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From: "John Coles" <>
Subject: Re: Avalon
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 99 23:49:28 PST


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> I recall that when I was studying the Anglo-Norman version of Tristan & Yseut
> back at jolly old Oxenford, one scholarly theory was that Avalon was Ireland,
> distant and misty and mysterious for the Celtic sailors of the time.
>
> Best,
>
> John SR
>
And the same could be said for Wales... also Celtic, and Misty, and across some oceans, and certainly mysterious, and certainly with some verifiable legends to back it up.

And the same could be said for Cornwall, though there are no written records,and the mist may have been confused at times.

Kind regards, John.

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