Celestial Elf’s Animation

The Elf Knight and the Faerie Queen A very fun thing here at the Juggler is to have talented writers, musicians, or in this case, animators, introduce themselves and their work to us. Celestial Elf apparently is very skilled at creating interesting Pagan-themed animations; above you will find the link to CE’s latest YouTube creation, a gently delightful medieval rendition of Scarborough Fair. As was Scott’s perception before, Celestial Elf’s work is too good to languish in the comments section of the Juggler, to which CE submits CE’s work; unlike Scott, I am not smart enough to figure out how to post a video-clip to the Juggler (once Jason gets back from PantheaCon, I’m going to have to ask him how one does that, because it’s a skill yet unknown to me). Anyway, follow the link above for a really enjoyable medieval vision from Celestial Elf, quickly becoming the Juggler’s official animator, and then check out Celestial Elf’s blog discussing Scarborough Fair in terms of Spenser’s monumental Elizabethan epic The Faerie Queene; it’s very intelligent work, and extremely beautifully illustrated. (Although, Celestial Elf, I regret that I note one small error: Elizabeth became queen in 1558 following the death of her sister, Henry VIII’s older daughter Mary Tudor, known as “Bloody Mary” for her persecution of Protestants. Mary, Queen of Scots, was of the Scottish Stuart line, Elizabeth’s cousin- through Henry VIII’s older sister, who married the Scots king James- executed by Elizabeth in 1587; I’m afraid you have Mary Tudor- Bloody Mary- mixed up a bit with Mary Stuart- the Queen of Scots). A mere caveat- I love your animation instincts; this is excellent work.