Uther becomes her step-father, and he and Igraine have a son, Arthur, Morgaine's half-brother. Morgaine witnesses Uther Pendragon's accession to the throne of Caerleon after his predecessor, Ambrosius, dies of old age. He spent the night with her and they conceived a son, Arthur. Rumors spread in Avalon that, before Igraine knew that Gorlois was killed, Uther consulted with the Merlin, who used magic to transform Uther into the likeness of Gorlois and, thus, gain access to Igraine at Tintagel. Their mother, Igraine, married king Uther Pendragon after Morgaine's biological father, Gorlois, was killed in battle. The book's protagonist is Morgaine, priestess of Avalon, who is King Arthur's half-sister. The plot tells the story of the women who influence King Arthur, High King of Britain, and those around him. The Mists of Avalon is a generations-spanning retelling of the Arthurian legend that brings it back to its Brythonic Celtic roots (see Matter of Britain). Paxson later expanded the book into the Avalon series. The novel was a best-seller upon its publication and remains popular to this day. The story is told in four large parts: "Book One: Mistress of Magic", "Book Two: The High Queen", "Book Three: The King Stag", and "Book Four: The Prisoner in the Oak". In this case, Morgaine is presented as a woman with unique gifts and responsibilities at a time of enormous political and spiritual upheaval who is called upon to defend her indigenous heritage against impossible odds. The Mists of Avalon is in stark contrast to most other retellings of the Arthurian tales, which consistently cast Morgan le Fay as a distant, one-dimensional evil sorceress, with little or no explanation given for her antagonism to the Round Table. The epic is focused on the lives of Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar ( Guinevere), Viviane, Morgause, Igraine and other women of the Arthurian legend. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine ( Morgan le Fay), a priestess fighting to save her Celtic religion in a country where Christianity threatens to destroy the pagan way of life. The Mists of Avalon is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which the author relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters.
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