Re: [*FSFFU*] Fairy Tale Princesses

From: Pat (mathews@UNM.EDU)
Date: Thu Dec 04 1997 - 11:12:37 PST


On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Michelle Bernard wrote:

>
>
> How about Isolde/Iseult? Does this qualify as "fairy tale?" I would
> say that Isolde the elder (mother) was not evil, perhaps even possitive.
> It is her love potion (that she intended to positively help her
> daughter and her future husband) that causes the problems, but only
> because SOME ONE ELSE mistakenly/carelessly goes against the queen's
> advice and give it to Isolde (younger) and Tristan (instead of Mark).
>
        DO read Diana Paxson's WHITE RAVEN, the story of Isolde's maid
Branwen.>

Patricia (Pat) Mathews
mathews@unm.edu



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