Archetypes in King Arthur's Legends

[h***@gmail.com]

Hello, I have a question. Who would be the trickster in the legends of

King Arthur - would it be Merlin? Also, who would be the shapeshifter
and a threshold? I think Mordred would be a shapeshifer, and I don't
know what/who would be a threshold. Thanks for your help :-) .

[PAUL GADZIKOWSKI]

***@gmail.com wrote:
: Hello, I have a question. Who would be the trickster in the legends of
: King Arthur - would it be Merlin? Also, who would be the shapeshifter
: and a threshold? I think Mordred would be a shapeshifer, and I don't
: know what/who would be a threshold. Thanks for your help :-) .

Merlin is demonstrably a shapeshifter, as shown in the stag hunt scene
when he teases Arthur for not knowing who his mother is. That's pretty
tricksterish too, innit?


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[Heather Rose Jones]

Post by h***@gmail.com
Hello, I have a question. Who would be the trickster in the legends of
King Arthur - would it be Merlin? Also, who would be the shapeshifter
and a threshold? I think Mordred would be a shapeshifer, and I don't
know what/who would be a threshold. Thanks for your help :-) .

I doubt that archetypes work in quite such a Chinese menu
fashion (one from column A, one from column B, etc.). I
suppose if you work hard enough, you could shoehorn
characters into all the available archetypes, but what would
be the point?

Heather

[Duggy]

Post by h***@gmail.com
Hello, I have a question. Who would be the trickster in the legends of
King Arthur - would it be Merlin? Also, who would be the shapeshifter
and a threshold? I think Mordred would be a shapeshifer, and I don't
know what/who would be a threshold. Thanks for your help :-) .

Those sort of archetypes work better for single stories rather than applied to a varied group of stories. Even something like Malory would be difficult to apply them to for this reason.

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