"For all the male dominance in the Arthurian world, it’s often the women who are calling the shots." -- Similarly, I read Njalssaga a few years ago and was surprised by how often men kill each other in it because women told them to.
Whenever I think about the influence of women behind these male-dominated mythologies, I remember the story where Queen Guinevere's evil twin (also called Guinevere, *sigh*) replaces her sister and bones King Arthur into willful submission. Up until the Grail cycle, knights were truly such pushovers...
"For all the male dominance in the Arthurian world, it’s often the women who are calling the shots." -- Similarly, I read Njalssaga a few years ago and was surprised by how often men kill each other in it because women told them to.
Whenever I think about the influence of women behind these male-dominated mythologies, I remember the story where Queen Guinevere's evil twin (also called Guinevere, *sigh*) replaces her sister and bones King Arthur into willful submission. Up until the Grail cycle, knights were truly such pushovers...