Mariken is a beautiful and elegant mediaeval fairytale. An exciting and gripping adventure about a wayward, strong and exceptional girl. Mariken is an orphan who lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit in the Middle Ages. No one knows where she came from, not even the eccentric hermit Archibald, who found her as a baby in the “Forrest of Illusions”. He teaches little Mariken all about the outside world using a colorful but cynical book entitled “Mankind is a Farce”. The milk of their goat is enough for their daily meal. One day, she sets off for town to buy a new goat. On her adventurous journey into the “real world” she meets funny, evil and caring people and she finds out about the good and bad sides of them.
Mariken is a beautiful and elegant mediaeval fairytale. An exciting and gripping adventure about a wayward, strong and exceptional girl. Mariken is an orphan who lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit in the Middle Ages. No one knows where she came from, not even the eccentric hermit Archibald, who found her as a baby in the “Forrest of Illusions”. He teaches little Mariken all about the outside world using a colorful but cynical book entitled “Mankind is a Farce”. The milk of their goat is enough for their daily meal. One day, she sets off for town to buy a new goat. On her adventurous journey into the “real world” she meets funny, evil and caring people and she finds out about the good and bad sides of them.