![]() ![]() The story follows Morgaine from a young age, when she witnesses her father’s death and her mother’s marriage to Uther Pendragon, the new High King. In this, Morgaine is simply Arthur’s sister who has been trained as a priestess of Avalon during a time when the old pagan traditions are coming into conflict with the ever-growing Christianity. ![]() The character at the forefront of the story is Morgaine, known as Morgan le Fay, who is often portrayed as a villainous woman in most versions of the Arthurian legends and who helps bring about the ruin of Arthur and his court. It’s nice to have a version of such a classic tale that actually focuses on the female characters. While Arthur and Lancelot are still relatively prominent, all of the other male characters, from the Knights of the Round Table to even Merlin, are relegated to the background. Probably the best thing about The Mists of Avalon is that everything is very much focused on the women of the story. As a child I was enchanted by the mini-series, but now as an adult I have some criticisms for what is meant to be a feminist retelling of the Arthurian legends. I have sadly never read the book, but I did watch the mini-series when I was younger and recently got the opportunity to see it again. The Mists of Avalon started out as a novel that was published in 1983 by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and in 2001 it was adapted into a TNT mini-series. ![]()
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