from the story of king arthur
2006-12-11 01:20:03 · 4 answers · asked by julian s 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
His wife
2006-12-11 01:22:09 · answer #1 · answered by sassy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guinevere was the queen consort of King Arthur. The name Guinevere may be an epithet—the Welsh form Gwenhwyfar can be translated The White Fay or White Ghost (Proto-Celtic *vindo-siabraid "white phantom", Brythonic *vino-hibirÄ; see also Ishara). However, as Rachel Bromwich notes in her scholarly edition of the Welsh Triads, the name can also be analyzed as "Gwenhwy-vawr" or Gwenhwy the Great in contrast to the personage "Gwenhwy-vach" – Gwenhwy the less (Gwenhwyvach appears in Welsh literature as a sister of Gwenhwyfar). Geoffrey of Monmouth renders her name Guanhumara in Latin.
Guinevere is most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Lancelot, which first appears in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. This motif was picked up in all the cyclical Arthurian literature, starting with the Lancelot-Grail Cycle of the early 13th century and carrying through the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Their betrayal of Arthur leads to the downfall of the kingdom.
2006-12-11 09:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by AlaskaGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only daughter of a King under Arthur's rule. She was given to him as his bride to ensure loyalty. She was unfaithful to Arthur with his favored knight and friend Lancelot.
2006-12-11 09:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she was the wife of king arthur and she had an illicit relationship with...Lancelot...and by the end of the story, she became a nun and returned the excalibur to arthur
2006-12-11 09:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by Iggie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋