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    Origin of the Round Table Sir Gawain Sir Lancelot Sir Perceval Sir Galahad Sir Bors Sir Kay Sir Bedivere Lucan the Butler Sir Girflet Sir Yvain (Owain) Sir Erec (Geraint) King Pellinor (Pellinore) Sir Tristan Sir Morholt (Marhaus) Palemedes Sir Dinadan Cador Hoel
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Sir Dinadan

Companion of Tristan. Dinadan was a knight of the Round Table, often accompanying Tristan in his adventures in the kingdom of Logres (Britain).

In the time of chivalry where Arthurian knights sought out dangers regardless of risk, it was rather refreshing to see a knight who would prefer to avoid them. Dinadan often grumbled to his companion, why it was necessary to charge headlong into one danger after another, risking life and limb for a lady or damsel when they were heavily outnumbered. Dinadan could not see the benefits of always fighting battles. Don't mistake this as Dinadan being a coward or a weak knight, for as Tristan's companion and sidekick, Dinadan was better than the average warrior was.

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Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

By Jimmy Joe

Round Table:

  • • Origin of the Round Table
  • • Sir Gawain
  • • Sir Lancelot
  • • Sir Perceval
  • • Sir Galahad
  • • Sir Bors
  • • Sir Kay
  • • Sir Bedivere
  • • Lucan the Butler
  • • Sir Girflet
  • • Sir Yvain (Owain)
  • • Sir Erec (Geraint)
  • • King Pellinor (Pellinore)
  • • Sir Tristan
  • • Sir Morholt (Marhaus)
  • • Palemedes
  • • Sir Dinadan
  • • Cador
  • • Hoel
Palemedes

Palemedes

The Saracen Knight and Slayer of the Questing Beast. Palemedes was the son of Esclabor. After the death of King Pellinor, Palemedes inherited the king's role as the "Knight of the Strange Beast" (or Questing Beast). Palemedes was a rival of Trista...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Duran, Son of King Arthur

Duran, Son of King Arthur

Duran is a very minor figure from the Arthurian legends who appears in just a single source as the son of King Arthur. What is this source and what do we know about him?Who Was Duran? Duran was the son of King Arthur. Yet despite this prominent po...

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Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot

Lancelot of the Lake was the most famous knight of the Round Table. Part of his fame was that he became the lover of Queen Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. Without doubt, Lancelot was the noblest figure in the Arthurian legend. Lancelot was the...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Balin le Savage

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 Arthur to Guinevere and the Fellowship of the Round Table. So, though Balin was depicted as one of th...

April 2nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Galahad

Sir Galahad

A Grail knight. He was the son of Lancelot and Elaine. According to the Grail legend, Galahad was was the descendant of King David of Israel through his father Lancelot. Galahad, through his mother's line, was a descendant of Nascien. Galahad was ...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Tristan

Sir Tristan

Lover of Isolde the Fair. Tristan was the son of Rivalen, lord of Armenye (Mediadus of Leonois in the Prose Tristan, while Malory called Tristan's father, Meliodas of Liones or Lyonesse), and Blancheflor (Blanchefleur; Malory called Tristan's moth...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Round Table

Round Table

The Arthurian knights who sat with King Arthur around a circular table became the focal point of fellowship between knights. Some of them are famous as heroes and champions of just cause. In theory, they were brothers; however, jealousy, envy and ...

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Sir Gawain

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, Gawain appeared the most frequently in the Arthurian tales. In early Welsh tales (before Geoffrey of ...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Gawain

Sir Gawain

Gawain was one of the great heroes in the Arthurian legends. No other knights appeared in more tales, yet he is not often the chief hero in most of these medieval romances. Earlier tales of Gawain showed that he was the ideal or the perfect knight...

December 16th, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Kay

Sir Kay

Foster-brother of Arthur. Kay was the son of Ector, or according to Robert de Boron's Merlin, the son of Sir Anton. When Arthur became king, Arthur made him his seneschal. In an early Welsh tale called Culhwch and Olwen, Kei (Welsh for Kay) was th...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
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