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Alternative Accounts
The following articles are about alternative accounts of the grail romances that have Perceval, or even Gawain, as the hero. There are many variati...
By Jimmy Joe
Mabinogion
The Mabinogion was a collection of eleven (twelve) tales from the Welsh myths. The tales of the Mabinogion were preserved in two manuscripts, White...
By Jimmy Joe
Le Conte du Graal
Le Conte du Graal ("The Story of the Grail") or Perceval le Gallois was the first story of the Grail to be written. It was written by French poet n...
By Jimmy Joe
Perceval's Tradition
The earliest tales of the Grail quest had Perceval as the hero. The first tale of the Grail was written by Chretien de Troyes, called Le Conte du G...
By Jimmy Joe
Armorican Connections
Armorican Connections looked into the legend in Brittany. Background Submerged Cities Breton Songs Background Ancient Armorica Oral Tradition and W...
By Jimmy Joe
Graelent
In the 13th century, there was a Breton lais titled Graelent , in which the identity of the author is unknown. This tale has nothing do with Dahut ...
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Lai of Lanval
According to the Breton source, the poet Marie de France translated Breton songs known as lais , and one mentioned Queen Guinevere's infidelity. Th...
By Jimmy Joe
City of Ys
There have been several legends of a city or civilization that was wiped out by a flood or tidal wave, never to be seen again except through long f...
By Jimmy Joe
Lyonesse
Lyonesse (Lyonnesse) was the mythical birthplace of the hero Tristan . The legend of Tristan was originally a popular medieval romance of the Celts...
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Cybele
Mother goddess. Cybele (Kybele) was a Phrygian mother goddess who was worshipped in Greece and Rome. She was often equated with the two other Greek...
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Artemis of Ephesus
In Ephesus, Asia Minor, there was a great temple built to the goddess Artemis ( Diana ). This temple, known as the Artemesium, was one of the Seven...
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Mother Goddesses
During the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, the mother goddesses were very prominent in Crete, the Cyclades and on mainland Greece. This page n...