Now the SToRY really begins

The because of that she was sent to be imprisoned in companion of two other women that would help her through she was pregnant in order for the child to born healthy since he isn´t the one that had sin so the baby deserves no punishment. Months later the child was ready to birth, the women helped her to give birth but they were shocked because the child looked like an animal because of the exaggerated amount of hair he had.

The mother of the child called him Merlin. But the bad thing about Merlin was that because of the bad looking no women in town willed to take care of him. The devil had plans for the baby to become a devil just like him, but that plan was messed up when Merlin got baptized. Years later when Merlin was able to walk and eat for himself, it was time that he was separated from his mother.

The time had come and Merlin tried to comfort her mother telling her that he won’t let anything happen to her and that he would save her. Stunned that he can talk at this early years she dropped him. News of this wonder came to public and the judges decided that she was also gone crazy so it was time to execute her once and for all. Merlin just before she was executed jumped and tried to save her mother, all the judges where amazed that he could talk at that age. Amazed of that act they decided that Merlin´s mother execution delayed, but if he can´t prove it he must take the same destiny than her mother.

And the story just began....

Joe, Jimmy. Timeless Myths: Arthurian Legends, 1999.

http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/merlin.html#Grail

Merlin´s Back-story Part 2

The oldest sister then realized what happened to her younger sister and was worried because she knew that she will eventually fell into temptation. Worried about this she sought help from the good priest again. And the priest said that she needed to believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. She must also pray every evening and cross before going to bed.

Two years later the demon sent the women’s younger sister with her lovers to her house. The women tried to get her sinful to leave her home, but she refused. The young woman because upset with her sister’s behavior, and became angry that she forgot the warnings to avoid wrath. Her sister’s lovers started beating her, until she managed to escape.

She fled to her room where angry and frustrated about her sisters behavior collapsed in the bed, until she felt sleep, but she forgot to pray and cross herself. The devil that was very aware of every aspect of the woman saw that she forgot the priests warning and that she sinned by feeling anger. As slept the devil came to her and had raped her while she was asleep having her to conceive a child.

She was afraid of having the same treat as her middle sister and be buried alive. The judge arrived and discovered that she was pregnant; the priest negotiates with the judge that the execution would be postponed until she gave birth to the child

Almost the birth….

Joe, Jimmy. Timeless Myths: Arthurian Legends, 1999.

http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/merlin.html#Grail

Merlin´s Back-story Part1

It had been said that the Holy Grail, the knights and The Round Table have a relationship and a factor that is important to mention is the story of Merlin. So, who is this character? Where did he come from? Answers will be answered through different blog entries:

This tale began with a rich man that had a wife, a son and three daughters, but he was hunted by the devil. This devil first destroyed most of the belongings that distressed this rich man. Then the demon strangled his son in bed, this caused a great impact in the household that the man´s wife hanged herself. Because of this two deaths and the loss of almost everything the man filled ill and died eventually.

For the devil this wasn´t enough so he turned to the man´s three daughters. The middle child was caught committing adultery and because of that she was buried alive. The other two daughters that where left go searching for help from a priest named Blasie. He suspected that the family was chased by a devil so he told the sisters that they should follow the path of God.

Through time the devil sent a woman to lure the younger sister into damnation. This woman advised that is wrong to have a life without men or sex. She was afraid that the same destiny of her sister, committing adultery, so the women told her that to avoid the punishment of law she must sleep with many lovers turning her into a whore so she started sleeping with every man in town.

For the older sister…

Joe, Jimmy. Timeless Myths: Arthurian Legends, 1999.

http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/merlin.html#Grail

Eternal Knights

In the last blog I posted I talked about The Round Table and one of the stories of it power and told a Little bit about the knights that were able to sit in this blessed table.

Today I’m going to make more emphasize on how in the middle ages people get to be a noble knight and fight for the sake of the kingdom in which they lived.

The knight was one of the three types of warriors in the middle ages together with soldiers and archers. Knights where covered with several covers of armor that make them similar to the tanks in present weaponry. No one could stand one to one with a knight in the battlefield.

There were few ways to become a knight. One of the ways was to be a son of a knight or member of the aristocracy that was sent to be trained specially to be a perfect knight. But this training wasn’t only to increase the skills in weaponry handling, but also in their manners such as reading and writing.

Other ways to become a knight was to be in service of one of them at the age of sixteen. The duties that this prospective knight were supposed to do were to clean the armor and the horse of the knight that you are working for and he as an exchange would teach the kid to handle the sword, throw spears and block with a one-handed shield. The recognition of someone as a knight would be presented to all the nobility of the kingdom and to the knight a sword that represents its courage would be given away.

Nowadays in some countries in Europe such as Poland people still make a tribute for this noble knights that fought centuries ago recreating scenes of the life and specially the battles in castles in their countries. Recently in Poland knight’s tournaments were made because of the holidays. They have a tradition to recreate battles every weekend. People have been hurt in the recreation and tournaments, but they see it as a romantic art according to the BBC news (Easton, http://www.bbc.co.uk).

Easton, Adam. Poland’s medieval love affairs for knights. BBC News, 2011:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14378984