Editing Samson, Isles of Scilly (section)

==Literary associations==
The island is featured in the [[Children's literature|children's story]] ''[[Why the Whales Came]]'' by [[Michael Morpurgo]]. In the book, Samson is under a curse that needs to be lifted.<ref>[http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/book.php?id=36 ''Why the Whales Came''] review. ReadingMatters.co.uk.</ref> The island also featured in ''Armorel of Lyonesse'' by [[Walter Besant]].<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0CE0D8133BE533A25752C1A96E9C94619ED7CF Mr. Besant's Story.; Armorel of Lyonesse. A Romance of To-day] review. August 11, 1890. ''New York Times''.</ref> Webber's Cottage supposedly features in that novel as Armorel's house.<ref name="Tourist information">[http://www.iknow-cornwall.co.uk/tourist_information/west_cornwall/isles_of_scilly/tresco_annet_scilly.htm Tourist information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202122845/http://www.iknow-cornwall.co.uk/tourist_information/west_cornwall/isles_of_scilly/tresco_annet_scilly.htm|date=2009-02-02}}. iknow-cornwall.co.uk.</ref>

In some medieval versions of the [[Tristan and Iseult]] story, [[Tristan]] defeats and kills the knight Morholt, uncle of [[Iseult]] and brother-in-law of the King of Ireland, at an island called St Samson which is now identified either with the Scilly Isles Samson or with an islet in the [[River Fowey|Fowey]] estuary.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hammer |first=Andreas |date=2007 |title=Tradierung und Transformation: Mythische Erzählelemente im ''Tristan'' Gottfrieds von Strassburg und im ''Iwein'' Hartmanns von Aue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qq7ZAAAAMAAJ&q=samson+scilly+chretien |location=Stuttgart |publisher=S. Hirzel |page=92 |language=de |isbn=9783777615080 |access-date=29 June 2022 }}</ref>

[[Dougie Blaxland]]'s play ''Leaving Samson'' (1996) is about the last inhabitants and their removal from the island.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dougie Blaxland |url=http://doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/blaxland-dougie.php |website=Doollee |access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref>