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#FairyTaleTuesday - King Arthur was linked to Tintagel Castle in the 12th century when Geoffrey of Monmouth named it as a place, where Arthur was conceived. Legend says that the infant Arthur was thrown by the waves on the beach by Merlin's cave.
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2/2 Culhwch, Arthur, and his warriors went hunting to grab precious comb, razor, and scissors between the bristles of a boar Twrch Trwyth. In Beren and Lúthien, the characters hunted a giant wolf Carcharoth, who had swallowed the Silmaril jewel.
🎨: Alan Lee, Justin Gerard
Sir Galahad is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. He is also renowned for his gallantry and purity as the most perfect of all knights.
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🎨George Frederick Watts, 1888
Then Perceval returned to his mother, and said to her, "Mother, those were not angels, but honorable knights." Then his mother swooned away.
from Legends of King Arthur by Bulfinch
Art by Arthur Hacker, still from "Percy Grows Up"
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Illustration for Parsifal by
🎨 Willy Pogany
Percival was the original hero in the quest for the Grail but (according to wikipedia) replaced in later literature by Galahad. (Am not an Arthurian expert so was interested to discover this nugget of info)
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"... and her name was Hellawes the sorceress, Lady of the Castle Nigramous." (Malory "Le Morte D’Arthur")
🎨 IrenHorrors
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Beautiful, alluring, the witchy, enchantress Morgan le Fay is both a healer & wise woman. In Arthurian legend she was, initially, a kind character & protector of King Arthur. As legends developed, so too did the unpredictable duality of her nature.
🖼BurneJones
Soon she was lost to sight in the Danube, from Undine by Arthur Rackham (1909)
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In Arthurian legend Guinevere is an early medieval queen of Great Britain and King Arthur’s wife. Her love affair with Lancelot, one of Arthur's bravest knights would lead to the death of Arthur and destroy the fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table.
I know #FairytaleTuesday is hosting Arthurian legends today, and I can't help but bust out my collection of medieval art that makes no sense.
I present: "Back in my day, having a headache MEANT something." #arthistory #medievaltwitter
"Respite ?", 09/2022.
🇺🇸 Tenth of the series.
Inspired by Franklin Booth's work.
🇫🇷 Dixième de la série.
Inspirée par le travail de Franklin Booth.
#franklinbooth #ink #illustration #art #drawing #watercolor #knight #chevalier #kingarthur #roundtable #forest
‘She was known to have studied magic while she was being brought up in the nunnery.’
Morgan Le Fay, enchantress & half-sister to King Arthur, as portrayed by William Henry Margetson, for Legends of King Arthur and His Knights, (James Knowles, 1914). #FairyTaleTuesday
Lorekeeper Casual! Ft Dapper Arthur n my lorekeeper in a dream outfit (that SHIRT ;w;)
DDC friends on Discord started this casual divine fashion trend and apparently now Arthur and I look like siblings. I am totally okay with this-- though now I've gotta write more backstory LOL