I'm currently taking a class titled "The Gawain Poet." We are currently reading parts of Chretien de Troyes Arthurian Romances (Kibler translation), specifically "The Story of the Grail (Perceval)" in preparation for reading "Gawain and the Green Knight." And as I'm reading, right away we get to poor Percy meeting knights for the first time and ( Read more... )

If I ever finish this bloody huge dragon cross-stitch, I'm wondering if I can bastardize part of the pattern (specifically the head) into shades of red and design a "Bedivere" device. Despite always being a purple girl, it only seems apropriate to adopt a red dragon as my heraldic device, since I do take the snarky Welsh git as my patron knight. ( Read more... )