Jul 28, 2025
The moment of felicity has vanished, but I want my grief to be remembered. Time is a thief, but poetry can defy it.
Marie de France, Chaitivel
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Hong Kong SAR China
seen from Belarus
seen from Netherlands
seen from Canada
seen from Hong Kong SAR China
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from Netherlands
seen from Germany
The moment of felicity has vanished, but I want my grief to be remembered. Time is a thief, but poetry can defy it.
Marie de France, Chaitivel
The premise of every Lay of Marie de France:
1) GUIGEMAR. Acespec icon cursed by dying deer to suffer for love or die. Also featuring magic chastity belt shenanigans
2) EQUITAN: King of France has affair with stewards wife. Couple conspire to murder her husband but end up in hot water after ill-timed sex.
3) LE FRESNE: Do you have to cheat to have twins? Local woman gives birth to twins, regrets spreading rumors.
4) BISCLAVRET: Breton baron insists on three day naked weekend. This is because he is a werewolf.
5) LANVAL: Why does Sir Lanval not want to fuck Queen Guinivere? This clearly deserves the death penalty.
6) THE TWO LOVERS: overprotective/incestuous king demands daughter's suitors perform impossible feats of strength. Intrepid suitor + daughter succeed, but die. Worth it?
7) YONEC: Woman imprisoned by abusive husband has affair with a shapeshifting bird-knight. Don't worry, she checked he was christian first.
8) LAUSTIC: Knight's wife has emotional affair with bachelor neighbor over garden wall. Very Pyramus and Thisbe.
9) MILUN: Welsh knight almost kills long-lost secret son in duel. They make up.
10) CHAITIVEL: Nantes woman can't choose between four knights. She has a solution: polyamory
11) CHEVREFOIL: Tristan and Iseult hook up at a pentecost feast. It's not the first time and it won't be the last.
12) Eliduc is just too charming for his own good. His extremely supportive wife is cool with bigamy and great at necromancy.
Live registratie van een concert van Hanna Marti vanuit de Singelkerk in Utrecht
Lays of Marie de France performed by Hanna Marti
It made no sense but it was true that a man could fall safely in love with any and all women in the land. But refuse a single suitor, and ladies can lose their reputations and risk even more.
Marie de France, Chaitivel
Author: Marie de France (French)
Title: The Lays of Marie de France, “Chaitivel”
First Published: 12th century
Original Language: Anglo-Norman French
Translator: David R. Slavitt
View on Wordpress