RE: Merlin - elements of the original legends

[William Fielder <WFielder@bn.com>]

Poster: William Fielder <WFielder@bn.com>

Queen Madb is a fairly major character in ancient British mythology.
She is a goddess in earlier myths but eventually she is downgraded to a
Faerie queen.  I haven't ever seen her attached to the Arthurian legends
before, however.

Sionan MacCruimmen

sable, a coney sejant with a bordure argent
(black field, white rabbit, white border)

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> From: 	Heather Swann[SMTP:heather@pop.net]
> Sent: 	Thursday, April 30, 1998 10:44 AM
> To: 	atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: 	Merlin - elements of the original legends
> 
> 
> Poster: Heather Swann <heather@pop.net>
> 
> This has been puzzling me since I saw the second half of the 'Merlin'
> program (I missed part 1):
> 
> Someone has mentioned to me that Queen Mab was associated with
> Morganna
> or Morgan le Fey in the older legends of Arthur and Merlin, but I
> don't
> recall when or where or if she was in those legends at all.  Does
> anyone
> else recall?  This is just one of those nagging questions that tugs at
> your brain until you remember it.  I mention it here because the
> legends
> about it are all Medieval if I recall correctly.....
> 
> Miri
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