Mythical shield of King Arthur
This article is about the shield of King Arthur. For the ship of King Arthur, see Prydwen.
Pridwen was, according to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, King Arthur's shield; it was adorned with an image of the Virgin Mary. Geoffrey's description of it draws on earlier Welsh traditions found in Preiddeu Annwfn , Culhwch and Olwen , and the Historia Brittonum . The shield is also named and described by Wace, Layamon, Roger of Wendover and Robert of Gloucester among other medieval writers, and it directly inspired the description of Sir Gawain's shield in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight .
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Pridwen was, according to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, King Arthur's shield; it was adorned with an image of the Virgin Mary. Geoffrey's...
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the poem is in many places obscure, but it seems to describe a voyage in Pridwen to Annwn, the Celtic otherworld, to rescue a prisoner held there. It includes...
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legendary rulers of Cornwall Logres Matter of Britain Molmutine Laws Nennius Pridwen Riothamus River Malvam Siege of Exeter (c. 630) Locations associated with...
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Vortigern Yniol Objects and animals Cavall Excalibur Gringolet Holy Grail Pridwen Prydwen Questing Beast Round Table Siege Perilous Twrch Trwyth Places Astolat...
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Salisbury. Elements of the Welsh legends are added: in addition to the shield Pridwen , Arthur gains his sword, Caliburnus (Excalibur), and his spear, Ron. Geoffrey...
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("spear") in Geoffrey's Historia. Geoffrey also names Arthur's shield as Pridwen ; in Culhwch, however, Prydwen ("fair face") is the name of Arthur's ship...
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lady of the lake said to make the wielder invincible under the sunlight Pridwen (also Wynebgwrthucher) – The shield of King Arthur. It is said that this...
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