Sir Able is Tannhauser

On 5/18/06, BlackWilbo at cs.com <BlackWilbo at cs.com> wrote: Surely I can't be the first to notice correspondences between Sir Able and Tannhauser? Have misspelled a search , or something? Black Wilbo _______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net

On 5/19/06, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote: For those of us who aren't big opera fans, can you give us an outline of Tannhauser? On 5/18/06, BlackWilbo at cs.com <BlackWilbo at cs.com> wrote:

Surely I can't be the first to notice correspondences between Sir Able and Tannhauser? Have misspelled a search , or something? Black Wilbo

From the ever-redoubtable Wikipedia: "According to medieval German legend, Tannh?user is a knight and poet who found the Venusburg, the subterranean home of Venus, and spent a year there worshipping the goddess. After leaving the Venusburg, Tannh?user is filled with remorse, and travels to Rome to ask Pope Urban IV if it is possible to be absolved of his sins. Urban replies that forgiveness is as impossible as it would be for his papal staff to blossom. Three days after Tannh?user's departure Urban's staff blooms with flowers;