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Arthurian Characters

The wise companion and guide of Sir Guyon in Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Arthurian Characters

The Knight of Temperance in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, commissioned by Gloriana to destroy the Bower of Bliss.

Arthurian Characters

The mythical progenitor of the fairy race in Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Born of Prometheus and a fairy, Elf became the ancestor of Gloriana, the Fairy Queen.

Royalty and Rulers

The legendary rulers of Fairy Land in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Royalty and Rulers

The Fairy Queen who reigns over Fairy Land in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Locations, Knighthood, Court, Society

An enchanted garden ruled by the sorceress Acrasia, where beauty, luxury, and sensual pleasure ensnared unwary knights.

Arthurian Characters

A powerful enchantress who ruled the Bower of Bliss in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Arthurian Characters

An astrologer and dwarf at King Mark's court who uncovered the love affair between Tristan and Isolde.

Locations, Knighthood, Court, Society

A city in southern Italy renowned during the Middle Ages for its celebrated medical school. In Arthurian romance, Salerno is associated with learned physicians whose reputation for medical expertise was known throughout Europe.