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A Compendium of Summaries:
Geographical and Genealogical
Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana

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Foreword by Şafak Horzum

  1. Introduction to a Compendium of Summaries: Geographical and Genealogical Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
  2. Summaries of Geographies of Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
    1. Introduction to Summaries of Geographies of Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
    2. Geography of Arthur, Lord King of Logres
    3. Geography of Guinevere, Lady Queen of Logres
    4. Geography of Sir Perceval, Quest Knight of Logres
    5. Geography of Sir Galahad, Quest Knight of Logres
    6. Geography of The Holy Grail, Quest of Logres
    7. Geography of Merlin, Prophet and Wizard of Logres
    8. Geography of Morgan le Fay, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    9. Geography of Mordred, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    10. Geography of Avalon, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    11. Geography of Sir Gawain, Bravest Knight of The Five-Pointed Star of Logres
    12. Geography of The Round Table
    13. Geography of True Knights of Logres
    14. Geography of Sir Lancelot of The Lake, Best Knight of Logres
    15. Geography of The Lady of The Lake, Sacred Feminine of Logres
    16. Geography of Sir Tristan, Tragic Lover in Logres
    17. Geography of Lady Isolde, Tragic Lover in Logres
    18. Geography of Camelot, Kingdom of Logres
    19. Geography of Excalibur, Sword of Logres
    20. Geography of The History of Cornwall
    21. Geography of The History of Wales
    22. Geography of The History of France
    23. Geography of The History of The “Saxons”
      1. Introduction to The Geography of The History of The “Saxons”
      2. Geography of The History of The Angles
      3. Geography of The History of The Saxons
      4. Geography of The History of The Jutes
      5. Geography of The History of The Frisians
    24. Geography of The History of The Romans
    25. Geography of The History of The Picts
    26. Geography of The History of The Scots
    27. Geography of The History of The Irish
    28. Integrated Summary of the Geographies of Logres
  3. Summaries of Genealogies of Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
    1. Introduction to Summaries of Genealogies of Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
    2. Genealogy of Arthur, Lord King of Logres
    3. Genealogy of Guinevere, Lady Queen of Logres
    4. Genealogy of Sir Perceval, Quest Knight of Logres
    5. Genealogy of Sir Galahad, Quest Knight of Logres
    6. Genealogy of The Holy Grail, Quest of Logres
    7. Genealogy of Merlin, Prophet and Wizard of Logres
    8. Genealogy of Morgan le Fay, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    9. Genealogy of Mordred, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    10. Genealogy of Avalon, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    11. Genealogy of Sir Gawain, Bravest Knight of The Five-Pointed Star of Logres
    12. Genealogy of The Round Table
    13. Genealogy of True Knights of Logres
    14. Genealogy of Sir Lancelot of The Lake, Best Knight of Logres
    15. Genealogy of The Lady of The Lake, Sacred Feminine of Logres
    16. Genealogy of Sir Tristan, Tragic Lover in Logres
    17. Genealogy of Lady Isolde, Tragic Lover in Logres
    18. Genealogy of Camelot, Kingdom of Logres
    19. Genealogy of Excalibur, Sword of Logres
    20. Genealogy of The History of Cornwall
    21. Genealogy of The History of Wales
    22. Genealogy of The History of France
    23. Genealogy of The History of The “Saxons”
      1. Introduction to The Genealogy of The History of The “Saxons”
      2. Genealogy of The History of The Angles
      3. Genealogy of The History of The Saxons
      4. Genealogy of The History of The Jutes
      5. Genealogy of The History of The Frisians
    24. Genealogy of The History of The Romans
    25. Genealogy of The History of The Picts
    26. Genealogy of The History of The Scots
    27. Genealogy of The History of The Irish
    28. Integrated Summary of the Genealogies of Logres
  4. Summaries of Timelines of Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
    1. Introduction to Summaries of Timelines of Origins and Archetypes of Arthuriana
    2. Timeline of Arthur, Lord King of Logres
    3. Timeline of Guinevere, Lady Queen of Logres
    4. Timeline of Sir Perceval, Quest Knight of Logres
    5. Timeline of Sir Galahad, Quest Knight of Logres
    6. Timeline of The Holy Grail, Quest of Logres
    7. Timeline of Merlin, Prophet and Wizard of Logres
    8. Timeline of Morgan le Fay, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    9. Timeline of Mordred, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    10. Timeline of Avalon, one of The Dark Mysteries of Logres
    11. Timeline of Sir Gawain, Bravest Knight of The Five-Pointed Star of Logres
    12. Timeline of The Round Table
    13. Timeline of True Knights of Logres
    14. Timeline of Sir Lancelot of The Lake, Best Knight of Logres
    15. Timeline of The Lady of The Lake, Sacred Feminine of Logres
    16. Timeline of Sir Tristan, Tragic Lover in Logres
    17. Timeline of Lady Isolde, Tragic Lover in Logres
    18. Timeline of Camelot, Kingdom of Logres
    19. Timeline of Excalibur, Sword of Logres
    20. Timeline of The History of Cornwall
    21. Timeline of The History of Wales
    22. Timeline of The History of France
    23. Timeline of The History of The “Saxons”
      1. Introduction to The Timeline of The History of The “Saxons”
      2. Timeline of The History of The Angles
      3. Timeline of The History of The Saxons
      4. Timeline of The History of The Jutes
      5. Timeline of The History of The Frisians
    24. Timeline of The History of The Romans
    25. Timeline of The History of The Picts
    26. Timeline of The History of The Scots
    27. Timeline of The History of The Irish
    28. Integrated Summary of the Timelines of Logres
  5. Integrated Summary of the Geographies, Genealogies, and Timelines of Logres
    1. Geography of Logres
    2. Genealogy of Logres
    3. Timeline of Logres
  6. A Comprehensive Bestiary of Arthuriana - Bestiarum Vocabulum Arthurianum
    1. Asses (Male Donkeys)
      1. Introduction to Asses (Male Donkeys)
      2. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of Kings of Britain)
    2. Bears
      1. Introduction to Bears
      2. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Brittaniae (History of Kings of Britain)
      3. Vulgate Suite du Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      4. Ywain and Gawain (Owain and Gawain)
      5. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
      6. Syr Thomas Malory’s (Le) Morte Darthur (The Death of Arthur)
    3. Berbiolettes
      1. Introduction to Berbiolettes
      2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Érec et Énide (Erec and Enide)
    4. Birds
      1. Introduction to Birds
      2. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      3. Lancelot of the Laik (Lancelot of the Lake)
      4. Babians
        1. Introduction to Babians
        2. Der Stricker’s Daniel von dem blühenden Tal (Daniel of the Blooming Valley)
      5. Cuckoos
        1. Introduction to Cuckoos
        2. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
      6. Eagles
        1. Introduction to Eagles
        2. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of Kings of Britain)
        3. Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
        4. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
        5. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      7. Falcons
        1. Introduction to Falcons
        2. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
      8. Gerfalcons/Gyrfalcons
        1. Introduction to Gerfalcons/Gyrfalcons
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      9. Hawks
        1. Introduction to Hawks
        2. Chretién de Troyes’ Cligès
        3. Tristan en prose (Prose Tristan)
        4. Sir Tristrem (Sir Tristan)
        5. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      10. Parrots
        1. Introduction to Parrots
        2. Le Chevalier du Papegau (The Knight of the Parrot)
      11. Pelicans
        1. Introduction to Pelicans
        2. Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
      12. Pheasants
        1. Introduction to Pheasants
        2. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
      13. Phoenix
        1. Introduction to Phoenix
        2. Chretién de Troyes’ Cligès
      14. Serpilions
        1. Introduction to Serpilions
        2. Vulgate Estoire del Saint Grail (History of the Holy Grail, or Estoire de Merlin, or Vulgate/Prose Merlin)
      15. Sparrowhawks
        1. Introduction to Sparrowhawks
        2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Érec et Énide (Erec and Enide)
      16. Wood-Owls
        1. Introduction to Wood-Owls
        2. Thomas of England’s (Britain’s) Tristan
    5. Boars/Pigs/Sows
      1. Introduction to Boars
      2. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of Kings of Britain)
        1. Boar of Cornwall
        2. Boar of Commerce
      3. Mabinogion
        1. Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch/Kilhwch and Olwen/Olwyn)
        2. Manawydan fab Llŷr (Manawydan, the son of Llŷr)
      4. Béroul’s Tristan
      5. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
      6. Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
      7. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      8. The Avowing of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, Sir Kay, and Baldwin of Britain
      9. Ywain and Gawain (Owain and Gawain)
      10. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      11. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
        1. Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of Sir Tristrem de Lyones (Sir Tristan of Lyonesse)
      12. Syr Thomas Malory’s (Le) Morte Darthur (The Death of Arthur)
      13. Named Boars
        1. Introduction to Named Boars
        2. Twrch Trwyth in Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch/Kilhwch and Olwen/Olwyn), generally included in the Mabinogion
      14. Pigs/Sows
        1. Introduction to Pigs/Sows (specifically)
        2. Vulgate Estoire del Saint Grail (History of the Holy Grail, or Estoire de Merlin, or Vulgate/Prose Merlin)
        3. Vulgate Suite du Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      15. Named Pigs/Sows
        1. Introduction to Named Pigs/Sows
        2. Hen( )Wen in Trioedd Ynys Prydein/Prydain (Triads of British Isle, or the Welsh Triads)
    6. Bulls
      1. Introduction to Bulls
      2. Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      3. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      4. Ywain and Gawain (Owain and Gawain)
      5. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
        1. Sir Thomas Malory’s Quest for the Holy Grail Book
    7. Cats
      1. Introduction to Cats
      2. Pa Gur/Gwr Yv y Porthaur? (What Man is the Gatekeeper?, or Arthur and the Porter)
      3. Andrew/André de Coutances’ Li Roman(z) des Franceis (The Romance of the French)
      4. Graindor de Brie’s La Bataille (de) Loquifer (The Battle of Loquifer)
      5. Trioedd Ynys Prydein/Prydain (Triads of British Isle, or the Welsh Triads)
      6. Vulgate Estoire del Saint Grail (History of the Holy Grail, or LEstoire de Merlin, or Vulgate/Prose Merlin)
      7. Galeran de Bretagne (Galeran of Britain)
      8. Manuel und Amande (Manuel and Amande)
      9. Bertrand du Guesclin’s Roman d’Ogier le Danois, or Ogier de Danemarche (Romance of Ogier the Dane, or Ogier the Dane)
      10. Prose Merlin
    8. Deer
      1. Introduction to Deer
      2. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      3. Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carlyle (Sir Gawain and the Carl/Churl of Carlisle)
      4. Le Chevalier du Papegau (The Knight of the Parrot)
      5. White Deer
        1. Introduction to White Deer
        2. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
        3. Post-Vulgate Cycle
        4. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      6. Does
        1. Introduction to Does
        2. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      7. Harts
        1. Introduction to Harts
        2. Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
        3. Sir Tristrem (Sir Tristan)
        4. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
        5. Sir Thomas Malory’s The Weddyng(e) of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell (The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell)
        6. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      8. White Harts
        1. Introduction to White Harts
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      9. Hinds
        1. Introduction to Hinds
        2. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      10. Stags/Bucks
        1. Introduction to Stags/Bucks
        2. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
        3. The Avowing of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, Sir Kay, and Baldwin of Britain
        4. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      11. White Stags
        1. Introduction to White Stags
        2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Érec et Énide (Erec and Enide)
        3. Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
        4. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
        5. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
        6. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
    9. Dogs
      1. Introduction to Dogs
      2. Perlesvaus, or Le/Li Hauz Livre(s) du Graal (The High History of the Holy Grail)
      3. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
      4. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      5. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      6. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      7. Black Dogs
        1. Introduction to Black Dogs
        2. Post-Vulgate Cycle
      8. Bratchets
        1. Introduction to Bratchets
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
          1. Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of Sir Tristrem de Lyones (Sir Tristan of Lyonesse)
      9. White Bratchets
        1. Introduction to White Bratchets
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      10. Hounds
        1. Introduction to Hounds
        2. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
        3. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
        4. Lancelot of the Laik (Lancelot of the Lake)
      11. Greyhounds
        1. Introduction to Greyhounds
        2. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
        3. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
        4. Sir Gowther
      12. Hunting Dogs
        1. Introduction to Hunting Dogs
        2. Chretién de Troyes’ Cligès
      13. Named Dogs
        1. Introduction to Named Dogs
        2. Arthur’s Cabal (Cafall, Cavall)
          1. (pseudo-)Nennius’/Nemnuuis’/Ninnius’/Nemnius’ Historia Brittonum (History of Britons)
          2. Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch/Kilhwch and Olwen/Olwyn), generally included in the Mabinogion
        3. Tristan’s and Isolde’s Husdent in Béroul’s Tristan
        4. Tristan’s and Isolde’s Petitcreiu in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
        5. Tristan’s and Isolde’s Hiudan in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
        6. Tristan’s and Isolde’s Peticrewe in Sir Tristrem (Sir Tristan)
        7. Tristan’s and Isolde’s Hodain in Sir Tristrem (Sir Tristan)
        8. Tristan’s and Isolde’s Peticru in Thomas of Britain’s Tristran(s) (Tristan)
    10. Dragons
      1. Introduction to Dragons
      2. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of Kings of Britain)
        1. Red Dragon
        2. White Dragon
      3. Béroul’s Tristan
      4. Chrétien de Troyes’ Yvain, or Le Chevalier au Lion (Owain, or The Knight with the Lion)
      5. Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal (Perceval, or The Story of the Grail)
      6. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
        1. Vulgate Suite du Merlin
          1. White Dragon
          2. Red Dragon
      7. Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
      8. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      9. Owain, generally included in the Mabinogion
      10. Ívens/Yvens Saga (Owain, or The Knight with the Lion)
      11. Penninc and Pieter Vostaert’s Roman van Wal(e)wein (Romance of Gawain)
      12. Sir Tristrem (Sir Tristan)
      13. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
      14. Prose Merlin
        1. White Dragon
        2. Red Dragon
      15. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      16. Syr Thomas Malory’s (Le) Morte Darthur (The Death of Arthur)
    11. Elephants
      1. Introduction to Elephants
      2. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
    12. Foxes
      1. Introduction to Foxes
      2. Sir Gawayne and the Greene Knight (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
      3. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
    13. Frogs/Toads
      1. Introduction to Frogs/Toads
      2. The Awntyrs off Arthur(e) at the Terne/Turne Wathelan/Wathelyn(e) (The Adventures of Arthur at the Lake/Tarn Wadling)
    14. Griffins/Gryffins
      1. Introduction to Griffins/Gryffins
      2. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      3. The Awntyrs off Arthur(e) at the Terne/Turne Wathelan/Wathelyn(e) (The Adventures of Arthur at the Lake/Tarn Wadling)
    15. Hares/Rabbits
      1. Introduction to Hares/Rabbits
      2. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
    16. Horses
      1. Introduction to Horses
      2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Lancelot, or Le Chevalier de la Charrete (Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart)
      3. Chrétien de Troyes’ Érec et Énide (Erec and Enide)
      4. Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal (Perceval, or The Story of the Grail)
      5. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
      6. Le Romanz du Reis Yder, or Roman de Yder, or Roman d’Yder (Romance of King Yder)
      7. Geoffrey Chaucer’ “General Prologue” in Tales of Caunterbury (The Canterbury Tales)
      8. Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carlyle (Sir Gawain and the Carl/Churl of Carlisle)
      9. Syr Thomas Malory’s (Le) Morte Darthur (The Death of Arthur)
      10. The Carle off Carlisle (The Carl of Carlisle, or The Churl of Carlisle)
      11. Black Horses
        1. Introduction to Black Horses
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      12. Foals
        1. Introduction to Foals
        2. The Carle off Carlisle (The Carl of Carlisle, or The Churl of Carlisle)
      13. Colts
        1. Introduction to Colts
        2. Thomas of England’s (Britain’s) Tristan
      14. Mares
        1. Introduction to Mares
        2. Sir Perceval of Galles (Sir Perceval of Wales)
      15. Nags
        1. Introduction to Nags
        2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal (Perceval, or The Story of the Grail)
      16. Palfreys
        1. Introduction to Palferys
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s The Weddyng(e) of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell (The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell)
      17. Steeds
        1. Introduction to Steeds
        2. Sir Perceval of Galles (Sir Perceval of Wales)
      18. Named Horses
        1. Introduction to Named Horses
        2. Arthur’s Aubagu in Chrétien de Troyes’ Érec et Énide (Erec and Enide)
        3. Arthur’s Passelande in Béroul’s Tristan
        4. Tristan’s Bel Joeor in Béroul’s Tristan
        5. Gawain’s Gringuljete in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival (Perceval)
        6. In Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch/Kilhwch and Olwen/Olwyn), generally included in the Mabinogion
          1. Gwed(d)w’s Gwyn Dun(-)mane
          2. Gwyn My(n)gd(d)wn (White Dark Mane)
          3. Du (Black)
        7. Gawain’s Gringalet/Gringolet/(gringolé)/(snake-headed)
          1. Vulgate Suite du Merlin
          2. Penninc and Pieter Vostaert’s Roman van Wal(e)wein (Romance of Gawain)
        8. Tristan’s Passe-Brewel in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
    17. Hybrids (excluding Griffins and the Questing Beast)
      1. Introduction to Hybrids
      2. An Animal that is Variegated in Every Way
        1. Appears in the Vulgate Estoire del Saint Grail (History of the Holy Grail, or L’Estoire de Merlin, or Vulgate/Prose Merlin)
        2. Description
          1. Head and neck of a sheep, and these were as white as new snow
          2. Feet, legs, and thighs of a dog, and all this was as black as coal
          3. Breast and body and rump of a fox
          4. Tail of a lion
      3. The Keeper of the Forest’s Beasts
        1. Appears in Ywain and Gawain (Owain and Gawain)
        2. Description
          1. Ears like an elephant
          2. Nose like a cat
          3. Teeth like boar’s tusks
      4. The Giant of Mont Saint-Michel
        1. Appears in the Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
        2. Description
          1. Snarls like a greyhound
          2. Skin like a frog
          3. Flat mouthed like a flounder
          4. Spots like a boar
          5. Fat like a pig (in addition to being five fathoms long)
    18. Lambs
      1. Introduction to Lambs
      2. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
    19. Leopards
      1. Introduction to Leopards
      2. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
      3. Prose Merlin
      4. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
    20. Lions
      1. Introduction to Lions
      2. Physiologus
      3. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of Kings of Britain)
      4. Chrétien de Troyes’ Lancelot, or Le Chevalier de la Charrete (Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart)
      5. Chrétien de Troyes’ Yvain, or Le Chevalier au Lion (Owain, or The Knight with the Lion)
      6. Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal (Perceval, or The Story of the Grail)
      7. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
        1. Vulgate Estoire del Saint Grail (History of the Holy Grail, or L’Estoire de Merlin, or Vulgate/Prose Merlin)
        2. Lancelot Propre (Lancelot Proper)
        3. Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      8. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
      9. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      10. Owain, generally included in the Mabinogion
      11. Ívens/Yvens Saga (Owain, or The Knight with the Lion)
      12. Sir Bevis of Hampton
      13. Ywain and Gawain (Owain and Gawain)
      14. Alliterative Morte Arthure (Death of Arthur)
      15. Prose Merlin
      16. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
    21. Mules
      1. Introduction to Mules
      2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal (Perceval, or The Story of the Grail)
    22. Oxen
      1. Introduction to Oxen
      2. Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      3. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      4. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      5. Named Oxen
        1. Introduction to Named Oxen
        2. In Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch/Kilhwch and Olwen/Olwyn), generally included in the Mabinogion
          1. Melyn Gwanwyn (Yellow Spring)
          2. Ych Brych (Mottled/Speckled/Brindled Ox)
          3. Two Horned Oxen
            • Nyniaw
            • Peibiaw
          4. Gw(y)lwlydd’s Oxen
            • Castan (Chestnut)
            • An unnamed ox
    23. Questing Beast (Bizarre Beast, Glatysaunt Beast, Glatysaunte Beste, or Beste Glatisant)
      1. Introduction to the Questing Beast (Bizarre Beast, Glatysaunt Beast, Glatysaunte Beste, or Beste Glatisant)
      2. William of Malmesbury’s Gesta Regum Anglorum (Deeds of Kings of England)
      3. Book of Revelation (from time-appropriate and contemporarily available sources)
        1. Anglo-Norman Bible
        2. Bible du XIIIe siècle (Thirteenth-Century Bible, Old French Bible, or Paris Bible)
        3. Bible Historiale
        4. Early Fourteenth Century AD French copy of the Book of Revelation anonymously translated into English
        5. English versions of various French paraphrases and moralized versions of the Book of Revelation
        6. Wycliffes Bible (first and second editions)
        7. Bible Moralisée
        8. Biblia Pauperum
        9. Speculum Humanae Salvationis
      4. Perlesvaus, or Le/Li Hauz Livre(s) du Graal (The High History of the Holy Grail)
      5. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
      6. Tristan en prose (Prose Tristan)
      7. Post-Vulgate Cycle
        1. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
        2. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      8. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
    24. Serpents/Snakes
      1. Introduction to Serpents/Snakes
      2. Adders (classed both as Serpents and Snakes)
        1. Introduction to Adders
        2. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
      3. Serpents
        1. Introduction to Serpents (specifically)
        2. Chrétien de Troyes’ Yvain, or Le Chevalier au Lion (Owain, or The Knight with the Lion)
        3. Owain, generally included in the Mabinogion
        4. Ívens/Yvens Saga (Owain, or The Knight with the Lion)
        5. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
        6. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur)
        7. Asps
          1. Introduction to Asps
          2. Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin, or Huth-Merlin (Continuation of Merlin)
        8. Multicoloured Serpents
          1. Introduction to Multicoloured Serpents
          2. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
      4. Snakes
        1. Introduction to Snakes (specifically)
        2. Vulgate Cycle, or Lancelot-Grail (Cycle), or Prose Lancelot, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle
    25. Unicorns/Monocerous
      1. Introduction to Unicorns/Monocerous
      2. Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival (Perceval)
      3. Le Chevalier du Papegau (The Knight of the Parrot)
    26. Werewolves
      1. Introduction to Werewolves
      2. Marie de France’s Le Lai du Bisclavret (The Lay of the Were-Wolf)
      3. Arthur and Gorlagon
    27. Wolves
      1. Introduction to Wolves
      2. Vulgate Suite du Merlin
      3. Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal (Quest of the Holy Grail)
      4. Prose Merlin
    28. Worms
      1. Introduction to Worms
      2. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of Kings of Britain)
  7. The Grand Arthuriad:
         Integration of Summaries of the Geographies, Genealogies, Timelines, Histories, Romances, Legends, Mythologies, Folklores, and Beasts of the Whole of Arthuriana
Afterword by Fiona Ingram, Cheryl Carpinello, and Wendy Leighton-Porter

“There is more of Rome*, than of Romance, about Arthuriana”Glyn Hnutu-healh
 
*and Achaea, Akkad, Alans, Anglia, Arameans, Armorica, Assyria, Babylon, Briton, Cambria, Canaan, Cornwall, Crete, Cumbria, Dalriada, Domnonia, Egypt,
Etruscans, ExtraTerrestrials, France, Frisia, Gaul, Greece, Hindavi, Hittites, Huns, Hurrians, Idubor, Ireland, Judaea, Jutland, Lydia, Macedonia,
Mesopotamia, Mycenaea, Narts, Norse, Persia, Phoenicia, Phrygia, Picts, Saxony, Scotland, Semites, Sumer, Ugarit, and Wales — to name a few

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