Image of a wolf by skeeze, sourced from Pixabay
A few of the stories in Part B caught my eye.
The first of which was the story of The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe. I found the concept of a Saint originally raised by wolves and having been completely feral to be quite interesting. I enjoyed the little detail about him wishing to be back among the wolves instead of having to entertain court. Overall though, the story's ending was my favorite part about it, with him bringing the Wolf-Mother under his cloak and protecting her from the hunting party that chased her.
The Ballad of Saint Athracta's Stags was quite interesting in format, but the story itself was also nice to read. The stags coming to her call was a very nice image, since stags are such regal and stunning creatures, and I did like that the king in the story even acknowledged this. Her using a few strands of hair to reattach the wagon was a fun little detail too.
The story of Saint Francis of Assisi was quite long, and contained a lot of smaller stories, many of which kind of blended together, but one story in particular stood out from the rest. Which was the story of the evil wolf that Saint Francis tamed. That sub-story was really interesting, and I quite liked it. It truly showed the power of Saint Francis, to turn such a evil wolf into a creature almost as docile as a sheep.
Out of all the stories in Part B, I think I would focus in on just the story of the wolf from the story of Saint Francis. I feel it has a lot of potential as a standalone story.
Story Sources:
The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe by Abbie Farwell Brown (Part 1) (Part 2)
The Ballad of Saint Athracta's Stags by Abbie Farwell Brown (Single Part)
Saint Francis of Assisi by Abbie Farwell Brown (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
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