Gawain
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Gawain, spelled in many ways, is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legendary cycle. The prototype of Gawain appears under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest Welsh sources. He has
Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Gauvain's attributed arms
Galvagin (Gawain) depicted fighting Carrado (Carados) on the Italian Modena Archivolt (c. 1120–1240)
Gawain unwittingly fights Yvain in the Garrett MS. No. 125 manuscript of Chrétien's Knight of the Lion (c. 1295)
Morgause
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Morgause is a popular name of a legendary queen and member of King Arthur's family in the Matter of Britain literature, where she is always a queen and usually Arthur's sibling. However, her name vari
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…Gawain is typically depicted as King Arthur's closest companion and an integral member of the Round Table. He is often the son of Arthur's sister, Morgause, and King Lot of Orkney and Lothian. Here, his younger brothers (or half-brothers) are Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, and the infamous Mordred, though his…
Young Gareth appealing to his mother Queen Bellicent (i.e. Morgause) to let him go serve King Arthur in Tales from Tennyson, 1902 (adapted from Malory)
A 2000 photo of Joan Allen who played the antagonist Morgause in The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Emilia Fox in 2013