{"id":40509,"date":"2022-09-05T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40509"},"modified":"2022-09-04T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T05:12:54","slug":"on-supernatural-underground-now-what-makes-a-hero-7-chivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/09\/05\/on-supernatural-underground-now-what-makes-a-hero-7-chivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"On Supernatural Underground Now: What Makes A Hero? #7 &#8212;Chivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, on 1 September I posted <a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2022\/09\/what-makes-hero-7-chivalry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instalment #7 in the What Makes A (Fantasy) Hero<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36221\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Supelogo_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s theme is <strong>Chivalry<\/strong> &#8212; although the real question now is, can I keep the C-themed posts going until year&#8217;s end? \ud83d\ude00 Watch this space&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35951\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35951\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35951\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Arthur_Excalibur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Arthur_Excalibur.jpg 250w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Arthur_Excalibur-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chivalric King Arthur<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8216;As we do&#8217;. by way of a lead-in, here&#8217;s some text to get you started:<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8220;I could argue that chivalry is a uniquely Medieval concept, centered on heroes such as King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Roland and Oliver, and Robin Hood.<\/span> However, if we go as far back as <strong>The Iliad<\/strong>, one of Achilles\u2019 most important qualities, before he is overset by the death of Patrocles, is his chivalry, i.e. he is fair and generous to his friends, and merciful to enemies, always granting clemency when asked by a defeated foe&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40513\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40513\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40513\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Geralt_Witcher-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Geralt_Witcher-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Geralt_Witcher-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Geralt_Witcher.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geralt &#8212; essentially a paladin&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To read on, click on:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/supernaturalunderground.blogspot.com\/2022\/09\/what-makes-hero-7-chivalry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chivalry and the Fantasy Hero<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>If you like, let me know with a comment or share the goodness via social.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40514\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40514\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40514\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cursed-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cursed-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cursed-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cursed-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cursed-691x1024.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lady of the Lake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>See you all again on 1 October or thereabouts. In the meantime, take good care and stay as well as you possibly can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, on 1 September I posted Instalment #7 in the What Makes A (Fantasy) Hero series. This month&#8217;s theme is Chivalry &#8212; although the real question now is, can I keep the C-themed posts going until year&#8217;s end? \ud83d\ude00 Watch this space&#8230; &#8216;As we do&#8217;. by way of a lead-in, here&#8217;s some text to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supernatural-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40509"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40515,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40509\/revisions\/40515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}