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[7] The danger of a beautiful woman is alluded to in the Irish saga Echtra mac nEchach Muigmedóin, concerning Niall of the Nine Hostages: a young slave mother Cairenn with curly black hair gives birth to the son of a king, but is frightened by the queen Mongfind, who is wicked, beautiful, with long fair hair. [8]
Courtly love (Occitan: fin'amor; French: amour courtois [amuʁ kuʁtwa]) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing various deeds or services for ladies because of their "courtly love".
Medieval aesthetics refers to the general philosophy of beauty during the Medieval period.Although Aesthetics did not exist as a field of study during the Middle Ages, influential thinkers active during the period did discuss the nature of beauty and thus an understanding of medieval aesthetics can be obtained from their writings.
Medieval dove plaques have been found in the Netherlands and United Kingdom. Similar to modern times, turtle doves were used as medieval symbols of love and loyalty because the birds typically ...
“It says queen as my job code on my pay stubs so any time my family members question whether or not I'm a queen, I say I have a federal document that says I am a queen,” Medieval Times Queen ...
As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe.They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest.
Sebile, alternatively written as Sedile, Sebille, Sibilla, Sibyl, Sybilla, and other similar names, is a mythical medieval queen or princess who is frequently portrayed as a fairy or an enchantress in the Arthurian legend and Italian folklore.
Clíodna of Carrigcleena is the potent banshee that rules as queen over the sióga (fairies) of South Munster, or Desmond. [1] In some Irish myths, Clíodhna is a goddess of love and beauty, and the patron of County Cork. [2] She is said to have three brightly coloured birds who eat apples from an otherworldly tree and whose sweet song heals ...