Matter of Britain Figure
Nimue / Viviane / the Lady of the Lake
- Summary
- An unstable composite: the enchantress who learns Merlin's craft and then entombs him with it, the foster-mother of Lancelot, and the hand that gives and receives Excalibur. Different texts split the roles differently, and Malory keeps several Ladies of the Lake without reconciling them.
- Kind
- legendary
Worldviews
The Grail Made Christian, Malory's Fellowship and Its Fall, Revival, Screen and Afterlife
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- MEDIUM