Camelot was a Yurt

From: Stewart Stansfield <stu_stansfield_at_Mj_oOp1c1xqgB3utECBDU2MgKrUwW8tPAqalcBmhqA8Zvy2e-YdqDZztS_0FC>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 09:32:43 +0100


Here are some examples of real-life God Learners in myth-matching action. Such contemporary evidence obviously helps us better understand the nature of the God Learners' secret... which, for a start, is that they:

(i) published in journals of absolutely no relevance to the issue at hand,
and
(ii) ignored any historiographical constraints whatsoever

I was aware of the general course of the Sarmatian Arthur argument, but not these two early papers:

The Sarmatian Connection: New Light on the Origin of Arthurian and Holy Grail Legends
C. Scott Littleton and Ann C. Thomas
The Journal of American Folklore, Volume 91, Issue 359, 1978, 513-527. http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/Deva/Articles/Sarm1.pdf

The Holy Grail, the Cauldron of Annwn, and the Nartyamonga: A Further Note on the Sarmatian Connection
C. Scott Littleton
The Journal of American Folklore, Volume 92, Issue 365, 1979, 326-333. http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/Deva/Articles/Sarm2.pdf

[files about 500kb each]

Irrespective of your thoughts on the veracity of the argument, it's actually a fun theory.

Cheerio,

Stu.

P.S. Sarmatians actually tended to live and travel in wagons, but nevermind.



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