4/10 Sir Orfeo - Orpheus with a Happy Ending

So this is my first time reading Sir Orfeo (and I keep wanting to spell it Orpheo), but it was similar enough to Orpheus that it was like I had already read it. I think it was nice to give it a happy ending, although thanks to the book Goddess of Spring, by P.C. Cast, I can no longer think of Orpheus as a good guy. This story was actually quite nice to read. I believe this was already said in class, but just how did the Queen meet the Fairy King? I know magic

but I know I'd like a short story telling how it happened...quite possibly I'd be more interested in the Fairy King's story instead. That could be interesting. I'd love to know exactly why it is that the Fairy King chose those people. In Orpheus, they would have been the dead down in Hades, with the Fairy King actually being Hades (and it follows that the Fairy Queen, who would be Persephone, is the one that is moved by Orfeo's music), but what exactly is the Fairy King doing with all those people? It's not like he has a use for them (most are in the between of dying) nor is there a point to him having them, so why?

Also, something of interest to note that was not brought up during class is that the ending of the story is incredibly similar to the ending of The Odyssey.

Both (Orfeo and Odysseus) are away from their kingdom for several years and when they return, they are disguised as beggars and test the people who serve them before revealing themselves. The only difference is that Odysseus straight up slaughters a lot of people while there is no bloodshed with Orfeo. I do think it's interesting to have the same kind of ending, with the whole disguise and revealing of oneself. Do you think that that was pulled from Odysseus or another story as apparently this is a thing in many stories (although I'm drawing a blank)? I think so, but that could be because I'm rather partial to The Odyssey.

One final note, which ties back to the Fairy King, but why bother changing Hades to the Fairy King to begin with? I understand putting your own spin on things, but was there really a point to altering the character? If the Fairy King had remained as Hades, would the story have been that drastically different? Perhaps Orfeo wouldn't have seen his Queen during the march in the woods since Hades is known to generally remain in Hades, but there are times that Hades comes out from his realm. It's not very often, but it happens. So what was the point? Was it just because fairies were a big thing or was it taking a Greek myth and making it their own with their own mythological/ fantastical creatures? Food for thought with a answer we may never know because the author's dead, but it happens.