The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a fantasy story by the author Alan Garner, first published in 1960. It is set in and around Macclesfield and Alderley Edge, Cheshire, and tells the story of two children, Colin and Susan, who are on holiday there. Susan has a bracelet, containing the Weirdstone of the title, that makes the children hunted by the forces of evil. The novel borrows extensively from Celtic, Norse and Arthurian legends. Alan Garner (born October 17, 1934) is a British writer whose themes and language are strongly influenced by his birth and upbringing in Cheshire. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles. ... Alderley Edge is a town in Cheshire, England. ... This article is about the English county. ... A Celtic cross Like other Iron Age Europeans, the Celts were a polytheistic people prior to their conversion to (Celtic) Christianity. ... Norse mythology, Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ... King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ...
Its sequel is The Moon of Gomrath. The Moon of Gomrath is the sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner. ...
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a fantasy story by the author Alan Garner, first published in 1960.
[In The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, Garner] made use of much of the material of earlier attempts at creating contemporary sagas and it seemed likely at first that he was planning a sustained series.
These stories of the knights bound in sleep until they can be wakened to fight the forces of evil have moments of strength, but are marred by uncertainty in their organisation, roughness in the writing and a general sense of unsureness of touch….
The necklace is referenced in the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, as Brosingamen, wherein the jewel is brought back to "the shining citadel" (presumably Asgard) by Hama[?], who may well be consonant with the Norse god, Heimdall.
Alan Garner wrote a children's fantasy novel called The Weirdstone of Brisingamen about an enchanted teardrop pendant necklace.
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