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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Published in 1983 (and taking place in the same universe as Bradley's two previous novellas, Web of Light and Web of Darkness, nowadays often jointly published as The Fall of Atlantis), The Mists of Avalon is a novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It is notable among the many, many variants in Arthurian legend due to its approach--the story is told not only through the eyes of a woman, but through the eyes of one of the biggest villains in the legends. The narrator for much of the book is Morgaine (Morgan le Fay or Morgan of the Fairies), who tells Arthur's tale (and her own) against the backdrop of approaching war with Rome and the Saxons, as well as religious war as Christianity threatens to destroy Avalon and Goddess worship in Britain. However, a substantial number of chapters are told from the points of view of other women, such as Igraine (the mother of Morgaine and Arthur), Viviane (the high priestess of Avalon, Igraine's sister, and Morgaine and Arthur's aunt), Morgause (the younger sister of Viviane and Igraine, aunt of Morgaine and Arthur, and adoptive mother of Mordred), and Gwenhywfar (a.k.a. Guinevere). |
