Alan Moore’s Utopia, Dystopia, and Apocalypse Part 3
Click here to read the previous installment. … And I’m Going to Bring the House Down: Dystopia in V for Vendetta Thus far, this series has suggested that many of Alan Moore’s great comic book…
Tag: Legend & Mythology
The Fox and the Lyre
O'er the bright hills and southern green He laid warmly in cover'd grassy mows Play'd tune amongst the trees The beasts of woodland crowds came to play Orpheus, his song of high muses Made…
Men Without Piety: A Study of Chivalry in David Lowery’s The Green Knight
“The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost a maidenlike, guest in hall,…
The Prison Break: A Robin Hood Story
Beaumont knew the moment when his prisoner understood his news that her beloved outlaw was dead. Unlike most women he knew, she did not burst into tears or wail loud enough to bring down the…
Blood From an Ancient Stone: A Movie Review of “Robin and Marian”
Has anybody out there seen the film "Robin and Marian" with an over-the-hill Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn? I watched chunks of it last year on YouTube, but decided to re-watch it on DVD this…
Gods and Goddesses of Wales: Book Review
As a practising Druid, I have always been drawn to the stories, folklore, and history of the Brythonic peoples. As I’ve walked the path, however, I’ve found myself increasingly led towards the Welsh myth cycle…
The Black Knight and the Green Man: A Winter Solstice Tale – Part 2
When the Black Hunter returned to the Lair, he was in good spirits despite how grim his mission had turned out that night. He related the tale to his ally when he appeared and the…
Growing Up with Disney’s “Robin Hood”
My first encounters with the legends of Robin Hood are, in many ways, the memory of my own maturing, realizing things for the first time which have characterized my understanding of the world around me.…
Heroes of the Celts: Cu Chulainn and Fionn Mac Cumhaill
The Celts were a group of people who lived across a great deal of Europe during the early middle ages. They were a pretty self-sufficient group who had their own pantheon of gods and great…
Precious Blood, Holy Grail: The History and Legends of the World’s Most Sacred Chalice
Medieval romances generally fell into four categories: the Matter of Rome, which dealt with such classical heroes as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar; the Matter of France, whose tales were inhabited by Charlemagne and…