Monday, 18 November 2019

Ogier And All

Rogue Sword, CHAPTER VIII.

Violante, a woman attracted to Lucas, compares him to:

Lancelot
Amadis
Ogier
"'...Huon of Bordeaux, he who became a lord in France.'" (p. 126)

Ogier is Holger Danske (see image):

hero of Poul Anderson's Three Hearts And Three Lions;

minor character in Anderson's A Midsummer Tempest;

referenced in Anderson's The Devil's Game (see here) and in his "Time Heals" (see here).
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1 comment:

  1. Sean M. Brooks18 November 2019 at 16:15

    Kaor, Paul!

    And I've actually been looking up Holger Danske night, and saw references to his role in Anderson's THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS. I was looking up THE SONG OF ROLAND, also mentioned in ROGUE SWORD, and that led to other heroes of the chansons de geste, such as Holger.

    Ad astra! Sean

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