![]() ![]() The Mists of Avalon is in stark contrast to most other retellings of the Arthurian tales, which consistently cast Morgan le Fay as a distant, one-dimensional evil sorceress, with little or no explanation given for her antagonism to the Round Table. The epic is focused on the lives of Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar ( Guinevere), Viviane, Morgause, Igraine and other women of the Arthurian legend. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine ( Morgan le Fay), a priestess fighting to save her Celtic religion in a country where Christianity threatens to destroy the pagan way of life. ![]() ![]() The Mists of Avalon is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which the author relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. ![]()
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