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M.B.Gilbride throws a little light on Dark Age Britain:
Was Cinderella really a boy? No. I am happy to say that was just a malicious rumour put about by Morgan le Fay and backed up by a rather nasty spell.
Was King Arthur the rightful owner of Camelot, the castle and the lands surrounding it? No. That would be Sir Hugue Cumalot, whose own father had been dispossessed of Cumalot by King Arthur’s father for no better reason than that he fancied the place.
Did Sir Hugue Cumalot have a son to inherit his title, the Cumalot? No. His only child was a daughter until Morgan le Fay – but see the first item in this list.
Did King Arthur have a son to inherit his title? No. He had a nephew called Modred, whose mother, Morgan le Fay – yes, her again – claimed that the boy had been got on her by her half-brother, King Arthur. So perhaps that should be Yes. Perhaps not, though. Why would anyone ever believe Morgan le Fay?
Was there really a revirgination machine at the Castle of Maidens? Well, it was actually a fountain, the Fountain of Revirgination, but – Yes – it worked, as long as the girl had fasted for 48 hours and been thoroughly cleansed inside and out prior to being immersed.
Were there really ever such things as water-nymphs in the rivers and lakes of Britain? Yes. And mermaids all around the coasts and witches in the villages and wizards in the forests and brave knights who rode out in quest of damsels in distress. (Not to mention shape-shifters and lamiae and succubi and incubi, and nuns and priests, some prurient, some puritanical, and other fanatical followers of the new religion.) But read all about it in THE CHATELAIN Book I: Enchantment
Was Cinderella really a boy? No. I am happy to say that was just a malicious rumour put about by Morgan le Fay and backed up by a rather nasty spell.
Was King Arthur the rightful owner of Camelot, the castle and the lands surrounding it? No. That would be Sir Hugue Cumalot, whose own father had been dispossessed of Cumalot by King Arthur’s father for no better reason than that he fancied the place.
Did Sir Hugue Cumalot have a son to inherit his title, the Cumalot? No. His only child was a daughter until Morgan le Fay – but see the first item in this list.
Did King Arthur have a son to inherit his title? No. He had a nephew called Modred, whose mother, Morgan le Fay – yes, her again – claimed that the boy had been got on her by her half-brother, King Arthur. So perhaps that should be Yes. Perhaps not, though. Why would anyone ever believe Morgan le Fay?
Was there really a revirgination machine at the Castle of Maidens? Well, it was actually a fountain, the Fountain of Revirgination, but – Yes – it worked, as long as the girl had fasted for 48 hours and been thoroughly cleansed inside and out prior to being immersed.
Were there really ever such things as water-nymphs in the rivers and lakes of Britain? Yes. And mermaids all around the coasts and witches in the villages and wizards in the forests and brave knights who rode out in quest of damsels in distress. (Not to mention shape-shifters and lamiae and succubi and incubi, and nuns and priests, some prurient, some puritanical, and other fanatical followers of the new religion.) But read all about it in THE CHATELAIN Book I: Enchantment
