Lady of Avalon (Avalon, 3)

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In his final romance, Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Chrétien also featured the sea fortress of Escavalon, ruled by the unspecified King of Escavalon. The word Escavalon can be literally translated as "Water-Avalon", [52] albeit some scholars proposed various other developments of the name Escavalon from that of Avalon (with Roger Sherman Loomis noting the similarity of the evolution of Geoffrey's Caliburn into the Chrétien's Escalibur in the case of Excalibur [53]), perhaps in connection with the Old French words for either 'Slav' or 'Saracen'. [54] Chretien's Escavalon was renamed as Askalon in Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach who might have been either confused or inspired by the real-life coastal city of Ascalon. [55] It is also possible that the Chrétien-era Escavalon has turned or split into the Grail realm of Escalot in later prose romances. [56] Nevertheless, the kingdoms of Escalot and Escavalon both appear concurrently in the Vulgate Cycle. There, Escavalon is ruled by King Alain, whose daughter Floree gives birth to Gawain's son Guinglain. Following the above-mentioned works of Chrétien and Ulrich, the Lady of the Lake began appearing by this title in the French chivalric romance prose by the early 13th century. As a fairy godmother-type foster mother of the hero Lancelot, she inherits the role of an unnamed aquatic fairy queen, her prototype from 12th-century poetry. While Ulrich's Lanzelet uses the changeling part of the fairy abduction lore in regards to Mabuz and Lancelot, [29] the Lady has no offspring of her own in Chrétien's and later versions.

The Lady of the Lake has many names, in modern times, Vivienne. She gifted the sword Excalibur to King Arthur in his fight against the Saxons. She knew the secrets of the old ways and of the Isle of Avalon and because of her wisdom, she was high priestess. To connect with her, study and dive into the water element. Scry in a lake or with a scrying mirror to speak to the Lady of the Lake. Honor the moon and its cycles, just as Vivienne once did in the lost civilization of Avalon. Lot, Ferdinand (1918). "Nouvelles études sur le cycle arthurien". Romania. 45 (177): 1–22 (14). doi: 10.3406/roma.1918.5142. Loomis, Roger Sherman Wales and the Arthurian Legend, pub. University of Wales Press, Cardiff 1956 and reprinted by Folcroft Press 1973, Chapter 5 King Arthur and the Antipodes, pp. 70–71.

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When Caillean grows old, Sianna succeeds her as High Priestess. Her daughter by Gawen succeeds her in turn, making Sianna the matriarch of a line of High Priestesses. Many women feel a connection with King Arthur’s wife, Queen Guinevere. She was a dedicated and pious woman in the original tales. And later versions of the Arthurian legends, Guinevere became an adulterer who had an affair with Lancelot, the King’s knight. Hold a rosary in your hand to connect with Guinevere, as she served Mother Mary as her goddess. Keep Guinevere’s image or Mother Mary’s image on the altar. Lady of the Lake

After enchanting Merlin, Malory's Nimue replaces him as Arthur's magician aide and trusted adviser. When Arthur himself is in need in Malory's text, some incarnation of the Lady of the Lake, or her magic, or her agent, reaches out to help him. For instance, she saves Arthur from a magical attempt on his life made by his sister Morgan le Fay and from the death at the hands of Morgan's lover Accolon as in the Post-Vulgate, and together with Tristan frees Arthur from the lustful sorceress Annowre in a motif taken from the Prose Tristan. In Malory's version, Brandin of the Isles, renamed Brian (Bryan), is Nimue's evil cousin rather than her paramour. Nimue instead becomes the lover and eventually wife of Pelleas, a gentle young knight whom she then also puts under her protection so "that he was never slain by her days."

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Zimmer, Heinrich. "Bretonische Elemente in der Artursage des Gottfried von Monmouth", Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur, Volume 12, 1890, pp. 246–248. Another form of Avalonian magic involves working with the magical plants that thrived on the isle. Plant and care for these plants in your garden, visit these plants in a local garden or orchard, and use them to cook, brew teas, bake, and craft herbal home remedies. Apples Williams, Mary (1962). "King Arthur in History and Legend". Folklore. 73 (2): 73–88. doi: 10.1080/0015587X.1962.9717319. JSTOR 1258608– via JSTOR. Bane, Theresa (4 September 2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786471119– via Google Books.