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Thread #141680   Message #3262969
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
24-Nov-11 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
BTW, another interesting thing occurred to me; Cunmar (or Conomor's) motivation for marrying and getting rid of his wives in this legend is the exact opposite of Henry VIII's (another historical monarch who got rid of his wives, as most people would know) historical motivation for doing the same thing; in legend, Cunmar (who was a real person who lived in the 6th century) marries and kills his wives when they are pregnant so that he won't have a son that will overthrow him, fulfilling a prophecy that his firstborn son will kill him. Henry historically married and discarded his wives because of the desire for a male heir.