I don't think she was banished. The song says 'For five-fold kisses/my only love had to die' because young love had been forbidden. At the end, it also says 'But they paid someone to say their torment has a name/And after all these years we get to be together for all eternity...'
To me, this says she was killed when they were in their early teenage years or something along those lines. The male subject has been looking back on his life 'After all these years,' probably after someone claiming he had magical powers, and thus, they were going to kill him, too. Hence, they get 'To be together for all eternity.' In death, they get to be together forever.
She is killed in the Witch-Hunt, he is killed in the Inquisition. Most likely, this happened during the Reformation (IE: The 16th/17th Centuries). This ties in well with it being in Europe ('White Mountain's snow covered peaks').
It's also possible the same male is the 'Innocent Boy' that was being fed ale and cakes. In face, by the way the song is sung, it seems quite possible there are two subjects - The one in love with the girl who had to die, and the person who was responsible for her being killed. There seems to be a difference in perspective between The Premonition and The Witch-Hunt, for example. And within 'Exposing the Heathen,' there seems to be two different people. The one who is trying to kill the girl, and the one who is in love with her.
I don't think she was banished. The song says 'For five-fold kisses/my only love had to die' because young love had been forbidden. At the end, it also says 'But they paid someone to say their torment has a name/And after all these years we get to be together for all eternity...'
To me, this says she was killed when they were in their early teenage years or something along those lines. The male subject has been looking back on his life 'After all these years,' probably after someone claiming he had magical powers, and thus, they were going to kill him, too. Hence, they get 'To be together for all eternity.' In death, they get to be together forever.
She is killed in the Witch-Hunt, he is killed in the Inquisition. Most likely, this happened during the Reformation (IE: The 16th/17th Centuries). This ties in well with it being in Europe ('White Mountain's snow covered peaks').
It's also possible the same male is the 'Innocent Boy' that was being fed ale and cakes. In face, by the way the song is sung, it seems quite possible there are two subjects - The one in love with the girl who had to die, and the person who was responsible for her being killed. There seems to be a difference in perspective between The Premonition and The Witch-Hunt, for example. And within 'Exposing the Heathen,' there seems to be two different people. The one who is trying to kill the girl, and the one who is in love with her.