pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel) (01/22/86)
> While mentioning Moreta, has anyone in this group commented on the > fact that the Ballad of Moreta's Ride that is sung in Dragonsinger > (p119) has Moreta, dying of the disease, flying @i(between) with > Orlith, while in the book Moreta and Leri's Holth are lost > @i(between)? I assumed Anne was being realistic in that legends almost never have all the facts straight. -Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (01/25/86)
In article <52@valid.UUCP> pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel) writes: >> While mentioning Moreta, has anyone in this group commented on the >> fact that the Ballad of Moreta's Ride that is sung in Dragonsinger >> (p119) has Moreta, dying of the disease, flying @i(between) with >> Orlith, while in the book Moreta and Leri's Holth are lost >> @i(between)? > >I assumed Anne was being realistic in that legends almost never have all >the facts straight. > I don't think that the "Ballad of Moreta's Ride" would get that distorted. The Harpers are too competent to allow that to happen. It must have either been written on purpose with the incorrect ending, or changed on purpose sometime in the many turns between Moreta and Dragonsinger. [ Of course, it could be that when she decided to write a book about Moreta, she found that the ending in the song was not a good way to end the book, and so changed it. ] Did anyone else notice that there was homosexuality in Moreta not related to horny dragons? If so, do you think it is because 1). society might have been more permissive in Moreta's day, 2.) society is more permissive now, so she felt she could stick it in without getting banned in the South :-), 3.) she wanted a little variety. -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim