N I G H T B R I N G E R . S E

MULE SANS FREIN
Mule without a Bridle

Title figure in a late twelfh-century comic French verse romance by Paien de Maisières. The bridal that the mule was missing was magic, and whoever held it held the rights to a kingdom. One sister had seized the bridle from another, and the disinherited sister brought the bridle-less mule to Arthur’s court, seeking redress. Kay set out on the quest but failed; Gawain was successful in retrieving the object.

Heinrich von dem Türlin adapted the story in Diu Crône, giving the sisters the names Sgoidamur and Amurfina.


veronica@nightbringer.se | Nightbringer.se | ©2012
Contact
    Name:
   
    E-mail:
   
    Comment:
   

    Yes! I want to subscribe to Nightbringer's Newsletter.