Lyones
The Judgement
It seems to me that at the end, Arthur is resigned to his fate, and yet he still feels there is more to do "on the other side" - to heal. The 3 hooded figures on the boat in Judgement reminded me of the 3 fates from Greek mythology and also the girl, woman, crone - simple choices have unexpected outcomes, and even making no choice at all brings us to some kind of finality.
Even with the death barge signifying coming to a close, the sprite blowing the horn heralds the advance of something significant to come, and Morgan stands patiently waiting and watching. The mist is like a veil, hiding Avalon, hiding the future, as it parts the crossing from one world to the next begins, and only when Avalon is actually reached, would he see the shore. If indeed Arthur and Morgan were enemies, this would also signifiy the peace-making, restitution, resolution, the acceptance of both parties and Arthur's acknowledgement of Morgan's healing talents, kinship, the religion he'd forsaken.
Arthur is running out of time when he makes this journey ... the sense of urgency ... and yet he knows the way of the universe - if time overtakes him, there is little he can do. He knows what he is leaving behind, but does he truely know what awaits him? He does not see death as the end - only as the beginning of something different, something to look forward to - whatever has gone before is of no consequence - although it is what has brought him to this place.
It seems to me that at the end, Arthur is resigned to his fate, and yet he still feels there is more to do "on the other side" - to heal. The 3 hooded figures on the boat in Judgement reminded me of the 3 fates from Greek mythology and also the girl, woman, crone - simple choices have unexpected outcomes, and even making no choice at all brings us to some kind of finality.
Even with the death barge signifying coming to a close, the sprite blowing the horn heralds the advance of something significant to come, and Morgan stands patiently waiting and watching. The mist is like a veil, hiding Avalon, hiding the future, as it parts the crossing from one world to the next begins, and only when Avalon is actually reached, would he see the shore. If indeed Arthur and Morgan were enemies, this would also signifiy the peace-making, restitution, resolution, the acceptance of both parties and Arthur's acknowledgement of Morgan's healing talents, kinship, the religion he'd forsaken.
Arthur is running out of time when he makes this journey ... the sense of urgency ... and yet he knows the way of the universe - if time overtakes him, there is little he can do. He knows what he is leaving behind, but does he truely know what awaits him? He does not see death as the end - only as the beginning of something different, something to look forward to - whatever has gone before is of no consequence - although it is what has brought him to this place.