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The Mists of Avalon is the epic tale of King Arthur and his knights of the round table told from the perspective of the women throughout Camelot and Avalon. Set back in the dark ages, when
Christianity was beginning to fully emerge, The Mists of Avalon tells the story of how the ways of the
Great Goddess of Avalon were lost to Great Britain, as Arthur renounces his sworn oaths and costs everyone more than they had bargained for.
The story is primarily told from Morgaine. As a child, Morgaine was sent to Avalon to learn the ways of the high priestess and the Great Goddess as is done in the ways of the Druids. As an adult,
Morgaine faces many challenges. Not only is she the sister of the great King Arthur and the mother to his only son, she is …show more content…

After which he will be given a virgin priestess of Avalon from the House of Maidens. It was at then that Gwydion was conceived by
Morgaine and Arthur, sister and brother. It is said in the book,
“ The Goddess receives her consort and she will slay him at again at the end of time, she shall give birth to her Dark Son who will bring the King Stag down...”
This touches on several of Raglans “hero of traditions” where Gwydion is concerned 1)That the hero's mother is a royal virgin, 2) his father is a king, 3) the father is often a near relative of his mothers, and
4) the circumstances of his birth are unusual.
Later Arthur married princess Gwenhwyfer, and by the end he has lost his favor with his subjects of Avalon when he denounces their faith and traditions and makes Great Britain a Christian land only. Lastly his son does not succeed him, nor is his body buried.
When looking at the characters in the story in a mythological approach, it would be easy to use a many number of approaches. The Male/Female Divine archetypes, Carol Pearson’s six archetypes, and even Freud's id, ego and superego. However, due to the complexity of the many …show more content…

Gwydion should be labeled as the Jester. He is not who he first appears to be. He comes to
Arthur’s court pretending to want nothing more that to be knighted and one of Arthur’s Companions, however he has ulterior motives and in the end, kills his father.
The Mists of Avalon use several mythological approaches throughout the story, just the same as it used several approaches in the conveyance of the characters. The Sacred and Profane Spaces as approached by Mircea Eliade, is represented not only in the churches and nunneries throughout Britain, but Avalon itself is considered the sacred island of the Goddess. Sacred places, such as these, gave the people a place where they were able to worship and participate in spiritual transformations in the ways that they saw fit.
Rituals is another approach used in The Mists of Avalon to help set the tone for the myth. As stated before, the ceremony of the King Stag was a ritual frequently participated in by the followers of
Avalon and the old ways. As were the Beltane fires, which ere a fertility celebration that were held in honor of the Great Goddess in hopes that she would bless the crops. King Arthur, himself began

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