enjoyed Quest for Camelot as well.

There's a sapphic scifi retelling that I love called Once and Future.

And I also watched King Arthur's Disasters as a kid which, ngl I prefer the Welsh versions where he's a badass but this was amusing at the time.

In terms of non-Arthurian sources and inspirations, oh boy this gets quite long but basically from the above there are offshoots that I've done in terms of exploring:

Other Welsh tales.

Folklore of Europe as well as Ireland, Scotland, and Britain.

A lot of dabbling in comparative mythology and folklore as well as such as the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index for folklore to create some original but familiar folk heroes and lore for my world.

Consuming pretty much everything on Overly Sarcastic Productions.

I've mentioned that Avatar the Last Airbender and Fullmetal Alchemist are two comparative points of media: the first being for the elemental magic system as well as just some solid worldbuilding and character arcs - one of my blocks with writing is that I have like this big epic quest, various wholesome slice of life moments, deep emotional beats, but then also some spicey scenes that come to mind; the latter is mainly for a nod to alchemy, and magitech as well as some character beats.

I've also mentioned ASOIAF and really want to highlight that there won't be any inc##t at all in my books. There will be dark themes such as abuse of power, manipulation, and there will be people who get hurt or take advantage of, but I just really don't like that plot beat at all. Hence why Mordred is no Arthur's son.

*flops* Okay thank you for sticking with me through all of that. Let me know if you have more questions or if you'd like me to elaborate on anything! Thank you again for your question, it means a lot that people are finding it interesting (helps stop the imposter syndrome voices yk?)

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85- Morgan le Fay

Great sorceress of Avalon.

Morgan le Fay is a great enchantress from Arthurian Legend. Lacking a canonical body, Arthurian Legend is composed of various medieval romances and histories from around England, Wales, and France. The characters were adapted and altered over time as new authors put their prejudices and perspectives into the stories. Morgan le Fay was perhaps the most bastardized.

Originally described as a great healer, Morgan’s relationship to Arthur and role in the stories vary. Her ending usually stays the same. Eventually, Morgan is the one who will ferry a dying King Arthur back to the mystical Isle of Apples, Avalon. How we get to this point, and how she is related to Arthur, can differ, although generally she is seen as Arthur’s sister. Regardless, she is always associated with magic, in that she is either a fay (hence her name, fairy/faery), a goddess, or a sorceress. Her magic, like her intent, can be for both good and evil.

Morgan’s personality and attributes evolve dramatically as new authors became less and less comfortable with her early identity. The earliest mentions of her draw her closer to the art of healing, through her aid to Arthur. As Christianity more fully set in throughout Britain and France, writers began to over emphasized her wild sexuality and magic, casting her as more of a villain, a wild woman on some island. She became less of a healer and more of a manipulator of men, using illusions, sleeping spells, and shapeshifting to get her desires. She almost always quarreled with Arthur’s wife, Queen Guinevere, and used her magic to plot to steal his throne.

She was said to have studied her magic from Merlin, with whom some stories say she became romantically involved. She is usually always sent away for her education (both magical and not) and some stories have her attending a convent. Apart from Merlin, she was known to have many lovers, and her sexuality is often described as promiscuous, unabashed, and predatory. The early Christian writers of the Arthurian romances had a difficult time coming to terms with her nature, and would often contradict themselves within the same sentence (describing her as both the most beautiful and most hideous simultaneously.) She became evil and over sexualized.

Morgan le Fay is a great example of how a powerful sorceress and strong woman can be bastardized into a vile, manipulative, harlot. Modern witches and pagans have sought to reclaim her original identity by worshiping her more as a goddess, trying to tease out the superimposed prejudices to discover her original identity. She embodies feminine power and ability, and serves as a warning against those who skew perceptions of others out of weakness in themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur

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“The Knights of the Round Table”, Yan Rin/Maimi Rira, Osaka-Tokyo, OSK REVUE,  2018-2019. 

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King Arthur's Cave is a limestone cave in Herefordshire, England. It has a double interconnected entrance and two main chambers. A skeleton of a giant human was supposedly discovered in the cave around 1700, but was lost when a local surgeon name Mr. Pye too the skeleton on a voyage to Jamaica and his ship sank.

(picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur%27s_Cave)

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The Image of Witches throughout time, Part II: Origins and Medieval times

By Daniela Negrete

Origins

The term ‘Witch’ is related to the Old English word wicce, meaning female witch.

One of the first witches mentioned in written texts should be the so-called witch of Endor (also known as a medium). She is mentioned in the Bible, in the First Book of Saul, as a woman from Endor who claims to see prophet Samuel’s ghost, so she was consulted by Saul. In doing this, Saul disobeyed God and was condemned to die with his army the next day.

Likewise, some Greek Goddesses are associated to witchcraft and mystic powers, such as Hecate, the Goddess of magic, crossroads, ghosts, the night and necromancy. Household shrines to Hecate were placed at doorways to ward off evil and spirits. Circe is also known as the Goddess of magic, and some recognize her as Hecate’s daughter. She is considered a sorceress due to her ability to transform her enemies into animals.

In other cultures, witches are known with different names, such as the Daayan, an Indian witch that emerged in medieval legends; the Elbow witches, Native American witches with an old aspect and awls in their elbows; the Sea Witch in European folklore, and so on.

Medieval times

Morgan le Fay is known by her appearances in the popular tales of King Arthur. She may be one of the first witches mentioned in English literature. The Historia Regum Britanniae, written in the 1130s (early 12th century) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, is one of the earliest works in which the Arthurian legend was developed to then become widely popular. This legend continued being written during medieval and post medieval times by different authors, such as Sir Thomas Malory. As the legend was written by different authors and the resulted inconsistency of the history, it is difficult to define Morgan le Fay as a homogeneous character. So, only the most relevant aspects related to her are going to be analyzed.

In most of the legends, she is presented as Arthur’s half sister and as an adversary of Arthur’s reign. “Arthur's half-sister Morgan was known from early childhood to be the most intelligent, and the best educated of the priestesses, and she outlived Arthur, with whom she was never on good terms" (Goodrich 18). According to the Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft, "Morgan, invariably portrayed as evil, plotted against Arthur to steal his sword, Excalibur, or otherwise bring him down" (236).

Her figure was associated to a young woman, never to a decrepit or creepy image. She fulfilled the requirements of a witch due to her great powers, intelligence and her motives of revenge and hatred towards Arthur. In different texts, her figure was described as a queen, a mermaid, an enchantress, a sorceress or a witch. In Chrétien de Troyes descriptions, she learned her magical arts in an early Christian nunnery. But, it is also considered that she learned or extended her powers helped by Merlin, who had been seduced and manipulated by her. In fact, she is recognized for her seductive and manipulative methods to control people and different situations, and to provoke pain and injury to Arthur.

Nowadays, the character of Morgan le Fay is still present in different aspects of popular culture, such as games, television, comics, and so on. In modern literature, some of her actions or her image has changed considerably to a positive one in books such as The Mists of Avalon, The Last Defender of Camelot and Excalibur. Nowadays, we can see Morgan le Fay even as the heroine in some retellings of the Arthurian story.

Morgana’s character design from League of Legends. Fanart illustrated for Maricel Nicolet (Sumimi)

References:  

Gardner,. G. (2012, December 11). The Word: Welsh Witchcraft, the Grail of Immortality and the Sacred Keys  "CULT OF HEKATE : Ancient Greek religion". Retrieved from Theoi.com King Arthur. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur   

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part I: Introduction

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part II: Origins and Medieval times

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part III: Renaissance times

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part IV: The Witch Image within Fairy Tales

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part V: The Witch Over the Last Centuries

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part VI: The Image of Witches in Popular Culture

The Image of Witches throughout time, Part VII: Conclusion

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Beautiful Yan Rin as King Arthur in musical “The Knights of the Round Table”, 2018-2019.