The BBC show 'Merlin' is now back on the T.V. just a few weeks after the first series of Channel 4's 'Camelot' ended. It appears that the west needs it's Arthurian fix every now and again. The important question one must ask is Why? Maybe it rests deep within our psyche..a whispering remembrance that never quite goes away. Rememberence being the key. I am not the only one who recognises that Christianity for the west is a 'desert' religion imposed upon a 'forest' people. I am not anti-christian I hasten to add. We all find our own way to the light. One must also recognise that even the arthurian saga has been christianised. But even myths may shape shift to ensure survival.
And survive the myth has. King? Commander in Chief of the dark age celts? Welsh God with a name change? Whatever or whoever Arthur is to us one can be sure that his memory ( however interpreted) lives on.
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