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Andrasta

Andrasta (Andraste) was the Romano-Celtic goddess of war. Her name means the "Invincible One". Andrasta was a patron goddess of the Iceni tribe. It...

Jimmy Joe
May 13th, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

Alaisiagae

Alaisiagae was the minor British goddess who was identified in homesteads in Northumberland in a shrine to Mars.

Jimmy Joe
May 13th, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

Agroná

Agroná was the British goddess of battle and slaughter. The Welsh god Aeron derived his name from her.

Jimmy Joe
May 13th, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

Meleagant

Meleagant was the son of Baudemagus (Bademagu), king of Gorre. Meleagant captured many of Arthur's knights and staff, including Queen Guinevere and...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

Balin le Savage

Balin was known as the Knight of the Two Swords. Balin le Savage was the brother of Balan. Balin and Balan lived in a time before the marriage of A...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

Nascien (Seraphe)

Duke of Orberica. Nascien was originally named Seraphe. Nascien changed his name when he was baptised by Josephus, son of Joseph of Arimathea. Nasc...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

King Mordrain (Evalach)

In the Vulgate Cycle, King Mordrain was originally a pagan king of Sarras named Evalach. Mordrain was married to a beautiful lady named Sarrasinte,...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

King Galehaut

Companion of Lancelot. Galeholt was the son of a giantess. In the Prose Tristan, Galehaut's father was named Brunor. Galehaut was the king of Sorel...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

Mordred

Before Geoffrey of Monmouth, the earliest mention of his name (as Medraut) was in the Annales Cambriae (10th century). A short passage says that Ar...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

King Mark

King of Cornwall and husband of Isolde the Fair. Mark was the son of Felix, and the brother of Blancheflor (Blanchefleur; Elyabel in the Prose Tris...

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April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

King Ban and King Bors

Ban and Bors were brothers. Ban was king of Banoic (Benwick) in Brittany, while Bors was king of Gaunes or Gaul (France) according to Malory. They ...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

King Urien

Urien was actually a historical figure. Urien was a Welsh king who ruled Rheged in Scotland and defeated the invading Angles, according to the Wels...

Jimmy Joe
April 2nd, 2000
By Jimmy Joe

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