In a message dated 3/29/01 10:53:33 PM, [email protected] writes: << but it is a little strange that all of this pro-Celtic/Saxon lore that stormed the British Isles in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries coincided with potentially harmful threats appearing on Continental Europe, like the Holy League, The Crimean War, and the French Revolution. Robin Hood, Arthur, Alfred, all fighting the evil continental machine. >> I see it more as the theme of the little guy, or the lone and true hero, fighting the overwhelming odds against the huge giant (whether Evil Nobles , the Evil Empire, or a physical giant). Its one that has been a universal theme since David and Goliath (and probably before.) Janet C-S