- GUINEVERE (In Welsh: Gwenhwyvar)
- daughter of King Leodegrance of Cameliard in Malory.
- the wife of Arthur
- Betrayal of her marriage vows -
- Guenevere's abduction by Melwas (or Meleagant or Melyagaunce),
- While Arthur was fighting the Roman war, Mordred abducted her and made
himself king.
- Arthur returned to do battle with him and received his final wound.
- Aspects of Guinevere
Married to Arthur, and was a loyal wife
Guinevere took the veil.
- She was the lover of Lancelot. and were discovered, Lancelot fled and
Guinevere was sentenced to burning at the stake. Lancelot rescued her and war
followed between him and Arthur.
- Guinevere and Morgan are like two sides of a coin, the beneficent and
maleficent aspects of sovereignty.
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