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Lady of the Lake

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The Lure of the Lake . . .

In some accounts of the King Arthur legends, the Lady of the Lake is the woman who had lain at the bottom of this enchanted lake for 1000 years, waiting for King Arthur to come and claim his sword, Excalibur, from her.

My sister and I had a difference of opinions as to how the Lady should look: She thought she would be beautiful, clean, lovely, bright. My take on it was that this woman who had lain at the bottom of a lake for 1000 years would be none of those things. She would be beautiful, yes . . . but a dark beauty: one that lends itself to the credence that good and evil exist in all of us, and one has to tread carefully in deciding whom to trust.

Additionally . . . she would not be witty, pretty and bright. She would be dark, covered in the detritus of the lake, and probably cranky from lying still all those years (hee, hee!). I know I would be, anyway.

I also wanted to make her look slightly sinister . . . as to give Arthur pause when deciding whether or not to trust in this Lady, and therefore, in Excalibur.

There is no stock used in this. I made the costume, took the photo, drew the sword, etc. It's all me . . . for good or ill.

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Beautiful work!! :)