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Sword of Chaos and Other Stories is an anthology of sword and planet short stories edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The stories are set in Bradley's fictional world of Darkover . The book was first published by DAW Books in April 1982.
The folk tales featuring the sword of light may be bridal quests, and the hero's would-be bride often becomes the hero's helper. [9] [10] [b]But also typically the story is a sort of quasi-bridal quest, [c] [12] where the hero wins a bride by wager, but then suffers a loss, becoming oath-bound (compelled by geis [d]) to never come home until he has completed the quest for the sword (and other ...
Excalibur as the "sword in the stone" functioning as the proof of Arthur's lineage is an iconic motif featured throughout great most of works dealing with Arthur's youth since its introduction in Robert de Boron's Merlin. [1] The sword given to the young Arthur by the Lady of the Lake in the tradition that began soon afterwards with the Post ...