Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Real Royalty" channel.

  1. For the myth of the water goddess (and Mary), leading to Arthur, think of Pressyne and Melusine. Here, you will find Avalon, and it is nowhere near Britain. I believe the myth came to you from Brittany or Normandy. "Raymond of Poitou came across Melusine in a forest of Coulombiers in Poitou in France, and proposed marriage. Just as her mother had done, she laid a condition: that he must never enter her chamber on a Saturday. He broke the promise and saw her in the form of a part-woman, part-serpent, but she forgave him. When, during a disagreement, he called her a "serpent" in front of his court, she assumed the form of a dragon, provided him with two magic rings, and flew off, never to return." The serpent is the ancient symbol of knowledge. This goddess has had many names, and Robespierre dedicated his Cult of the Supreme Being to Minerva, essentially the same goddess. The myth of the goddess of wisdom is ancient, and it can be traced back to Ishtar, if not before. Ishtar, and her owls, unlocks the door to it all. Never think of the pagan gods and goddesses as pure myth, but myths that were generated around ancient kings and queens going back to the 3rd millennium BC and before. Think of the R1b haplotype people that migrated west and replaced the ancient Europeans.
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  2.  Antifederalist  Thank you. It's been a while since I researched this, as it has to do with the royals and nobles claim of being kin to a mermaid, which is based on some fact, along with myth. It goes back to the marriage of King Baldwin II to Morphia of Melitene . She was the daughter of an Armenian nobleman named Gabriel. They had a child, named Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem. There is a story about Cyprus related to this, tied to these families, and I believe that this is where the tale of Avalon originates, via Melisende's son, Amalric I, and his second wife, Isabella I of Jerusalem, which led to Melisende of Lusignan's birth. In other words, Avalon was Cyprus. The original Queen Melisende of Jerusalem, was known for a library, and knowledge, thus, the serpent.. Raymond of Poitiers, in the myth, was the Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149, during the time of this history. "Following the death of Prince Bohemund II of Antioch in 1130, the principality came under the regency first of King Baldwin II (1130–31), then King Fulk (1131–35), and finally Princess Alice (1135–36), Bohemond's widow. The reigning princess was Bohemond II's daughter, Constance (born 1127). Against the wishes of Alice, a marriage was arranged for Constance with Raymond, at the time staying in England, which he left only after the death of Henry I on 1 December 1135. "Upon hearing word that Raymond was going to pass through his lands in order to marry the princess of Antioch, King Roger II of Sicily ordered him arrested. By a series of subterfuges, Raymond passed through southern Italy and only arrived at Antioch after 19 April 1136. Patriarch Ralph of Domfront then convinced Alice that Raymond was there to marry her, whereupon she allowed him to enter Antioch (whose loyal garrison had refused him entry) and the patriarch married him to Constance. Alice then left the city, now under the control of Raymond and Ralph." I believe that Melusine of myth is Melisende. Alice of Antioch, was Queen Melisende's sister.
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