(urth) Ormsby, Michael
Dan Rabin
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Sat Jan 15 21:09:59 PST 2005
Perhaps "both of mine" refers to "Arthur" and "Able" rather than
"Arthur" and "Ormsby".
-- Dan Rabin
>
>At the end of _The Knight_ Able (since this is the only name we know
>him by) hears "a wind [soughing] among the treetops, chanting a
>thousand names. Among them, both of mine." But how does Ormsby
>(since Arthur must be the other name) fit in with Walewein, Wace,
>Vortigern, Kyot, Yvain, Gottfried, Eilhart, Palamedes, Duach,
>Tristan, Albrecht, and Caradoc? Is there anywhere in Arthurian
>literature a character named Ormsby? (This seems suggested by the
>pedigree/provenance of the listed names.) And who or what is
>actually chanting these various names? Surely, we're not meant to
>believe it's really the wind--unless it's the susurrus of Parka's
>bowstring.
>
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