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First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady Guinevere" Howard Pyle One of Three Sons of King Pellinore, one of the original 32 Knights of the Round Table Ector† Hector, Antor, Ectorius Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century The Once and Future King, Le Morte d'Arthur: Raises Arthur according to Merlin's command, father to Sir Kay: Edern ap Nudd
Morgan le Fay (/ ˈ m ɔːr ɡ ən l ə ˈ f eɪ /; Welsh and Cornish: Morgen; with le Fay being garbled French la Fée, thus meaning 'Morgan the Fairy'), alternatively known as Morgan[n]a, Morgain[a/e], Morgant[e], Morg[a]ne, Morgayn[e], Morgein[e], and Morgue[in] among other names and spellings, is a powerful and ambiguous enchantress from the legend of King Arthur, in which most often she ...
The dwarf Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. (Arthur Rackham, 1910)The term Nibelung or Niflungr is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend.
However, there are indications that Möttuls saga may have been one of the earliest Arthurian texts translated into Old Norse. The saga begins with an extended introductory section, not present in the French text, that describes King Arthur. [6] Such an introduction would have been necessary for an audience unfamiliar with the Arthur legend.
"Arturus rex" (King Arthur), a 1493 illustration from an early printed book, the Nuremberg Chronicle. The origin of the Welsh name "Arthur" remains a matter of debate. The most widely accepted etymology derives it from the Roman nomen gentile (family name) Artorius. [38] Artorius itself is of obscure and contested etymology. [39]
Mordred or Modred (/ ˈ m ɔːr d r ɛ d / or / ˈ m oʊ d r ɛ d /; Welsh: Medraut or Medrawt) is a major figure in the legend of King Arthur.The earliest known mention of a possibly historical Medraut is in the Welsh chronicle Annales Cambriae, wherein he and Arthur are ambiguously associated with the Battle of Camlann in a brief entry for the year 537.
Prydwen (also Pridwen), the ship of King Arthur, according to the Welsh poem, The Spoils of Annwfn. This ship also appeared in Culhwch and Olwen, when Arthur traveled to Ireland, to fetch the cauldron of Diwrnach and the boar Twrch Trwyth. In later Arthurian legend, Pridwen was the name of Arthur's shield. (Arthurian legend)
Later stories have Merlin as an advisor and mentor to the young king until he disappears from the tale, leaving behind a series of prophecies foretelling events to come. A popular version from the French prose cycles tells of Merlin being bewitched and forever sealed up or killed by his student, the Lady of the Lake , after having fallen in ...