Avalon code romance mac#

īy comparison, Isidore's description of the Fortunate Isles reads: 'The name of the Isles of the Fortunate signifies that they bear all good things, as if happy and blessed in the abundance of their fruits. There nine sisters rule by a pleasing set of laws those who come to them from our country. The ground of its own accord produces everything instead of merely grass, and people live there a hundred years or more. Of its own accord it produces grain and grapes, and apple trees grow in its woods from the close-clipped grass. His description of Avalon here, which is heavily indebted to the early medieval Spanish scholar Isidore of Seville (being mostly derived from the section on famous islands in Isidore's famous work Etymologiae, XIV.6.8 ' Fortunatae Insulae'), shows the magical nature of the island: The island of apples which men call “The Fortunate Isle” ( Insula Pomorum quae Fortunata uocatur) gets its name from the fact that it produces all things of itself the fields there have no need of the ploughs of the farmers and all cultivation is lacking except what nature provides. Geoffrey's description of the island indicates a sea voyage was needed to get there. Geoffrey dealt with Avalon in more detail in Vita Merlini, in which he describes for the first time in Arthurian legend the enchantress Morgan le Fay as the chief of nine sisters (Moronoe, Mazoe, Gliten, Glitonea, Gliton, Tyronoe, Thiten and Thiton) who live on Avalon. The Historia also states that Avalon is where his sword Caliburn (Excalibur) was forged. Welsh, Cornish and Breton tradition claimed that Arthur had never really died, but would inexorably return to lead his people against their enemies. In Arthurian legend In Geoffrey of MonmouthĪccording to Geoffrey in the Historia and much subsequent literature which he inspired, Avalon is the place where King Arthur is taken after fighting Mordred at the Battle of Camlann to recover from his wounds. All are etymologically related to the Gaulish root *aballo- (as found in the place name Aballo/Aballone, now Avallon in Burgundy or in the Italian surname Avallone) and are derived from a Common Celtic *abal- 'apple', which is related at the Proto-Indo-European level to English apple, Russian яблоко ( jabloko), Latvian abele, et al.

Avalon code romance mac#

It is also possible that the tradition of an 'apple' island among the British was influenced by Irish legends concerning the otherworld island home of Manannán mac Lir and Lugh, Emain Ablach (also the Old Irish poetic name for the Isle of Man), where Ablach means 'Having Apple Trees' – derived from Old Irish aball ('apple')-and is similar to the Middle Welsh name Afallach, which was used to replace the name Avalon in medieval Welsh translations of French and Latin Arthurian tales). In Breton, apple is spelled 'aval'/ 'avaloù' in plural. The name is generally considered to be of Welsh origin (though an Old Cornish or Old Breton origin is also possible), derived from Old Welsh abal, 'apple', or aball, 'apple tree' (in later Middle Welsh spelled aval, avall now Modern Welsh afal, afall). In the later Vita Merlini he called it Insula Pomorum the 'isle of apples'. Geoffrey of Monmouth called it in Latin Insula Avallonis in the Historia. Sky of Avalon – Prologue to the Symphonic Legends.Avalon Theater (Larimore, North Dakota).Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath.