Lionesse by Arthur Rackham for Alfred W. Pollard's The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1917)
In some versions of Arthurian legend, Lynette (alternatively known as Linnet, Linette, Lynet, Lynette, Lyonet) is a haughty noble lady who travels to King Arthur's court seeking help for her beautiful sister Lyonesse (also Linesse, Lioness, Lionesse, Lyones, Lyonorr, Lyonors), whose lands are besieged by the Red Knight. The young Gareth picks up the quest, eventually marrying Lyonesse, while Lynette becomes the lady of his brother Gaheris.
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incorporates the others into Arthur's court, and rescues Lynette's sister Lyonesse. Lustily in love with Lyonesse, Gareth conspires to consummate their relationship...
British actress Magda Linette (born 1992), Polish tennis player Lynette and Lyonesse, two sisters in Arthurian legend Lanette This page or section lists people...
Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of...
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Arthur marries him to Laurel, a niece of LynetteandLyonesse. A major motif regarding Agravain's character in the prose romances...
Launcelot and other variants, is a character in some versions of Arthurian legend where he is typically depicted as King Arthur's close companion and one of...
Table, under the names King Carados and Carados Briefbras (French for "Carados Shortarm"). Though the name "Caradoc" and its various forms were by no means...
overcome in order to learn the merits and responsibilities of knighthood. One of these trials involves LynetteandLyonesse, two noblewomen from afar who come...
court to Paris. Finally returning to Brittany, he was aided by Tristram of Lyonesse in suppressing a civil war. Hywel was eventually turned into "Sir Howel"...
of Lynette is their tryst unsuccessful, thus preserving Gareth's virginity and, presumably, his standing with God. Gareth later counsels Lyonesse to report...
ISBN 9781616555016 – via Google Books. Muir, Lynette (2007). Love and Conflict in Medieval Drama: The Plays and Their Legacy. Cambridge University Press....
the Knights of the Round Table and members of King Arthur's family. Their names often differ from version to version and from language to language. The...
books), as well as original Cornish literature such as Jowal Lethesow (The Lyonesse Stone) by Craig Weatherhill. Literature aimed at children is also available...
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