Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-252) and index.
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Magic and the enchantress -- Morgan and Arthur -- Morgan and chivalry -- Morgan, other knights and enchantresses -- Viviane, the Damoiselle Cacheresse and the lady of the lake -- The queen or Orkney -- Vivien and the victorians -- Morgan, Morgause and the modern age.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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King Arthur: the very name summons visions of courtly chivalry and towering castles, of windswept battlefields and heroic quests, and above all of the charismatic monarch who dies but who one day shall return again. The Arthurian legend lives on as powerfully and enduringly as ever. Yet there is an aspect to this myth which has been neglected, but which is perhaps its most potent part of all. For central to the Arthurian stories are the mysterious, sexually alluring enchantresses, the spellcasters and mistresses of magic who wield extraordinary influence over Arthur's life and destiny, bestrid.
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Title
King Arthur's enchantresses.
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9781845111137
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Arthurian romances-- History and criticism.
Magic in literature.
Morgan le Fay (Legendary character), Romances-- History and criticism.