Who are the main Characters in Arthurian Stories?
and when Did they First Appear ?
Arthur: Gododdin
epic, Attributed to Anerin (there is evidence of later additions), C. AD
600
explicitly mentions Arthur. Geoffrey of Monmouth sets his reign at AD 455
- 470.
Guinevere: Life of Gildas, Caradoc,
AD 1130 mentions her simply as 'Arthur's Wife...', The
Mabinogion names her (and three other queens) as Gwenhwyfar.
Merlin: History of the
Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth AD 1136. Called 'Myrddin'
Geoffrey introduces Arthur's birth at Merlin's contrivance at Tintagel.
He also
attributes Merlin with the feat of moving Stonehenge.
Mordred:
Was first called 'Medraut' in the Annales Cambriae attributed to
Nenius (10th C.)
Morgan le Fey: History of the
Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth AD 1136. She is a
benign healer who looks after Arthur.
Excalibur: Mentioned only as 'the sword in the stone' by de Boron c 1200
Round Table: Mentioned
by Wace in 'Romance of Brutis' in 1155 in his Old French
'translation' of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Camelot: Chretien, 1160 - 80 first names
Camelot. The site was thought to be Cadbury Castle
by Leyland 1542, modern thought has it at South Cadbury where an archeological
dig was held in 1966 - 67. (for more info, see Alcock, L. 'Arthur's
Britain' or 'By South
Cadbury, is that Camelot?' by the same author. )
Avalon: Celtic myth in the 1st C AD
has a banished god asleep in a cave on a western
isle. The Bretons introduced the concept of Arthur's immortality and may
be
responsible for the name Avalon.
Galahad, Lancelot, etc (who named them all)
Taliesin names the older companions in the
10th C. He forshadows the Grail Quest in 'The Spoils of Annwfn'.
The
Company of the Round Table is something close to the present form
found in the writings of de Longuyon (1310).
Good Source for Study:The Arthurian Handbook
by Norris Lacey and Geoffrey Ashe. Garland,
1988, ISBN 0-8240-7597-8
Just
How Many Knights of the
Round
Table Were There ?
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There is no simple answer to this question. Malory claims 150.
Others claim
different numbers, ranging from 13 to 1600. Here is a chart compiled
from
the names of the 25 knights inscribed on the Winchester Round Table which
can provide data for consideration.
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Sites
from which this Page was Developed,
and
Good Research Sources
The Round Table
Britannia
King Arthur: Knights of the Round Table ".
... Details of the Knights of the
Round Table by David Nash Ford KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE Who were they?
...
The Round Table Of King
Arthur ... of Britain, in AD 516. Soon after his ascension to
the throne he founded the Order of the Knights of the Round Table at Windsor.
Thereafter the Knights met ...
Knights
of the Round Table ... In this section of Arthurian Legends,
the Round Table
contained information and some stories of the Knights of the Round Table.
I would not
even think of ...
Knights of the Round Table
Knights of the Round Table directed by Richard Thorpe
(MGM, 1953). Someday, somewhere, somebody ...
Knights Of The Round Table KoT - Forum -- Live and die by the sword
Knights of the Round
Table ... The Knights of the Round Table: In the mythological
saga some of the Knights of the Round Table ...
King Arthur
... The Knights of the Round Table. The knights included Sir Lancelot,
Sir Galahad, Sir Percival, and Sir Gawain. Other characters associated
with the
legends are ...
King Arthur
... all to himself. Other famous names include Sir Galahad, Lancelot's
son,
Sir Gawain, Sir Bedivere, Sir Percival and Sir Mordred, Arthur's treacherous
nephew.
The Round Table Of King
Arthur ... of Britain, in AD 516. Soon after his ascension to
the
throne he founded the Order of the Knights of the Round Table at Windsor.
Thereafter
the Knights met ...
Morgan Le Fay
Morgan Le
Fay: Texts, Images, Basic Information ... Morgan Le Fay. ...
Texts: Cawein, Madison J. (1865-1914), Accolon of Gaul; Cawein, Madison
J.
(1865-1914), "Morgan Le Fay". ...
Morgan
le Fay, from Lundy, Isle of Avalon by Mystic Realms Back. Morgan le
Fay /
Anna. Lundy, Isle of Avalon. ... Morgan le Fay = Morgause = Modron = Matrona
=
Argante = Morrigan = Ann. Anna / St. Anne. ...
Morgan
Le Fay Morgan le Fay. alternative names: Morgaine, Modron, Morgian,
Morgan le Fee, Fata Morgana, titles ...
Celtic
Heroes: Morgan le Fay ... Morgan le Fay was a fairy queen and
a sorceress,
who appears in the Arthurian legends as Arthurs sister. Glamorgan in Wales
is her
sacred territory. She took ...
Arthurian
Biographies: Morgan Le Fay ... Morgan Le Fay ..... The much maligned
Morgan Le Fay was, to a large extent, the invention of medieval ...
King
Arthur: A Man for the Ages--Morgan Le Fay Was Morgan Le Fay really
a witch?
Explorations in Arthurian History Geoffrey of Monmouth ...
Beardsley's
"How Morgan le Fay Gave a Shield to Sir Tristram ... How Morgan le
Fay
Gave a Shield to Sir Tristram by Aubrey Beardsley Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898),
"How Morgan le Fay Gave a Shield to Sir Tristram" from ...
Mystical-WWW
- The Arthurian A 2 Z listing M ... Marrion. Referred to as one
of the
twelve sisters of 'Morgan le Fey' (See Morgan le Fay in the listing).
Morgana's Mirror, the
Kingdom of Morgan Le Fay Introduction, Nature's Gems, Moon
Phases, Celtic Whispers. The Text Files, Morgan Le Fay, Pronunciations,
...
Sir Mordred
Sir
Mordred Sir Mordred the Traitor. Mordred has always been associated
... Shadow;
A Vindication of Mordred The Early Mordred. ...
Mordred: Texts,
Images, Basic Information From the Main Menu of The Camelot
Project at the University of Rochester Mordred. ...
The Case
of Sir Mordred The Case of Sir Mordred. by tyagi MORDRED nagasiva
1991 ...
...Sir Mordred came, all wounded, to Arthur where he sat with Gawain in
the great
hall. ...
Mordred,
from Lundy, Isle of Avalon by Mystic Realms ... Son of Arthur and Morgan
le
Fay, sometimes. ... Creditz and Links. Bravenet.com. ...
Mordred: "Arthurian"
web page. Mordred was related to Arthur … some sources say
as cousin, others as nephew, and still others say he was Arthur’s son by
...
Sir
Mordred Sir Mordred, King Arthur's nephew and one of knights
of Round Table:
Arthurian Legend. Compton's Encyclopedia Online v3.0 © 1998
The Learning Company,
Inc.
Mordred:
Mordred, in Arthurian legend, was the nephew and final opponent of King
Arthur. What may be an early ...
ebooks.whsmithonline.co.uk/encyclopedia/08/M0026908.htm
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