A black shield with the image of a gold acorn and oak leaves.

Knights Errant #AAR 13

🗡️ Sable - Kalends of June

"Waylaid again, though this time I can scarcely blame Amber. As I passed through a village, the folk surrounded me and, in anger, demanded why the Round Table allowed so many perils to befall the kingdom..."

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The green knight got ready, feet firm on the ground; leaned his head a little to let the cheek show, and raised the rich riot of his hair so the nape of his neck was naked and exposed. Gawain held the ax high overhead, his left foot set before him on the floor, swung swiftly at the soft flesh so the bit of the blade broke through the bones, crashed through the clear fat and cut it in two, and the brightly burnished edge bit into the earth. The handsome head fell, hit the ground, and rolled forward; they fended it off with their feet. The red blood burst bright from the green body, yet the fellow neither faltered nor fell but stepped strongly out on sturdy thighs, reached roughly right through their legs, grabbed his graceful head and lifted it from the ground, ran to his horse, caught hold of the reins, stepped in the stirrup, strode into the saddle, the head dangling by the hair from his hand, and seated himself as firmly in the saddle as if he were unhurt, though he sat on his horse without a head. He swiveled his bulk about; the ugly stump still bled. They gaped in fear and doubt because of the words he said.

King Arthur didn't want to start Christmas dinner until he had seen a marvel. Well, he got his wish!

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"The story of Culhwch is the earliest of the Arthurian prose tales and may be even earlier, in its first written compilation, than the Four Branches, perhaps dating to around AD 1100. Culhwch ac Olwen is essentially a quest tale or, more accurately, a quest-within-a-quest. The central theme is Culhwch’s search for Olwen, a girl he has never seen. In brief, the story concerns the young nobleman Culhwch, a cousin of Arthur and the son of Cilydd and Goleuddyd." - from Celtic Wales by Miranda Aldhouse-Green and Ray Howell (2017) Photo Llyfr Coch Hergest by Jesus College, Oxford (CC-BY-4.0) #athurian #culhwch #quest #mabinogi #wales #celtic

"The story of Culhwch is the earliest of the Arthurian prose tales and may be even earlier, in its first written compilation, than the Four Branches, perhaps dating to around AD 1100. ..."
- from Celtic Wales
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green and Ray Howell (2017)

#athurian #quest #mabinogi #wales #celtic