Hello WoodysLadyM,
please believe me this post is not about trying to score points on the origin of Maid Marian and courtly love. I always thought she married Kurt Cobain anyway.
Some years back, David Marcombe, Lecturer in History at Nottingham University gave a talk on Robin Hood at the Nottingham Central Library. It was there that I first met 'Marcus.' David Marcombe's theory is that Robin Hood was none other than Jesus Christ. I asked him if he had ever heard of Merrie Men being a corruption of Mary's men. Guffaws from the audience, not bothered, persisted. Surely if Robin Hood was Jesus, then why no knowledge of Mary's men. No he had not heard of such an idea.
This is an extract from, 'Bloodline of the Holy Grail,' by Laurence Gardener, The Chevalier Labhran de St Germain.
"Merrie England."
'The turbulent medieval times have often been referred to as the age which saw the flowering of 'Merrie England,' a tag that persists despite the hardship of the era. In truth, the description had little to do with the fact that England was merry. The description derives more precisely from Mary Jacob (St Mary the Gypsy) who had come to western Europe with Mary Magdalene in A.D.44. Alongside veneration for the Magdalene, the cult of Mary the Gypsy was widespread in England during the Middle Ages.
St Mary Jacob ( the wife of Cleophas according to John 19:25) was a 1st century priestess, and is sometimes referred to as Mary the Egyptian. Her oath of wedlock was called the 'Merrie' - partly derived from the Egyptian name Mery, which meant beloved.
Mary the Gypsy - sacred harlot and love cultess - was ritually portrayed by the Anglo-Saxons as the 'May Queen', and her dancers, Mary's men still perform their rites under the corrupt name of 'Morris Men,' in English rural festivities. Another reference to Mary's men is found in the rebellious 'Merrie Men,' of the greenwood.
As Maid Marian, her cult is incorporated in the Robin Hood legends, while Mary Magdalene's incarnation appears in the Celtic tradition as the Morrigan (Great Queen of Fate) - Morgan le Faye.'
So it would seem, that our Maid Marian is none other than a distance echo of St Mary the Gypsy.
Regards,
Robert.
please believe me this post is not about trying to score points on the origin of Maid Marian and courtly love. I always thought she married Kurt Cobain anyway.
Some years back, David Marcombe, Lecturer in History at Nottingham University gave a talk on Robin Hood at the Nottingham Central Library. It was there that I first met 'Marcus.' David Marcombe's theory is that Robin Hood was none other than Jesus Christ. I asked him if he had ever heard of Merrie Men being a corruption of Mary's men. Guffaws from the audience, not bothered, persisted. Surely if Robin Hood was Jesus, then why no knowledge of Mary's men. No he had not heard of such an idea.
This is an extract from, 'Bloodline of the Holy Grail,' by Laurence Gardener, The Chevalier Labhran de St Germain.
"Merrie England."
'The turbulent medieval times have often been referred to as the age which saw the flowering of 'Merrie England,' a tag that persists despite the hardship of the era. In truth, the description had little to do with the fact that England was merry. The description derives more precisely from Mary Jacob (St Mary the Gypsy) who had come to western Europe with Mary Magdalene in A.D.44. Alongside veneration for the Magdalene, the cult of Mary the Gypsy was widespread in England during the Middle Ages.
St Mary Jacob ( the wife of Cleophas according to John 19:25) was a 1st century priestess, and is sometimes referred to as Mary the Egyptian. Her oath of wedlock was called the 'Merrie' - partly derived from the Egyptian name Mery, which meant beloved.
Mary the Gypsy - sacred harlot and love cultess - was ritually portrayed by the Anglo-Saxons as the 'May Queen', and her dancers, Mary's men still perform their rites under the corrupt name of 'Morris Men,' in English rural festivities. Another reference to Mary's men is found in the rebellious 'Merrie Men,' of the greenwood.
As Maid Marian, her cult is incorporated in the Robin Hood legends, while Mary Magdalene's incarnation appears in the Celtic tradition as the Morrigan (Great Queen of Fate) - Morgan le Faye.'
So it would seem, that our Maid Marian is none other than a distance echo of St Mary the Gypsy.
Regards,
Robert.
I suppose I could call my local public library and find out. In the
meantime it's time to buy myself a copy of Chambers Dictionary of Etymology. What do you think of the Concise OED for home use? Maybe
both?
