You would almost think that because of the superstitious nature of early Christians, that anyone with the kind of power over animals that these saints have, that they would be accused of witchcraft. Well, maybe if they were using the animals to kill people or to steal, instead of getting those animals to stop killing and stealing.
Saint Athracta’s Stags was a ballad I thoroughly enjoyed. There were just so many different things I could focus on. Two old chargers plowing a tiny field is wonderful to try to imagine. (But what happened to their previous owners? Was it common practice for knights to just get rid of old horses who had been with them in war? Seems a bit callous.)
The stags coming along to help pull the lumber is another awesome picture (I tried to find a picture of deer pulling a cart and couldn’t find anything that wasn’t Christmas related; there were some interesting ones featuring elk, moose, bison, and dogs). But I can’t really see Bambi’s dad subjecting himself to hard labor outside of running away from a forest fire. He’s too majestic.
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| So much majesty. [x] |
Nearly as majestic as Thorin Oakenshield of The Hobbit, portrayed by Richard Armitage in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of the same name.
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| Majestic Thorin is majestic. [x] |
The other story I loved was The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe – which may be the one I do for my storytelling post, but I’m not sure. I may take it and see if I can put a twist to it, set it against the backdrop of Assassin’s Creed or perhaps The Hobbit. It would be interesting to see the story from the wolf's point of view and I think it would be a fun challenge to take that story and set it in a different universe.
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