THE KNIGHT ERRANT is the hero of a romance of chivalry, a genre of literature with deeper origins, but which became wildly popular in sixteenth-century Spanish kingdoms. Both Teresa of Ávila and Ignatius of Loyola confessed to youthful fascination with these serial adventures; their accounts fairly begged to fuse with other readings, those telling of holy wanderings, saintly deeds, and spiritual journeys. Not unlike the filmic sequels and spin-off series that captivate people today, the early modern knights errant begat each other, across cycles of tellings and elaborate genealogies that seemed ceaselessly to expand and overlap.
On Giants
I know this is a huge cliche and not cool enough for you, but a tarot deck with the energy of these posts would be amazing
Love it. Here's one of my favorite giants (I think he qualifies?), bedeviling a chivalric hero:
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Which raises a question: is capriciousness also a common trait among giants?