Re: Seshnegi ducks ?

From: David Cake <dave_at_iZrH8WPmgryVKHNC3_iNER6eGCnLHv6LRF_2J1cprlnU1im9Rh8oU8ocOsub_8KeYMvN5fZ>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:15:06 +0800


At 10:12 PM +0000 4/11/10, Stewart wrote:
>I am interested in 'foreign' knights in the Seshnegi legends,
>however--or extracultural figures cast in a knightly context. In my
>own stuff I've occasionally used the pagan figures of Sir Laddy
>(Ladaral; Lodril) and Sir Lammy (Lankermy; Lhankor Mhy) in a
>disempowered form, as foreign knights in certain tales or parables.

        In Mallory, every second knight seems to have a servant dwarf. That doesn't really fit with Mostali (unless there are an awful lot of thoroughly heretic Mostali around in the West), but the idea of knights with a duck scuttling after them very much appeals.

	Cheers
		David

           

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