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Isolde: la princesse Celte by Gaston Bussière (1911) Iseult (/ ɪ ˈ s uː l t, ɪ ˈ z uː l t /), alternatively Isolde (/ ɪ ˈ s oʊ l d (ə), ɪ ˈ z oʊ l d (ə)/) and other spellings, is the name of several characters in the legend of Tristan and Iseult. The most prominent is Iseult of Ireland, the wife of Mark of Cornwall and the lover ...
Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde and other names, is a medieval chivalric romance told in numerous variations since the 12th century. [1] Of disputed source, usually assumed to be primarily Celtic , the tale is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult in the days of ...
Tristan and Isolde (Life) by Rogelio de Egusquiza (1912) Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan), also known as Tristram, Tristyn or Tristain and similar names, is the folk hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. [1]
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Isolde is a German feminine given name derived from either the Old High German words īs ("ice") and hiltja ("battle"), [2] or the Brythonic adsiltia ("she who is gazed upon"). [3] The name was further popularized in Germany and German-speaking countries following the opera Tristan und Isolde composed by Richard Wagner between 1857 and 1859 ...
The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) are deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. [1] In the Völuspá, the three primary Norns Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi, and Skuld draw water from Urðarbrunnr to nourish Yggdrasill, the tree at the center of the cosmos, and prevent it from rot. [2]
Vafþrúðnismál (Old Norse: "The Lay of Vafþrúðnir") [1] is the third poem in the Poetic Edda. It is a conversation in verse form conducted initially between the Æsir Odin and Frigg , and subsequently between Odin and the jötunn Vafþrúðnir, as they engage in a battle of wits.
Urðarbrunnr (Old Norse "Wellspring of Urðr"; either referring to a Germanic concept of fate—urðr—or the norn named Urðr [1]) is a spring or well in Norse mythology. Urðarbrunnr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.