‘The Mists of Avalon’, by Marion Zimmer Bradley were the first books I ever read about the Arthurian Legends, after that I developed an uncontrollable passion for the theme and read everything I could possibly lay my hands on the topic. It wasn’t my first love. My first love was the Trojan War and began when I was reading the ‘Firebrand’ by the same author. Then, of course, I developed an immense crush on all the characters of the story. It was so great that I ended up reading the Iliad, and then the Odyssey and everything in between from fact to fiction. Yet, today, folklore friday is about the mystical island of Avalon, where the legendary sword Excalibur was forged and King Arthur was laid to rest. Avalon is often depicted as a separate realm or a hidden land beyond the mortal world, therefore its precise location is an ongoing matter of debate and interpretation, with numerous legends placing it in different locations such as England or Wales. This mystical ...