The series is called "Cursed" which likely is to draw in more ignorant young watchers under about 20 years of age more than anything else who might like mayhem at that age.
But, for those of us who are Mystical Christian Celtic Fey in heritage like my mother and Grandmother and I it is a really awful name. What happened was that historically the monks of the Pope and the People who are ancient Druids like Merlin and Morgana and Nimue (I think Nimue is either pronounced "Nim Way" or something like that but I'm not sure how those who actually speak ancient Gaelic in Wales and Scotland and Ireland would say that name.
But, Merlin and the Arthurian legends takes a very different course in this series which is more about Nimue who is Merlin's daughter and strangely enough Excalibur in this series is called: "The Devil's tooth by many and called "The Sword of the ancient Kings".
When I first started watching this I hated it for a variety of reasons. But then by the 3rd episode the series had won me over despite the really terrible name they chose for this.
However, when I think about selling this series would people actually have flocked to it if they had named the series Nimue which most people don't even know that name because I think she is supposed to die and become the lady of the Lake who gives the sword to Arthur I believe if I'm not mistaken in the ancient Arthurian Legends.
If you are interested in all this in real life go to Glastonbury, England and climb the Glastonbury Tor which is the top of the Isle of Avalon of those times which was in the middle of a lake now dried up from those times (climate change). Also, in the town of Glastonbury there is the Glastonbury Abbey where Arthur and Guinnevere were buried supposedly which is pretty interesting too!
So, if you love the Arthurian and Merlin legends like I do (Merlin was as a younger man I believe Padmasambhava who took Buddhism from Nalanda Buddhist University in India as a Mahasiddha to Tibet to Lhasa to King Trisondetson.
No comments:
Post a Comment