Arthur in the Cave: Oh,
this is going to be a good extra reading! I just love these stories. I can
picture everything like it’s happening in a movie clip. The way that they talk
and introduce people reminds me of The
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
movies. I can’t believe that the Welshman decided to ring the bell and wake up
all of those soldiers after the sorcerer warned him that doing so would kill
them both. Still, he did not end up meeting with any consequences for his poor
choice. Readers just got to have a little teaser at what Arthur and his
warriors are waiting for as they sleep the years away.
Einion and the Lady of Greenwood: Aw, what a happy ending for this love story! I’ll have to keep
this in mind for my Storybook project. I think I already have the story I will
use for the British/European story, but this is a good backup if the first one
doesn’t work out for some reason. It’s so interesting that the one goblin in
this story appeared to Einion and Angharad as a potential partner as if the goblin
was determined to tear them apart. Looking at it from that perspective, this
might actually be a great story to end my storybook on: the lovers conquer a
mischievous agent of Fate and finally live happily ever after.
The Stray Cow: I
love this story! In a lot of the African stories I read this semester, the
characters kill the animal that is providing them with food or wealth and I
always wonder what they were thinking. The stories don’t continue to show any
sort of negative consequences either. For this story, the man was going to
slaughter the elfin cow that made him so wealthy, but an elfin maiden saved the
cow! And no one felt bad for the man because he shouldn’t have been so
ungrateful to the poor cow.
Einion and the Fair Family: This is such a cute story too with a great ending and some humor! I
love Einion’s line at the end that his wife’s family is very fair! I’m glad it worked out for them to both be happy and
to stay together.
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| (Arthurian Knight by Charles Ernest Butler, 1903) |
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