The White Goddess

...For [the poet] there is no other woman but Cerridwen and he desires one thing above all else in the world: her love. As Blodeuwedd, she will gladly give him her love, but at only one price: his life. She will exact payment punctually and bloodily. Other women, other goddesses, are kinder-seeming. They sell their love at a reasonable rate--sometimes a man may even have it for the asking. But not Cerridwen: for with her love goes wisdom.... (Robert Graves) Startlingly similar to the themes of There Are Doors, of course... Che Ché Franz Joseph Monro -- http://www.chemonro.com che at chemonro.com -- flirt at technologist.com