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Charrette

This section of Lancelot was called the Charrette. The Vulgate Charrette was a rework of Chretien de Troyes' earlier verse romance, called Le Cheva...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Galehaut

Dolorous Guard First Encounter Lifting the Curse The Lady of Malohaut Price of Friendship The First Kiss War Against the Saxons Two Guineveres Vall...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Lady of the Lake

Birth and Education Entering KnighthoodBirth and Education Lancelot was born to King Ban of Banoic (or Benwick), and Helen (Helaine or Elaine). Whe...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Lancelot du Lac

The timeless love between Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere, the wife and queen of King Arthur, became the most popular and famous tale ...

April 2nd, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures provides additional information regarding particular myths or tales, sort of like an appendix at the back of the book. This informa...

September 27th, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Celtic World & Cultures

Here you will find information about the Otherworld, Celtic customs and tradition. Otherworld Wedded to the Land Geis Celtic Calendar OghamOtherwor...

May 1st, 2000

By Jimmy Joe

Calypso

A nymph or a minor goddess. Calypso was the daughter of Atlas. She lived on an island called Ogygia. Her only companions and attendants were nymphs...

August 31st, 2002

By Jimmy Joe

Hyades

The Hyades were sisters of Hyas and the Pleiades. According to Hyginus in his work Fabulae, Atlas and Pleïone originally had 12 daughters and a son...

August 31st, 2002

By Jimmy Joe

Hesperides

The Hesperides were nymphs who cared for and guarded the grove of trees that grow golden apples in the garden of Hesperides. The name means "Daught...

August 31st, 2002

By Jimmy Joe

Syrinx

Syrinx was a nymph and huntress from Arcadia. Like other nymphs who enjoyed hunting, Syrinx was a companion of Diana (Artemis), and like her goddes...

August 31st, 2002

By Jimmy Joe

Daphne

Daphne was a nymph and a follower of the huntress-goddess Artemis (Diana). Depending on the two versions of the myth, Daphne was either the daughte...

August 31st, 2002

By Jimmy Joe

Companions of the Goddess

One of the favourite pastimes of many nymphs was hunting. These nymphs often became hunting companions of the goddess Artemis. Artemis was the godd...

August 31st, 2002

By Jimmy Joe