If she’s a ‘Lady’ she’s an aristocrat, not a commoner.
It makes more sense to think of her as a Queen giving a present to a fellow monarch instead of a smith who happened to come up with a great weapon.
I always figured she was the ruler of the fae who lived in the other dimensional version of England. She wanted peace and harmony in the human realm because conflict would spill over into her possessions.
President Kennedy made a joke that he’d go down in the history books as the man who brought Jackie Kennedy to Paris. We think of the Lady in relation to Arthur because that’s the only reference we have. She had a life long before and long after she met him.
What about if she were a God? Because the Celtic God Brigid’s domain includes smithing
Edit: just realised the post already mentioned Brigid. I didn’t read it properly. But Brigid is really cool — way cooler than the Saint that Christianity superimposed upon Brigid’s feast day
There’s a famous play called ‘Brief Encounter,’ and one of the aspects of it is that the hero borrows a friend’s apartment for the afternoon so he can see his married lover. Director Billy Wilder was intrigued by the idea of someone lending out their home for trysts and wrote ‘The Apartment’ which is considered one of the best movies ever made.
‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’ was one of the most widely read books in British history. There’s a beastly bully in the books, a rogue by the name of Harry Flashman. Flashy gets thrown out of the school for drunkenness. Another writer came along a few decades later and wondered whatever happened to the scoundrel.
You could try the Mists of Avalon, it’s a book about the Arthur legend, magic and all, told from the perspective of the women involved. I enjoyed it, but admittedly I read it decades ago.
It’s maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but might scratch the itch all the same :)
Thanks :) my hunt is specifically for respected female leadership at the center of the narrative. It’s hard to find, especially done very well. I like Joan of Arc stories, for example.
Then you might like mists of Avalon :) it’s about powerful women and their role in common lore, though it’s fiction :) it was written by a woman if that helps, Marion zimmer Bradley (why I remember that is unknown, but I do. I misplaced my copy many many moves ago)
Either way I wish you luck on your hunt! That’s the only thing I know of that might work, sorry I can’t suggest further!
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If she’s a ‘Lady’ she’s an aristocrat, not a commoner.
It makes more sense to think of her as a Queen giving a present to a fellow monarch instead of a smith who happened to come up with a great weapon.
I always figured she was the ruler of the fae who lived in the other dimensional version of England. She wanted peace and harmony in the human realm because conflict would spill over into her possessions.
President Kennedy made a joke that he’d go down in the history books as the man who brought Jackie Kennedy to Paris. We think of the Lady in relation to Arthur because that’s the only reference we have. She had a life long before and long after she met him.
Wales. Arthurian legend was Welsh.
What about if she were a God? Because the Celtic God Brigid’s domain includes smithing
Edit: just realised the post already mentioned Brigid. I didn’t read it properly. But Brigid is really cool — way cooler than the Saint that Christianity superimposed upon Brigid’s feast day
I like this take, and now I want a full film and TV franchise about the Fae Queen.
There’s a famous play called ‘Brief Encounter,’ and one of the aspects of it is that the hero borrows a friend’s apartment for the afternoon so he can see his married lover. Director Billy Wilder was intrigued by the idea of someone lending out their home for trysts and wrote ‘The Apartment’ which is considered one of the best movies ever made.
https://youtu.be/OcslkrBMLGc
‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’ was one of the most widely read books in British history. There’s a beastly bully in the books, a rogue by the name of Harry Flashman. Flashy gets thrown out of the school for drunkenness. Another writer came along a few decades later and wondered whatever happened to the scoundrel.
https://youtu.be/jdJGRKBPhPw
Courage. You might have a shot!
I’m sorry, are these about the Fae Queen? Did you maybe reply to the wrong comment?
They are about minor characters in other books that were reinterpreted to great success. The Flashman novels are great picaresques.
Oh I see, thanks for the explanation. My focus is more on female leadership representation in a medieval setting, less on spinoffs in general.
You could try the Mists of Avalon, it’s a book about the Arthur legend, magic and all, told from the perspective of the women involved. I enjoyed it, but admittedly I read it decades ago.
It’s maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but might scratch the itch all the same :)
Thanks :) my hunt is specifically for respected female leadership at the center of the narrative. It’s hard to find, especially done very well. I like Joan of Arc stories, for example.
Then you might like mists of Avalon :) it’s about powerful women and their role in common lore, though it’s fiction :) it was written by a woman if that helps, Marion zimmer Bradley (why I remember that is unknown, but I do. I misplaced my copy many many moves ago)
Either way I wish you luck on your hunt! That’s the only thing I know of that might work, sorry I can’t suggest further!
Thank you.
I thought it was clear, and apparently you understood.
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