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Arthurian Mythia

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Jun 26, 2022

In this episode we interview author, John Matthews and speak to him about his new book, The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table, a book that compiles 32 Arthurian tales with illustrations by John Howe and foreword by Neil Gaiman. We talk to John about what got him into Arthurian myth, and find out how he put together the book.

Links:

The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table - Amazon (US)

The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table - Amazon (UK)

Hallow Quest - John Matthews' website

John Matthews - Goodreads

Our Links:

Our novella, Ap Ector No.1: Cries in the Storm is out on Amazon Kindle.

Tumblr, Twitter, Redbubble Store, Twitch, Discord (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com

Sep 5, 2020

In which Sir Blackwood and Dame Leslie are joined by author, Kieran Higgins, to talk about his second Arthurian book; The Forbidden Sister, the companion novel to The Forgotten Sister.

We also find out more about his new book, The Jealous Brother.

Which did he prefer writing more? How difficult was it aligning the timelines? What is his favourite colour? These are just some of the question we may have possibly asked!

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media
End Theme Monty Python Intermission Song - Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail

Links:

The Forbidden Sister - Good Reads

The Jealous Brother - Good Reads

The Forbidden Sister - Amazon UK, USA

The Jealous Brother - Amazon UK, USA

Kieran Higgins - YouTube, Instagram, Mailing List

Our Links:

Tumblr, Twitter, Redbubble Store, Twitch, YouTube, Discord (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us)

Jan 26, 2018

In which Sir Blackwood and Dame Leslie go hunting and are forced to spend the night at Carlisle Castle with the dread Carl.

If you want to Read This Before please check it out here:
http://www.eleusinianm.co.uk/olde-bokes/blue-book-of-wellow/pdf/sir-gawain-carle-of-carlisle.pdf
**If you are sensitive about women being treated like property please take a pass.

http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/hahn-sir-gawain-sir-gawain-and-the-carle-of-carlisle-introduction
http://www.nightbringer.se/a_baldwin.html
http://www.nightbringer.se/a_carlisle.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vow


Sound Effects:
That was a Bit Anticlimactic - Gumball

Music:
Opening Music from Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea. Downloaded from http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Tea/_/Heart+of+Medieval
y'all Come back Now - The Beverly Hillbillies

Our Sir Gawain Shirt for Gawain Month:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/alterundying/works/29332207-gawain-month-grey?asc=u
https://www.redbubble.com/people/Alterundying/shop?asc=u

Apr 6, 2017

In which despite tragedy and illness Dame Leslie and Sir Blackwood venture forward to look at the Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell.

Internet Links
Emily Cheeseman's Kickstarter
 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emilycheeseman/gawain-and-the-green-knight
 Sacred Text The Marriage of Sir Gawain
 http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/arthur/art132.htm

 Books and Reference:
 The Knightly Tales of Sir Gawain by Louis B. Hall
 The Arthurian Encyclopaedia by Norris J. Lacy
 
 Music
Opening Music from Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea. Downloaded from http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Tea/_/Heart+of+Medieval
 End Theme Monty Python Intermission Song - Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail

Dec 13, 2016

In which Sir Kieran and Dame Leslie venture forward to face Morgan leFay and the even more dangerous villain, Sir the Boss' ego.

"Craic" is a pseudo-Irish word used to describe...virtually anything you want to. Fun, jokes, a pleasant atmosphere, a situation or in fact in can also be used to describe something sad or horrible ("bad craic"). It can also be used to enquire about someone's health and wellbeing "what's the craic?" or be used in the place of any verb or noun you're too lazy to think of. Sir Kieran overuses it, so just insert whatever noun or verb floats your boat.

Books:

Signet Classic A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court with  Afterward by Edmund Reiss

Book on Tape and Image Source

https://librivox.org/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-by-mark-twain-2/

Music:

Opening Music Monty Python Intermission Song - Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail
End Theme Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea. Downloaded from http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Tea/_/Heart+of+Medieval

Original Mission Impossible Theme - Lalo Schifrin

Sound Effects:

Much Rejoicing - Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail

Nov 25, 2016

In which Sir Blackwood abandons Dame Leslie to review the LibriVox recording of a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, however, she is joined by a Mystery Knight.

Books:

Signet Classic A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court with  Afterward by Edmund Reiss

Book on Tape and Image Source

https://librivox.org/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-by-mark-twain-2/

Correction I thought Medieval Lives Said at least one kid from each Family was sent to learn Latin I may have been incorrect.
Information on Peasants - BBC Medieval Lives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3YDN5gTX0


And by Tour I mean Procession.

Research Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagramore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_In_King_Arthur%27s_Court

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillory

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/roman-slaves/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_British_Isles#Before_1066
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=cio#2628
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151228-vikings-slaves-thralls-norse-scandinavia-archaeology/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maredudd_ab_Owain

Music:

Opening Music from Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea. Downloaded from http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Tea/_/Heart+of+Medieval
End Theme Monty Python Intermission Song - Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail

Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News

Sound Effects:

Timey Wimey - Dr. Who

Skype Sounds -Skype

Inception Horn - The Alpha https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQiXViZUfxxZD7LlHGjRQYQ

Oh My! - George Takei

 

Jul 27, 2016

In Which Dame Leslie & Sir Blackwood read Gawain and the Green Knight, and talk a lot about how much better it is than the Morte de Arthur.

Book Credits
The New Arthurian Encyclopedia - Norris J. Lacy (ed)
Arthur Dies at the End http://www.jeffwik.com/le-morte-darthur-index/

Websites
LibriVox Recording https://librivox.org/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-neilson-version/
Archive.org Text https://archive.org/stream/sirgawainthegree00neiluoft/sirgawainthegree00neiluoft_djvu.txt
Spark Notes http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gawain/context.html
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
Night Bringer http://www.nightbringer.se/a_gawaine.html
Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives - S1 Ep 3 - The Damsel  - https://youtu.be/wL5CviNAhnk

Credits
Boom is from http://www.freesfx.co.uk/
Dun Dun DUH http://www.orangefreesounds.com/dun-dun-dun-sound-effect-brass/
Counting Joke - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
End Music - taken from Monty Python’ and the Search for the Holy Grail
Opening Music from Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea. Downloaded from http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Tea/_/Heart+of+Medieval

Jul 24, 2016

In which Sir Blackwood and Dame Leslie do a real review spoiler free and interview the author of the Forgotten Sister, Kieran Higgins. Enjoy our special bonus episode.

Corrections: Dame Leslie completely brain farted Arthur only has half sisters, she blames her Pendragon game where they are full sisters and BBC's Merlin to a lesser extent.

@fuckyeaharthuriana 's E-mail Interview

Kieran's Websites and Links.

Kieran's Official Webpage

Kieran's Instagram

Kieran Higgins on Tumblr

Kieran on Twitter

Kieran on Good Reads

The Forgotten Sister on Amazon

American Amazon

Arthurian Mythia's Links

Mythia Tumblr

Music and Sound Effects

End Music - taken from Monty Python' and the Search for the Holy Grail
Opening Music from Heart of Medieval by Butterfly Tea. Downloaded from http://www.last.fm/music/Butterfly+Tea/_/Heart+of+Medieval

Wha Wha Sound Effect Taken from You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtmI--F8Zmo


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