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Brangwain

Loyal companion of Isolde the Fair. Brangwain was sometimes seen as the cousin of Isolde. She was also Isolde's maidservant. When Isolde went to Co...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Isolde the Fair

The heroine in the Tristan legend. Isolde the Fair was the daughter of King Gorman of Ireland and the Elder Isolde, sister of Morholt (Marhaus). In...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Sir Morholt (Marhaus)

Morholt was considered to be best knight in Ireland. Morholt was a powerful and rich count in Ireland. His sister, Isolde the Elder, was married to...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Gwendoloena (Gwendoleu)

Wife of Merlin (Merlinus or Myrddin). In Vita Merlini, Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote that when Merlin went mad during the Battle of Arfderydd and fled...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake (Dame del Lac in French) was a woman of great magical power. She resided in the lake. The lake was actually a Celtic Otherworl...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Blasine (Elaine)

Apart from Morgawse (Morgause), the mother of Gawain, and Morgan le Fay, the Vulgate Merlin (c. 1240) introduced a third daughter of Igraine. She w...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Sir Gawain

The Perfect Knight. Gawain was the knight who appeared in works from Geoffrey of Monmouth (1137) to Sir Thomas Malory (1485). Of all the knights, G...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Morgan le Fay

Morgan le Fay was the popular sorceress or fairy witch in the Arthurian legends. Morgan le Fay was the daughter of King Gorlois (Hoel) of Cornwall ...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Morgawse

Morgawse was the eldest daughter of Igraine and Gorlois (Hoel), duke of Cornwall. This made her the half-sister of Arthur. She was the sister of El...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Anna

According to Geoffrey and his successors (Wace and Layamon), Anna was the daughter of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Which meant that Anna was the fu...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Guinevere (Guenevere)

According to earlier legend, Arthur met Guinevere or Guenevere (she was called Guanhumara (Guenhuuara) by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the Historia regn...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

King Pellinor (Pellinore)

According to the Vulgate Merlin, Pellinor of the High Wild Forest was brother of King Pelles of Listenois and King Alan of Listenois. Pellinor had ...

February 4th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe