Breton lai
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A Breton lai, also known as a narrative lay or simply a lay, is a form of medieval French and English romance literature. Lais are short, rhymed tales of love and chivalry, often involving supernatura
Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, With Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending, Thus Your Fairy is Made of Most Beautiful Things, painting Sophie Gengembre Anderson
Sir Orfeo
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Sir Orfeo is an anonymous Middle English Breton lai or lay dating from the late 13th or early 14th century. It retells the story of Orpheus as a king who rescues his wife from the fairy king. The folk
Breton lai
…for spreading Celtic and fairy-lore into Continental Europe. An example of a 14th-century Breton lai (the one later remade into the Middle English Sir Orfeo) has the king of the fairies carrying away a wife to the land of fairy. The Lais of Marie de France — twelve canonical lais generally accepted as those…
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