If they are not worthy the sword kills them. But I want to change it up more than that. No man is able to pull the sword. But a woman stands up-she is already married and has children. She is able to pull it out, but she reruns it saying she is happy with her life. Then another woman is able to release it. A young girl, not yet old enough to wed. She returns it saying that she is looking for more in life than royalty. A third woman pulls it out. An old hag who has many grandchildren and has been widow for many years, She too returns it saying that she has lived a good life and has no need of it. The community then asks what they should do/why they were able to pull it out. The women say give the sword to Arthur-The three women become the triple goddess and guide Arthur.
The Sword Excalibur
I think it would be interesting to write a story on how Excalibur was forged. I think it would be fascinating if a woman made it rather then a typical male blacksmith. She puts her heart and soul into forging it, It is a beautiful sword in its simplicity-no ornate decorations or pomades just a weapon designed for maximum efficiency. When the last blow is struck the lady dies-she is exaliber. Her husband does a similar process to forge the sheath for the sword- both die so that the weapon may live-life sacrifice to ensure its perfection and ablilites. The lady of the lake is the daughter of these two mettle smiths. The sword was forged on the lake-she is a lady of it because that is where she was born-her mother did not stop forging even for her birth.
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| Arthieran Knight by Charles Ernest Butler Wikimeadia Commons |
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