- ARTHURIAN LOCATIONS
- Forests and Woodlands
- French Romance Tradition
- Source | Lancelot, or Le Chevalier de la Charrette
- Source | Le Morte Darthur
- Source | Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal
- Source | Perlesvaus
- Source | Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin
- Source | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Source | The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell
- Source | Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal
- Source | Vulgate Lancelot
- Source | Vulgate Merlin
- Source | Yvain, or Le Chevalier au Lion
A recurring enchanted woodland in Arthurian romance, associated with illusion, wandering, and supernatural trial.
Gawain's shield, often bearing a pentangle or the Virgin Mary, symbolizes his courage, virtue, and chivalric ideals.
In the Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, a courtly lay is composed at Arthur’s court in honour of Sir Gaheris, celebrating his noble deeds and chivalric reputation through poetry and song.
Blood Feuds in Arthurian Legend — In the romances, vengeance for slain kin was both duty and danger. Knights like Gawaine, Bellangere, and La Cote Male Taile sought justice through honorable combat, revealing the tension between personal honor and chivalric law.
- ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS
- FAMILIES AND LINEAGES
- French Romance Tradition
- Grail Tradition
- Knights of the Round Table
- Source | Annales Cambriae
- Source | Historia Regum Britanniae
- Source | Le Morte Darthur
- Source | Parzival
- Source | Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal
- Source | Peredur
- Source | Peredur son of Efrawg
- Source | Triads of the Island of Britain
- Source | Vulgate Cycle
- Source | Y Gododdin
- The Grail Lineage
- Title | Knight
- Title | Knight of the Round Table
Percivale of Wales is the knight most closely linked to the Quest for the Holy Grail. First portrayed as a naïve youth raised in the wild, he grows into a figure of faith and perseverance, achieving the vision of the Grail alongside Galahad and Bors.