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The note then turns to the name Tintagel, exploring its likely older Cornish roots and pronunciation, and offering a possible meaning tied to two currents meeting. It further summarizes the legendary Tintagel as Arthur’s birthplace and King Mark’s seat, along with archaeological claims of a Celtic monastery and the lack of conclusive evidence for its function.","WISE  \nWOMANSTELLING  \nuhteT Ut licrgel  \nFAY SAMPSON  \n.Fay Sampson was born in Devonport but grew up inthe fishing and farming village of Lympstone.Shehad her first children's novel published in 1975 andsince then has had a further sixteen published,as wellas two educational books.Wise Woman's Telling isher first adult novel.She has taught adult educationclasses in writing and visits schools as‘writer ineducation'.She lives in a sixteenth-century thatchedcottage in Tedburn St Mary,is married and has twochildren.  \nChildren's novels by Fay Sampson  \nThe Serpent of Senargad  \nShape-Shifter  \nA Free Man on Sunday  \nJosh's Panther  \nFinnglas and the Stones of Choosing  \nChris and the Dragon  \nFinnglas of the Horses  \nJenny and the Wreckers  \nPangur Ban  \nSus  \nThe Chains of Sleep  \nThe Hungry Snow  \nLandfall on Innis Michael  \nThe Empty House  \nThe Watch on Patterick Fell  \nHalf a Welcome  \nF.67  \n# Wise Woman'sTelling\n\nBook Onein the sequenceDaughter of Tintagel  \nFay Sampson  \nCopyright C1989 Fay Sampson  \nFirst published in 1989by HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher,nor be otherwise circulatedin any form of binding or cover other than that in whichit is published and without a similar condition beingimposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nAll characters in this publication are fictitious -with the exception of the obvious historical personages -and any resemblance to real persons,living or dead,is purely coincidental.  \nISBN 0747232636  \nTypeset in 10/11 pt Mallardby Colset Private Limited,Singapore  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain byCollins,Glasgow  \nHEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC  \nHeadline House79Great Titchfield StreetLondon WIP7FN  \nTo Jack  \n# Author's Note\n\nIn physics,Dark Matter forms an unseen worldthat is the inverse of the matter we observe.Thetwo were created to exist in equal proportions.Together they hold the universe in balance.Butwhen they come into contact,the result is mutualdestruction.Morgan’s story is the Dark Matter ofBritain.  \nThe name Tintagel,formerly believed to beNorman,may be much older and Cornish.If so,itshould be pronounced with a hard g.One possiblemeaning is'the strong place where the two currentsmeet'.  \nThe Tintagel of legend is a fortress,the birth-place of Arthur and the seat of King Mark ofCornwall.The archaeologists who excavated itbelieved that in Arthurian times it was in fact aCeltic monastery.Others have challenged this.The headland was certainly occupied in the fifthcentury,but as yet there is no conclusive evidenceof its function.","cbCaiaD8Vo1DgVNj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaD8Vo1DgVNj","pdf",12917984,244,"English","en",105,"# Author's Note\n## Dark Matter metaphor and Morgan's story\n## Tintagel name, pronunciation, and possible meaning\n## Legendary Tintagel and archaeological debate","[{\"question\":\"What does the “dark matter” metaphor mean in the author’s note?\",\"answer\":\"Dark Matter represents an unseen world that is the inverse of the matter observed, balanced in equal proportions. 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