The White Goddess

Che Monro · 28 Apr 2003, 15:39 · from urth-v0304.mbox · original

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From: Che Monro <flirt at technologist.com>
Subject: (urth) The White Goddess
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:39:33 +1000
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  ...For [the poet] there is no other woman but Cerridwen and he desires=3D=
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one thing above all else in the world: her love. As Blodeuwedd, she will=3D=
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gladly give him her love, but at only one price: his life. She will exact=
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payment punctually and bloodily. Other women, other goddesses, are=3D20
kinder-seeming. They sell their love at a reasonable rate--sometimes a man=
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may even have it for the asking. But not Cerridwen: for with her love goes=
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wisdom.... (Robert Graves)

Startlingly similar to the themes of There Are Doors, of course...

Che

Ch=3DE9 Franz Joseph Monro -- http://www.chemonro.com
che at chemonro.com    --     flirt at technologist.com

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