avalon

sigi commented on the word avalon

I like this word verymuch, do not know if this place reallyexisted once in a while apart from fairy tales!

January 25, 2008

treeseed commented on the word avalon

Avalon (probably from the Celtic word abal: apple) is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles featured in the Arthurian legend, famous for its beautiful apples. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae ("The History of the Kings of Britain") as the place where King Arthur is taken to recover from his wounds after his last battle at Camlann, and where his sword Caliburn (Excalibur) was forged. The concept of such an "Isle of the Blessed" has parallels in other Indo-European mythology, in particular Tír na nÓg and the Greek Hesperides, the latter also noted for its apples.

_Wikipedia

January 26, 2008

yarb commented on the word avalon

"We don't feel those locks and chains,

we won't listen to

the lizard part of our brains

giving the orders.

And in the morning we'll be gone:

I'll start the car for Ten Mile Beach,

or maybe Avalon,

across the water."

- The Church, Already Yesterday

February 20, 2008

reesetee commented on the word avalon

Very nice, yarb.

February 20, 2008