Medieval Legend Quiz 1

Weeks 1-3

myth

traditional tale from oral tradition

myth has no

author

myth is

multiform

etiological myth

explains causes or origins of something

legend

based on a core of historical fact

folktale

fictional tale told primarily for entertainment

eschatological myth

myth about the afterlife or the end of the world

political myth

myth that justifies a political system

romance language

descended from latin, the roman language

the matter of britain

arthir and his knights of the round table

the matter of france

king charlemagne and his paladins

the matter of rome

the greek and roman world told in romance

first layer of arthur

historical arthur, led the britons against the saxons

second layer of arthur

the legendary, heroic arthur, fights Emperor Lucius Tiberius

third layer of arthur

the hospitable arthur, welcomes british heroes to his court

fourth layer of arthur

french stories, arthur and his british knights are overshadowed by french knights

who is constantine

post-roman king of britian

who are constantine’s sons

Constant, Aurelius Ambrosius, Uther Pendragon

who are the sons of Uther Pendragon

Guanhumara and Arthur

who is Vortegirn

kills constans and usurps throne, tyrant

Vortegirn builds what

a tower to escape the Saxons he helped bring into Britain

what do the magicians tell Vortegirn

that the blood of a fatherless man needs to be spilled on the foundations for it to stabilize

how does one have no father

a succubus seduces a man, keeps his sperm, flies around the world, turns into an incubus and deposits the sperm into a woman seduced

Merlin’s mother

unwillingly impregnated by an incubus, gave birth to Merlin

how is merlin special besides his birth

he is clairvoyant and prophetic

what does merlin tell vortigirn

that there is a body of water beneath the foundations of the tower, which is why the ground is unstable

what is to be done about the pond, according to Merlin

the pond should be drained, and two dragons will emerge fighting, one red and one white

what do the dragons represent and mean

the red dragon means the Britons, the white means the Saxons and the fight foreshadows the Saxons winning over the Britons

Merlin prophesies Vortegirn’s death

he is doomed from both sides, the Saxons and the sons of Constantine

Vortegirn escapes to his now-built tower and

is burned to death with it by Aurelius Ambrosius

stonehedge

built on Mount Killaraus in Ireland

What does Merlin say about Stonehedge

it should be moved to England

Merlin helps engineer the move of Stonehedge while Uther

fights the native Irish defending their monument

a coment foreshadows what

the reign of Uther Pendragon

how does Aurelius Ambrosius die

he is poisoned by a Saxon, Eopa, pretending to be a physician

uther is enthralled with who

igerna, wife of Duke Gorlois

What does Gorlois do to protect Igerna

he puts her in a tower, while he goes to another tower for some reason

What does Merlin do to assist Uther while beseiging Igerna tower

he magically transforms Uther into looking like Gorlois

Ignerna gets pregnant and

marries Uther after her husband is killed

how does Uther die

he drinks from a stream, poisoned by Saxons

who takes over the throne after Uther

Arthur, who has to fight for the throne at 15 years old

who is lucius tiberius

roman emperor/procurator, who demands Britain’s tribute

arthur versus the giant

the giant kidnaps a maiden and defies Arthur, threatening him to shave his beard and hand it over for a coat made of king’s beards, arthur kills him

arthur defeats rome and how far does his empire extend afterwards

entirety of western and northern europe

while arthur was gone fighting rome, who was regent

Arthur’s nephew Modred

after arthur defeats modred, what happens

arthur is fatally wounded and abdicates his throne to Constantine (different from Constans)

where is arthur’s court

Caerlleon on Usk (a river)

sir kynon

castle, giant, fountain, black knight, defeat

owain

takes up kynon’s adventure and beats the black knight, becoming the new black knight

who assists Owain to hide in the fair castle

Luned, a maiden

who marries Owain

the lady of the fountain, widowed wife to the original black knight

after three years, arthur

misses owain and goes to find him with his court

owain fights kai but stalemates with

gwalchmai the golden

owain decides to visit arthur’s court for three months but

he forgets about his marriage and stays for three years

Luned finds owain at arthur’s court and

takes his invisibility ring and rebukes him

owain starts wandering and

adventures in between

owain befriends a black lion after

killing a giant snake attacking the lion, who fights for him afterwards

who is peredur’s family

all his brothers and father are knights who died in battle

peredur is

a fool, innocent to the point of stupidity

the grail

cup jesus used at the last supper

spear of destiny

used to wound jesus on the cross

joseph of arimathea

claims the body of jesus and buries it, also brings the grail to britain

grail castle

ruled by the grail king, also housing the spear

the dolorous blow

the king was wounded with the spear, giving him a wound that will never heal, also knowm as the fisher king because he fishes

the wasteland

the land wasted after the dolorous blow until the grail king is healed

peredur sees three knights, Owain among them

his mom tells him they’re angels

peredur meets the knights

owain explains knighthood and launches him on his quest

what is peredur’s armor made out of

twigs and sticks, his sword a dung fork

at arthur’s court, a knight approaches and

assaults Queen Gwenhwyvar with a goblet of wine and punches her, then invites the men for battle

peredur beats the knight and takes his armor then

goes on a quest to avenge Kai’s assault on two dwarves

he meets his first uncle, who teaches him what

courtesy, gentleness, and to stop asking so many questions

he meets his second uncle, sees a weird ritual with blood and a spear

but he doesn’t ask any questions about it, avoiding the answer to healing his second uncle

peredur goes on a series of adventures and is often in his own universe

snow, feather raven and blood, reminds him of his lady love

kai is rude to peredur while in his universe

he is beat up and run over 21 times

he meets a non-speaking woman named Angora

he swears to never speak to another Christian until she loves him back

he finds a snake with a magic ring on its tail

he was given a magic stone to help defeat the snake

empress of cristnobyl the great

gives peredur the magic stone

peredur helps fight nine sorceresses at the castle of wonder

who wounded peredur’s second uncle