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Religious aspects of the Avalon series are discussed in The Spirituality of Avalon: The Religion of the Great Goddess in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon Cycle (2010) by J.S. Morgane, a book-length study of "the religion of the Great Mother as portrayed in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon books.
Sir John George Woodroffe (15 December 1865 – 16 January 1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and other Hindu traditions, stimulated a wide-ranging interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga.
Avalon (/ ˈ æ v ə l ɒ n /) [note 1] is a mythical island featured in the Arthurian legend.It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann.
The Avalon series retells the Matter of Britain from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Through a set of stories that spans several centuries, it tells of how the mystic isle of Avalon was created, its history, life in Britain under Roman authority, and how Avalon and its ancient traditions faded from the world because of a new religion, Christianity.
In Welsh mythology, the Otherworld is usually called Annwn or Annwfn.The Welsh tale of Branwen, daughter of Llyr ends with the survivors of the great battle feasting in the Otherworld, in the presence of the severed head of Bran the Blessed, having forgotten all their suffering and sorrow, and having become unaware of the passage of time. [11]
The Sons of Avalon Saga; Spear (Griffith novel) Spirituality of Avalon; The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; The Sword and the Circle; Sword at Sunset; The Sword in the Stone (novel)
Here is the full list of nominees for the 67th Grammy Awards. This year's list of top nominees include Beyoncé (11), Charli XCX (seven), Billie Eilish (seven), Kendrick Lamar (seven), Post Malone ...
Meaning 'plains of joy', Mag Mell was a hedonistic and pleasurable paradise, usually associated with the sea. Rocabarraigh: A phantom island in Scottish Gaelic mythology. Tech Duinn: A mythological island to the west of Ireland where souls go after death. Tír fo Thuinn: A Celtic Otherworld in Irish mythology, a kingdom under the sea. Tír na nÓg