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The forest itself chooses Vendil’s warrior son Amleth as king, proving false the claim of his kin-slaying uncle. Their king and queen embody the divine powers of the King of the Wood and the Barley Queen. The Jutlanders venerate the numinous forces of the natural world, placating them with primeval rituals of blood and sex. When Feng murders his brother, King Vendil of Jutland and usurps his throne, he commits not only fratricide but also sacrilege. Set in sixth-century Denmark, this is a very different version of the tale made famous by Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”. Treece takes this mythic symbol and weaves his tragic hero, Amleth, the Green Man of Vendilsgarth, into a dark, haunting story as old as time, a story of bitter sibling rivalry, covetous lust, incest, murder and vengeance. He represents man’s link with untamed, fecund nature, the seasons, and the cycle of birth, regeneration and death.
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