storytelling

[Maureen S. O'Brien]

The romances and lais are wonderful to mine.  (Sir Gowther, the evil
count of Bohemia, finds out he's the son of a devil, repents, and
travels the road as a fool.  Pitied by the Emperor, he is taken in
as a jester, mocked by all but fed (via greyhound) by the Emperor's 
mute and beautiful daughter Constance.  Then, his repentance done,
God sends him armor and horses to fight the Emperor's enemies in 
secret, his departure seen only by Constance.  And just when victory
is won (after 3 days and 3 progressively brighter suits/horses), 
Constance falls from the wall and into a coma! She awakes to reveal
the identity of their rescuer and God's assurance (through a vision
of hers) that even the son of a devil can be saved.) And believe me,
fantasy is there.  But then, there's also straight fiction, urban legends,
etc. And if you like King Arthur, you'll also like Charlemagne (suitable
for those French and German personas, to say nothing of Spanish, English,
Norse...no, really.  Karlamagnussaga is the Malory of Emperor Charles.
But those Saracens are really mostly Saxons....)

Granted, you probably need a university library to get this stuff.
But you may be able to get a lot of stuff in other libraries by
request, and community members can often get cards for cash. 

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Maureen S. O'Brien		We are like the roses ---
ad451 at dayton.wright.edu		We are forced to grow.