Hospitality Pic: explore-parliament

This is the second part in our new series of animated stories of King Arthur based on artwork found around the Houses of Parliament, courtesy of a wonderful Virtual Tour found at explore-parliament.net. This story, which is based on a piece called “Hospitality“, takes place just before the Quest for the Holy Grail in Malory’s Morte D’Arthur and is about how King Arthur and his court generously offer hospitality to Sir Tristram.

There is a short, descriptive movie you cam watch on the explore-parliament site. The whole story can be read there also.

Sir Tristram, after many adventures, was brought to the court of King Arthur. The scene that followed is used here to represent the chivalric virtue of Hospitality.

‘Then King Arthur took Sir Tristram by the hand and went to the Table Round. Then came Queen Guenever and many ladies with her, and all the ladies said at one voice: ‘Welcome, Sir Tristram.’
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‘Welcome,’ said Arthur, ‘for one of the best knights and the gentlest of the world, the man of most worship, ye are welcome to this court.’
- Malory

This fresco, entitled Hospitality, is the largest of the five which William Dyce planned for this room. It was unfinished at the artist’s death in 1864, and was finished by C W Cope. The chivalrous knight, Sir Tristram, stands on the steps before the King, who raises his sword in welcome.

Behind Sir Tristram, the mounted figures of Sir Launcelot, who had just fought Tristram unknowingly, and Sir Gawaine and Sir Gaheris, whom Launcelot and Tristram had met as they returned to Camelot. The ladies of the court raise their hands and their voices in greeting, and a harper and two small boys make music. Behind King Arthur you can just see the edge of the Round Table, with knights standing to applaud. In a moment the King was to walk around it, looking for a seat to award to Sir Tristram.

Dyce’s original design for this, the largest of the wall compartments in the Queen’s Robing Room was for ‘Piety: The Departure of the Knights of the Round Table on the Quest for the Holy Grail.’ The original watercolour survives. It was not accepted by the Fine Arts Commission.

More detailed images and information on Dyce and the frescoes can be found on the original page at explore-parliament.net.

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Nicol Williamson Pic: Aintitcool

It is with incredible sadness yesterday that we heard that the great Nicol Williamson, multi-talented actor and musician, whose portrayal of Merlin in the genre-breaking Excalibur broke the mould for many of us, had passed away. His Merlin’s wisdom, link to the earth energies and intense, and spark-filled relationship with Helen Mirren as Morgana added a whole new dimension to our perception of the Merlin archetype. As an actor, he has always remained as one of what my family considers, The Classics – those actors whose work is always powerful and innovative.

Every film I’ve seen him in, from Robin and Marian (as Little John), his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the 7% Solution to Father Morning in Exorcist III. I’m still looking forward to finding Wind in the Willows with him portraying Badger and his role as Cagliostro in Spawn (1997) has been memorable. We are thinking of his family in this hour of their grief and of Luke, in particular, who maintained his father’s website and has told us of Nicol’s sad passing and hidden fight with Cancer. Having fought some of that fight myself, I feel particularly empathy for him in his struggles.

Nicol now walks with his ancestors and we pray for his peace, but mostly for the peace and love that those who are left behind sadly need. Our love and admiration goes with him.

His Son, Luke’s, Statement

It’s with great sadness, and yet with a heart full of pride and love for a man who was a tremendous father, friend, actor, poet, writer and singer, that I must bring news of Nicol’s passing. Dad died peacefully in the early hours of the 16th of December after a two year all out, balls to the wall struggle against esophageal cancer. He gave it all he had: never gave up, never complained, maintained his wicked sense of humor to the end. His last words were ‘I love you’. I was with him, he was not alone, he was not in pain.

He leaves behind him an immense body of work: movies, stage performances, music, book narration, poetry and prose. When you saw “Jack, A Night On The Town With John Barrymore” you realised as he sang Nessun Dorma that this man could have been anything, done anything, and been one of the best. The mould is broken, we will never see his like again in the world.

He was the most honest, funny and intelligent man I have ever had the pleasure of knowing; he was my father and words cannot adequately express how proud I am of him. Before he died Nicol was able to finish the CD he had been working on, albeit slightly shorter than it might have been. In the coming month i hope to have it up here on his website.

If anyone would like to express their love or appreciation of Nicol, I would ask them to make a donation in his name -however small- to a charity for children suffering from cancer or other life threatening illnesses.

Nicol was a very private man, he didn’t want people to know that he was ill, he was hoping very much to come out the other side of his battle with “Seamus the Squamous” and bring some awareness to the plight of children suffering from the horrors of cancer in all its various forms.

Dad will live in the memory of all those who knew him, all those who were affected by a performance of his they saw, and all those he made laugh until they couldn’t breathe.

Read about his life and work on his website at nicolwilliamson.com and, if you can, make that donation to such a worthy cause.

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The Book of Taliesin is attributed to the 6th C. poet Taliesin and preserves a few hymns, a small collection of elegies and also enigmatic poems such as The Battle of Trees and The Spoils of Annwfn, in which the poet claims to have sailed to another world with King Arthur and his warriors.

The Battle of the Trees in Machinima

I have set Taliesin’s Battle Of The Trees within two other pieces of writing,  firstly Tacitus’ report of the Roman invasion of the Druid island of Anglesey, followed by another poem by Taliesin which had been mixed in with The Battle of The Trees in a method of concealment to hide the poems meaning from those without understanding.

For the written poem and more details about its meaning, please see my Blog; ( http://celestialelfdanceoflife.blogspot.com/2011/07/battle-of-trees.html )

The Power of Names

The Battle of the Trees poem itself famously details the legendary Gwydion’s account of the trees of the forest which he enchanted to fight as his army against Arawn. Within the ranks of Arawn’s forces were a number of mighty warriors, and one of these was invincible as long as his name remained a secret. Gwydion the enchanter rightly guessed the secret name and won the battle saying these words:

Sure-hoofed my spurred horse,
On your shield Alder sprigs,
Bran is your name, Bran of the branches.

Sure-hoofed my horse of war,
On your hand are sprigs of Alder,
Bran you are, by the branch you bear.

However as Robert Graves explores in his book ‘The White Goddess’ the poem is particularly notable for its striking and enigmatic symbolism and the wide variety of interpretations this has occasioned.  Graves suggests that the trees in this poem correspond to the ancient Ogham alphabet, in which each alphabetic character represents a specific musical note, seasonal cycle, mythological tale and deity.

Graves thus argued that the original poet had concealed Druidic secrets about an older matriarchal Celtic religion for fear of censure from Christian authorities, that Arawn and Bran were names for the same underworld god and that the battle was probably not physical but rather a struggle of wits and scholarship: Gwydion’s forces could only be defeated if the name of his companion, Lady Achren (“Trees”), was guessed, and Arawn’s host only if Bran’s name was guessed.

Details of the Cast and Crew of the Machinema

Cast;
As Taliesin and The Bagpipes, Celestial Elf.
As Witches: Brooke Baran, Minxy Kimono, Sienna Panthar, Wicked2712 Bearsfoot,
As Druids: Mikee Martian, Obizoth, Yichard Muni,
As Celtic Warriors: Azzaro, Donjulio Siamendes, Scheer Eberhatz.
All Also doubled as Tree Avatars.

Grateful Thanks to Taliesin the Bardic Poet, and to Robert Graves for his inestimable research,
to Tacitus for recording Cornelius Tacitus historical account of the Roman attack on Angelsey, Tacitus Annals XIV,
( http://www.roman-britain.org/places/mona.htm )

Also to Freesound.org/
for use of their music and audio samples from which I created the soundtrack
Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1 License
( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/ )

Many thanks to ;
Sliver Gray for providing Dryad Avatars, Auburn, Sapling, Nelroth and Auranox,
Lazrith Fardel for providing Alder and Dark Treant avatars,

Other props include;
Bagpipe Bird Avatar by Nowhere Phobos,
The Ent by Papadopoulus Barzane,
Piscium Navis Houseboat by Marcus Parrott.

Filmed at;
Gaia, co Enchantress Sao,
Ruins Falls, co Sliver Gray,
Tir Na nOg at Mystica co FreeSky Republic

Filmed on SecondLife via Phoenix 1.5.2.908,
On Windows XP using Fraps and Serif MoviePlus X3.
Casting Coordinator Sienna Panthar,
Conceived, Directed and Produced by Celestial Elf 2011

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BBC News reports that a Devon author who took more than 20 years to complete a book has won the UK’s oldest children’s book award. Philip Reeve was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Here Lies Arthur, an adventure story for teenagers. The legendary figure of King Arthur is presented in Reeve’s tale as a war-mongering, self-interested “thug”.

The 42-year-old writer, who lives on Dartmoor, said to win such a highly regarded award was “startling” and “very nice indeed”. Continue Reading »

Originally posted 2008-06-28 09:54:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Felix in his wonderful Gaming Blog, tells us that straight after the final episode of Doctor Who the BBC ran a (very) short trailer which basically consisted of the following screen. He also found two Guardian news artciles that reveal some interesting facts.

Continue Reading »

Originally posted 2008-07-07 17:45:57. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The King’s Knot in Stirling Castle Pic: roger4336

The Telegraph reports that archaeologists searching for King Arthur’s round table have found a “circular feature” beneath the historic King’s Knot in Stirling.  The King’s Knot, a geometrical earthwork in the former royal gardens below Stirling Castle, has been shrouded in mystery for hundreds of years.   Though the Knot as it appears today dates from the 1620s, its flat-topped central mound is thought to be much older.

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Site member and author William Russeth has received a super review for his book The Fires of Belenus, a romantic tale, that tantalizes readers with rational portrayals of mythical events found in the CuChulainn and Arthurian legends. We are really looking forward to reading this book. William has asked If anyone, by chance, does read the book, I would really be interested to hear if they think I was true to my claim of representing the ancient Celts accurately. William can be contacted through http://mysite.verizon.net/resr5omo/whrhomepage/ or you can leave a message for him on our forums.

Review from Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction.
Title: Fires of Belenus 4/10/08
Author: William H Russeth
Genre: Historical Adventure/Romance
Length: 377 Pages
Publisher: Wings ePress (Dec 2007)

In Fires of Belenus, William H. Russeth pens an adventurous tale smartly written. You will shiver in the presence of Druids, cower before merciless warriors, and hope in the true spirit of one young man named Eoan. With a little romance to soften this ancient Celtic world, Mr. Russeth weaves a story that is not only entertaining, but surprising in its revealing and intriguing conclusion. I do so want to tell you the ending, but I must refrain. All I can say, is, read the book! You won’t be disappointed.

Reviewed by Lynda Coker, Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction

For more information and excerpts visit the website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/resr5omo/whrhomepage/

William Russeth

Author of “Fires of Belenus” Wings-Press: www.wings-press.com

Originally posted 2008-05-09 10:22:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

King Arthur’s Stone Pic: Go This Place

The Cornish Guardian  in This is Cornwall reports that in July 2011, the Arthurian Centre at Slaughterbridge (Home of King Arthur’s Stone) near Camelford was holding two Living History Weekends on July 23 and 24 and August 13 and 14. The programme included dark age battle re-enactments, archery competitions, falconry display, demonstrations, storytelling and music.There was refreshment stalls and a beer tent.   You can visit the Arthurian Centre website and find out more details about the work they do.

The Arthurian Centre

The centre is located at Slaughterbridge near the medieval market town of Camelford (considered by some to be the site of Camelot) in North Cornwall, and set in 20 acres surrounding ‘King Arthur’s Stone’. Both the inscribed stone and battle are both dated by earliest stories to AD 540.

Visitors can walk through the fields where King Arthur and Mordred met for their last battle.

Read about the legends and the history in our exhibition room, watch a video presentation on the site and legends. There is something for everyone including brass rubbing, children’s quiz, a nature trail; gift shop and, for our smaller visitors, a play castle.

The Festival of British Archaeology

As part of the Festival of British Archaeology the centre hosted an archaeological dig until July 31. Students and tutors from Winchester University will continue to excavate a 13th-century abandoned village site as well as other interesting ‘targets’. Members of the public are welcome to visit and even join in (full training can be offered at extra cost).

The Arthurian Centre is dedicated to the history and legends of King Arthur. Slaughterbridge is the site of the last battle between Arthur and Mordred’s armies, the Battle of Camlann.

An inscribed memorial stone from the 6th-century marks the site of this event. Beautiful walks past the 12th-century excavation site lead to the stone and the recently discovered 18th-century garden created by Lady Falmouth.

The centre contains an extensive exhibition explaining the development of the Arthurian stories alongside Cornish history from the Bronze Age to the present era. The exhibition now also contains some original armour from the 1981 John Boorman film, Excalibur.

Battle re-enactments, archery, falconry display and demonstrations.

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King Arthurs poems written and narrated by King Arthur Pendragon.

King Arthur Pendragon

King Arthur Pendragon, crowned ‘Raised Druid King of Britain’ on 3 January 1998 on the ancient Coronation Stone by representatives from 5 Druid Orders, is also the Titular Head and Chosen Chief of The Loyal Arthurian Warband, a Pagan Priest, and Druid Swordbearer with an unshakeable belief in the Divine and his place in this system and most widely known for his role as an environmentalist, and Eco-warrior.

His battles with the British Government (in the form of English Heritage) and campaigns for the right of everybody to enter Stonehenge at the Solstices have earned him great respect among many. King Arthur has also written of his experiences in The Trials of Arthur: The Life and Times of a Modern-Day King (http://thebighand.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/the-trials-of-arthur-now-back-in-p… )

Arthur Pendragon Pic: Warband.org

Druid members of LAW may be found at Avebury on the nearest Saturday to celebrations of the eight-fold wheel, in London on Primrose Hill on the nearest Sunday to each Solstice and Equinox and at Stonehenge on the dawn of the Solstices and Equinoxes, performing public Ritual and Ceremony (English Heritage & Wiltshire Constabulary permitting). The Loyal Arthurian Warband is a vast network of people working together throughout the world towards a vision of Truth, Honour & Justice ( http://www.warband.org.uk/ ).

The Summer Solstice

The ancient Summer Solstice festivals are still widely celebrated in Britain, Cornwall, Ireland and parts of Northern Europe.
In the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice is when the sun reaches it farthest point north of the Celestial Equator. This day has the greatest amount of time between sunrise and sunset making it the longest day and shortest night of the year and falls around June 21st every year. In the southern hemisphere, the winter and summer solstices are reversed.

The Midsummer Solstice, also referred to by Neopagans as Litha, signifies the turning point of the Summer Season in the cycle of the year.
The Goddess is now at her most fertile as the seed planted earlier in her womb grows with the sun. Handfasting ceremonies and weddings at this time demonstrate enduring ties with the Druids’ celebration of this day as the ‘wedding of Heaven and Earth’ resulting in the belief of a ‘lucky wedding in June’.
The Sun King is also at His strongest now, bringing the promise of a great harvest which ensures the continuity of life in the face of the oncoming darkness of winter.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge has been used over 5000 years as a temple, burial ground, a place of gathering, for magic, for ritual, and as an observatory. Built between 3200 BC and 1600 BC, Stonehenge lies 9miles north of Salisbury Hill in Wiltshire and is the world’s earliest earthwork to contain specific lunar and solar alignments, composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. That the Summer Solstice Sun rose close to the Heel Stone, and the Sun’s first rays shone into the centre of the monument portrays the particular importance placed by its builders on the Solstice and Equinox points of the year.

Magical Stonehenge Pic: LuluP

Many spiritual beliefs still center on Stonehege, considering the location a cross roads of power and central hub of influentual ley lines alive with earth energy.

King Arthurs poems written and narrated by King Arthur Pendragon,
As King Arthur, Celestial Elf, member of the Druids of the Second Realm
(a seedgroup formed by members of the RL Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids:
http://www.druidry.org/ )
The Two Knights; Sethos Lionheart, Yichard Muni,
Druids; Yichard Muni, LaPiscean Liberty, Pesadilla Dionysus,
Druid Priestesess; Gilfalma Ashbourne, Dea Theas,
Cristian Monk; Patx Piaggio,
Hippies; Hotsprings Hawker, Josetta Peapod,
FAElf, Paix Chambers,
Pagans; Shaman Lightstone,

Grateful thanks to Laufey for providing authentic period Cauldron.
And to Mikki Miles for allowing use of Carnyx.

Filmed on location at;
Misty Mountains co Tymus Tenck
Gaia Rising/Anam Turnas co Enchatress Sao
Stonehenge c1500BC at Woods of Whimsy co The James Madison University, SecondLife (http://www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/SecondLife.shtml )
Gaia Rising/Anam Turnas co Enchatress Sao

Royalty Free Music via Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com;
( http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ )
Licensed under Creative Commons;
( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ )
Scissors, Numinous Shine, Calls from The Winter Ether, Earth Prelude, Enchanted Journey,

Also sound samples from freesound ( http://www.freesound.org/ )

Filmed on SecondLife via Snowglobe 1.4.2.
Made using Frapps, Serif MoviePlus X3 on Windows XP.
Conceived, Directed and Produced by Celestial Elf 2011.

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Alan Garner Pic: Warwick Uni.

The University of Warwick has issued the following press release on the 21st January this year. It commemorates the astounding work that famed children’s author Alan Garner has done to promote the joys of mythology and literature to a younger generation (my opinion). The University of Warwick has awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to acclaimed Cheshire author Alan Garner. He received his honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at a degree ceremony on Thursday, 20 January 2011. The degree has formed part of a year of celebrations for Alan Garner as October 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of his first published novel The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. The book has never been out of print and has been enjoyed by several generations of children.

One of his many books is the novel Red Shift (1973) which plays on the astronomical term Red Shift as well as being a play on words that can describe a form a of clothing – a red shift or red petticoat. During his acceptance speech he particularly thanked the University for providing him with the new Red Doctoral robes which he called “His very own Red Shift”. Just before receiving his degree he also gave a podcast interview on his work.

Alan Garner is a prize winning author whose novels are not only firmly established as classics of English literature but are also loved and treasured by both children and adults. His family roots are in Cheshire where he was born, and the area around Alderley Edge where he lives now, and that area has greatly influenced his writing. Many of his works, including The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, and more recently Thursbitch draw on the legends and geography of Alderley Edge.

His inspiration has come from Alderley Edge’s history, mythology and archaeology and from his own local explorations. He is particularly interested in the language of the area (which he describes as ‘North-West Mercian Middle English’) and has tried to reproduce its cadences in modern English.

His first three books - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath and Elidor – were fantasy, and marketed for children. However he has also written acclaimed novels that are aimed at adults such as Thursbitch (2003).

His fourth book, The Owl Service (1968), was also aimed at children. It won both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal and established him as one of the UK’s leading writers.

The Owl Service was also made into an 8 episode TV series. It was produced in 1969 and televised in the winter of 1969-1970 and  Alan Garner himself wrote the scripts. It was the first fully-scripted colour production by Granada Television and was filmed almost entirely on location in Wales. It remains one of the most haunting children’s TV series ever made. An audio dramatisation of The Owl Service was also produced and transmitted by BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Many of his other works have been adapted for television and in 1981 he himself made a film, Image and Landscape, which won first prize at the Chicago International Film Festival.

His other novels include Strandloper (1996) and Thursbitch (2003); he has also written collections of short stories – The Stone Book received the Phoenix Award from the Children’s Literature Association (USA) in 1996 – and The Voice That Thunders, a collection of essays and lectures published in 1997. In 2001, Alan Garner was awarded the OBE for services to children’s literature.

More useful links to interviews with Alan Garner etc:

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/may/17/whyiwrite.booksforchildrenandteenagers1
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/feb/26/alan-garner-weirdstone-brisingamen
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2010/oct/08/alan-garner
• http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=301266
• http://www.weirdstone.org.uk/

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