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Whatever you think of the validity of Gardner's claims, there is no doubt that his books can be a fascinating read, and none more so than the third in his series, Realm of the Ring Lords, in which he discovers and explores the Grail and Ring basis of much of European folklore and fairy tales. The Ring--best known from Tolkien and from Wagner's Ring Cycle--is a major focus of Norse and Germanic myth and legend, in the Eddas (especially the Volsunga Saga) and the Nibelungenlied. Gardner extends his search way beyond these stories, bringing in the origins and significance of (amongst others) Robin Hood, Santa Claus, Dracula--and Lorna Doone!
Adding to the interest of Gardner's new revelations about familiar and well-loved folk stories are the illustrations, from some stunning Pre-Raphaelite paintings to the brightly-coloured children's picture-book style of Peter Robson, "Court Painter to the Royal House of Stewart". Like Gardner's earlier books Realm of the Ring Lords is controversial, and will no doubt have many detractors, but folk tales and the world of faery are always worth revisiting, and can bear many reinterpretations. --David V Barrett --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Book Description
The most popular Grail stories relate to Arthurian tales of Guinevere’s golden Ring and the great iron-clad Ring of Camelot-the Knights of the Round Table. When this Ring was broken, the land fell into chaos and the forces of darkness reigned over the earth, starlight, and forest.
Why do we sense deeper truths behind the mysteries of the Ring and the Grail? Why have their common enhancements been distorted and hidden?
The ancient guardians of our culture have never featured positively in academic teachings, for they were the Shining Ones: the real progenitors of our heritage. Instead, their reality was quashed from the earliest days of Inquisitional suppression and the literal diminution of their figures caused a parallel diminishing of their history. In truth, however, the sovereign legacy of our culture comes from a place and time that might just as well be called Middle-earth as by any other name. It lingers beyond the twilight portal in the long distant Realm of the Ring Lords.
