![]() Being an avaricious man, he steals away the Weirdstone from the cave, compromising the spells that keep the Sleepers from aging and dying. He buys one from a local farmer at market, and in the process, the farmer is taken to Fundindelve, the Cave of The Sleepers. Weirdstone starts out with a retelling of a local tale of the Wizard Under The Hill, who needed a white mare to complete his set of horses for the Sleepers. ![]() Garner also borrowed other elements from Norse and Celtic mythologies the lios and svart-alfar, the Morrigan, Ragnarok and mixed them all together to create a story of his own. The story of Weirdstone draws heavily on the local folklore of Cheshire, specifically a folk tale called The Wizard Under The Hill which revolved around a wizard guarding a cave in which King Arthur and his knights slept. There's even a musical adaptation made in the 70s, which was recently re-arranged by goth band Inkubus Sukkubus, though for copyright reasons their version is unlikely to ever see the light of day. Published originally by Collins, whose head at the time was looking for more fantasy novels in order to cash in on the success of The Lord of the Rings, The Weirdstone went on to critical and commercial success at the time and has remained popular ever since (though not so much with its author). ![]() ![]() The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a 1960 fantasy novel by English Alan Garner. ![]()
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