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T1 Forcing the Bull into its knees: the Mithraic Strife in Modern Arthuriana
A1 Sanz Mingo, Carlos Alberto
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología clásica
AB Mithraism is one of the most mysterious religions in the World. In fact, it was a mystery, a cult where initiates were supposed to remain silent about it to the profanes. These cults also offered the promise of eternal salvation them. Little is known about Mithras and its cult, and so it remains more than a mystery. We could say almost the same about Arthuriana and some of its most important characters: they are a mystery in History, Folklore and Literature. However, British author Bernard Cornwell has mixed up both mysteries into one in his thrilling and mind-boggling trilogy The Warlord Chronicles, published between 1996 and 1998. This kaleidoscopic trilogy retells Arthur's deeds and mi series from the moment his nephew Mordred is born until his final departure to Camlann, through the eyes of his best friend, Derfel Cadarn, a Mithraist. Derfel shows how Christianity triumphs over the rest of the pagan religions, most of the times with no fair play. The aim of this paper is to show how some of the actions in the trilogy symbolise the death of Paganism, the mystery of Mithras included, and the final triumph of Christianity.
SN 0213-9634
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/10574
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/10574
LA spa
NO Minerva: Revista de filología clásica, 2009, N.22, pags.205-215
DS UVaDOC
RD 23-dic-2024