![]() ![]() She is ugly, but deeply attached to Psyche, and when Psyche is sacrificed she determines to follow and bury her. ![]() ![]() Orual, the book's narrator, is the oldest of the sisters. Psyche is beautiful, indeed so beautiful that she begins to be worshipped as a goddess after being betrayed by a third sister, Redival, she is left on a mountainside as a human sacrifice to the 'Shadowbrute', a monster which is also believed to be the son of Ungit, Glome's equivalent of Aphrodite. It concerns two sisters, Orual and Psyche, daughters of the King of the semi-barbaric country of Glome. The last fantasy we shall consider is Lewis' Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, which is a reworking of the story of Cupid and Psyche. Each part can be read independently, so dip in for a fascinating analysis of your favourite book and then re-read the book with renewed insight - or be inspired to go away and read some of these for the first time. The nine parts provide an illuminating study of different ways to include God and the 'supernatural' in a novel. ![]() Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and C.S. ![]()
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