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Conte du Graal, Lancelot-Grail cycle, Prose Tristan, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Once and Future King, many short Middle English romances. Another son of Lot and Morgause, father of Gingalain. Geneir Gwystyl. One of King Arthur 's knights in the Welsh Arthurian legend [1] Geraint †.
King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a leader of the post-Roman Britons in battles against ...
Sir Gawain, The Green Knight/Bertilak de Hautdesert, Lady Bertilak, Morgan le Fay, King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table. Text. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at Wikisource. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later.
Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), alternatively written as Launcelot and other variants, [a] is a popular character in Arthurian legend's chivalric romance tradition. He is typically depicted as King Arthur's close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table, as well as a secret lover of Arthur's wife, Guinevere.
Gawain (/ ˈɡɑːweɪn ˈɡæ -, - wɪn, ɡəˈweɪn / GA (H)-wayn, -win, gə-WAYN), [1][2] also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur 's nephew and one of the premier Knights of the Round Table. The prototype of Gawain is mentioned under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest ...
Sir Kay. In Arthurian legend, Kay / ˈkeɪ / (Welsh: Cai, Middle Welsh Kei or Cei; Latin: Caius; French: Keu; Old French: Kès or Kex) is King Arthur 's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature he is known for his acid tongue and bullying, boorish behaviour, but in earlier ...
The Matter of Britain (French: matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. The 12th-century Catholic cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of ...
Merlin (Welsh: Myrddin, Cornish: Merdhyn, Breton: Merzhin) [ note 2 ] is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a magician, with several other main roles. [ note 3 ] The familiar depiction of Merlin, based on an amalgamation of historical and legendary figures, was introduced by the 12th-century ...