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Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages
H.A. Guerber
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H.A. Guerber
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First Published in 2005. This classic work presents sixteen key myths and legends of the Arthurian, Carolingian, Teutonic and Scandinavian cycles which embody the chivalric code and which inspired the greatest works of romance literature and art. Some, like Tristan and Isolde, Merlin and the Niebelungenlied, are well known. Others, such as the tale of the Amelings and the Langobardian Cycle are rarely encountered. All of the tales and the tourneys, quests, vows, battles and betrayals of which they tell have retained their enchanting power through the ages. They illuminate the mystical significance of knighthood and its ethos of self-purification and honour, allowing us to decode many of the allusions found in medieval art, literature and song. Written for the general reader with captivating style, this work makes the lore of the chivalric Middle Ages accessible and enriches our understanding of a magnificent age.
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GLOSSARY AND INDEX
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AA’CHEN. See Aix-la-Chapelle, 197
AB - RA - CA - DAB’RA. Malagigi’s charm, 207
ACRE. Besieged by Ogier, 175
ADENET (ä-de-nā’), 175
ÆS’CHE-RE. Attacked by Grendel’s mother, 9; bewailed by Hygelac, 9 ; avenged by Beowulf, 11
AGNAR. Son of Ragnar Lodbrok, 331 ; death of, 336
AI-GO-LAN’DUS. Pagan monarch besieged by Charlemagne, 181 ; again besieged in Pamplona, 182 ; his death, 182
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE’, 168, 196, 197
A’LARD. Parents of, 202 ; brother of Renaud, 203 ; cruelly attacked by Charlot, 204 ; his magnanimity, 204
AL’BA-NACT. Son of Brutus ; gave name to province of Albania, 379
AL’BER-ICH (see Laurin and Elbegast). Guards Nibelungen hoard, 69 ; receives messengers from Kriemhild, 81 ; reveals himself to Ortnit and struggles with him, 114, 115 ; helps Ortnit, 117 ; counsels Wolfdietrich, 132 ; met by Dietrich, 136 ; assists Charlemagne on a marauding expedition, 164
AL’BOIN. Son of Audoin, 102 ; forces Rosamund to wed him, 103 ; defeats Ostrogoths, 104 ; murder of, 104
AL’DRI-AN. Lures Etzel, 160
AL-EX-AN’DRE LE GRANT. Synopsis of, 374–376
ALEX’IS. Knight, Angela’s lover, 224
AL’FER-ICH. Same as Alberich
AL-FON’SO. DON. History of, 354–355 ; made king, 357
ALF-SOL. Story of, 327–328
AL-I-MAY’MON. Reveals secret of capture of Toledo, 354 ; dies, 359
AL’PRIS. See Alberich
AL-TE’CLER. Sword of Oliver, 177
AM’A-LING LAND. Same as Italy, 151, 155, 158
AM’A-LUNG. Son of Hornbogi, 150
A-MAN-DA. See Rezia, 231 ; kidnapped, 234 ; reunited to husband, 235 ; in Fairyland, 237 ; earlier versions of story, 238–240
AM’EL-RICH. Name for Hagen to ferryman, 89
AM’FOR-TAS. Illness of, 251 ; disappointed of hopes in Parzival, 258 ; healed, 266
AN’GE-LA, 224
ANGELICA. A princess of Cathay; Roland in love with, 195 ; seized as an offering to a sea-monster, 195 ; rescued by Rogero, 196
ANGLO-SAXONS. “Beowulf” composed by, 1
AN’GOU-LAFFRE. The giant stealer of Oberon’s ring, 223 ; persecutes Angela, 224 ; killed by Huon, 224
ANIMALS, ASSEMBLY OF, 36
AN’ZI-US. Emperor of Constantinople, 122
AQUITAINE. Etzel secures hostages from Duke of, 155 ; Walther takes bride to, 157
ARABIA. Charlemagne reaches, 180
ARDENNES (är-den’). Robber knight of, 170
AR-I-OS’TO. Italian poet, 163
AR-THUR. Herbart sent to court of, to sue for Hilde, 154 ; Ogier joins, 175 ; origin of legends, 273 ; birth of, 280 ; his sword, 286 ; is made king, 287 ; receives Excalibur ...