It could well be heading for something like this, as there's nothing much Arthurian in what we can puzzle out for the LB -sealing of the Bore, the Horn sounded etc.
Um... the Horn calls Artur Paendrag. Who is basically a direct plagiarization of Arthur Pendragon (or Uthur).
And the sword in the stone (Callandor/Excalibur) will definitely have a major role to play.
Oh, and guess who killed Arther PenDRAGON? Mordred. Or was that Mordeth? Or Ordeith? Foreshadowing much?
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Some more stuff (admittedly from Wikipedia). This is just a small proportion of the references to Arthurian legend but it gives you an idea of just how analogous WoT is to King Arthur.
Morgause - Arthur's half sister, and the mother of Mordred (maybe this actually points to Gawyn (Gawain, half-brother of Mordred) being the one to fulfill Mordred's role and kill Rand?
Gawain also had a half-brother Gareth (Bryne?)
Igraine - The mother of Arthur. Clearly another name-steal by Tigraine. One of her daughters was Elaine.
Guinevere - Egwene Al'Vere (as others have pointed out).
Sir Lancelot du Lac - not unlike Lord Luc, ie Slayer.
Galahad = Galad.
Arthur, like the Dragon, is often said to be one with the land.
Avalon = Tar Valon.
I think it's fair to say that Merlin is Moiraine.
Niviane (Nynaeve) is a huntress who caught Merlin's (Moiraine's) eye. She is a student of Merlin's (Moiraine's) but is turned against him (her) by Merlin's (Moiraine's) desire for her (to become one of the AS). Niviane ends up cursing Merlin so that he sleeps for centuries, not so unlike Moiraine's stay in Finnland.
Finally, the 3 women on the Boat with Rand is a scene from the film Excalibur, which presumably is based on a version of the myth.
Why does Rand have 3 wives?
- 31/08/2010 05:26:04 PM
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- 31/08/2010 07:18:42 PM
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I actually like Aviendha, but I also think her role could be combined or minimized
- 31/08/2010 08:02:52 PM
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I am approaching this from the angle of the overall story and structure
- 31/08/2010 07:32:54 PM
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I think it must have to do with the Arthurian legends.
- 01/09/2010 01:26:31 AM
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Isn't one in some versions actually named Elayne? Also say Egwene al'Vere really fast and you get... *NM*
- 01/09/2010 02:19:38 AM
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There are Elaines in Arthurian legends, yeah, but they're involved with Lancelot more than Arthur.
- 01/09/2010 02:24:56 PM
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Yeah...
- 01/09/2010 02:58:36 AM
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You're right that Moiraine, Nynaeve and Cadsuane would make a better fit.
- 01/09/2010 02:28:04 PM
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Huh?
- 02/09/2010 06:18:08 AM
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I think you misunderstand.
- 02/09/2010 02:44:16 PM
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He does
- 03/09/2010 03:03:17 AM
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Re: He does
- 03/09/2010 12:48:02 PM
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- 04/09/2010 12:16:34 AM
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I think you need another edit to clean up the double-post-within-a-post a bit. Very interesting! *NM*
- 04/09/2010 01:45:45 PM
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Very interesting! *NM*
- 04/09/2010 01:45:45 PM
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Morgan le Fay = Meirin IMO, not Min. *NM*
- 01/09/2010 05:05:25 AM
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Yeah, I meant if I had to pick from those three. Otherwise, there are better candidates. *NM*
- 01/09/2010 02:23:50 PM
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Well, RJ dated two women at once - and they were cool with it - but there's more
- 01/09/2010 02:57:38 AM
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- 01/09/2010 03:22:18 AM
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