For other uses, see Lady of the Lake (disambiguation).
Fictional character
Lady of the Lake (Viviane / Nimue)
Matter of Britain character
The Lady of the Lake in Lancelot Speed's illustration for James Thomas Knowles' The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (1912)
First appearance
Vulgate Cycle
Based on
Disputed origins, earlier and unnamed versions of the character in Lanzelet and Lancelot
In-universe information
Species
Fairy or human
Title
Lady of the Lake
Occupation
Enchantress
Family
Dyonas (father)
Spouse
Pelleas
Significant other
Merlin, sometimes others
Children
Bors, Lancelot, Lionel (all adopted)
Home
The lake, Brocéliande, Avalon
The Lady of the Lake (French: Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Welsh: Arglwyddes y Llyn, Cornish: Arloedhes an Lynn, Breton: Itron al Lenn, Italian: Dama del Lago) is a name or a title used by several either fairy or fairy-like but human enchantresses in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur. She plays several important roles in many stories, including providing Arthur with the sword Excalibur, eliminating Merlin, raising Lancelot after the death of his father, and helping to take the dying Arthur to Avalon. Different sorceresses known as the Lady of the Lake appear concurrently as separate characters in some versions of the legend since at least the Post-Vulgate Cycle and consequently the seminal Le Morte d'Arthur, with the latter describing them as a hierarchical group, while some texts also give this title to either Morgan or her sister.[1]
^"Morgan is also later said to be either a sister or the Lady herself. Descriptions of [the Lady of the Lake] as a fairy queen are also similar to Geoffrey's depiction of Morgan on the Isle of Avalon to whom Arthur is taken to be healed after Camlan." Sullivan, Tony (2020). King Arthur: Man or Myth. p. 172.
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