Legend Collection (page 11)

Lady Lionesse
Dame Lionesse (Lyonesse) comes forth

British Ballad, Elfinland Wud
ELFINLAND WUD. British ballad of Scottish origin by William Motherwell (1797-1835)

British Ballad, King Estmere
KING ESTMERE. British ballad. King Estmere and the King of Spain fight for the hand of King Adlands daughter. Despite threats from the King of Spain, she agrees to marry King Estmere

British Ballad, King Arthurs Death
KING ARTHURS DEATH. British ballad telling the tale of the Arthurian legend. Sir Bedivere, with considerable reluctance, restores the magic sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake

British Ballad, Fair Rosamond
FAIR ROSAMOND (The Fate Of - The Bower Of) Legend has it that King Henry II of England (reigned 1154 - 1189) adopted Roasmond (Rosamond Clifford) as his mistress, and that

British Ballad, Sir Lancelot du Lac
SIR LANCELOT DU LAC. British ballad telling the tale of one of the greatest of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend

British Ballad, Kempion (Kemp Owyne)
KEMPION (Kemp Owyne) British Ballad telling the story of a woman turned into a dragon, by her stepmother, who curses her to remain so until the Kings son comes to kiss her three times

Baksei Chamkrong, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Baksei Chamkrong, a small Hindu temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and was completed in the 10th century during the reign of King Rajendravarman II

The Flag and Arms of Mexico. The coat of arms features an eagle, holding a serpent in its talon, perched on top of a prickly pear cactus situated on a rock that rising above a lake

Da Zhao Temple, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Part of the Da Zhao Temple (meaning Infinite Temple), a Buddhist monastery at Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China

Homage of Bharata - women, children and Gods pay homage to Bharata, a legendary King in Hindu mythology

Wambierzyce - Poland
Wambierzyce (Vamberic / Vamberice), the Silesian Jerusalem, is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in southern Poland

Pope Joannes (John) VIII or Pope Joan
Pope Joannes (John) VIII the first pope to be assassinated, rather than martyred. This engraving can also be taken as a representation of Pope Joan who, as legend would have it

Pope Joan gives birth to a child while processing through the streets of Rome...an ill timed childbirth

Olwen by Daphne Allen
Scene from The Mabinogion showing Olwen, wearing a robe of flame-coloured silk, with cascades of yellow hair and anenome white skin

Einhard and Emma
A romantic legend tells how Charlemagnes secretary Einhard, secretly courting Emma, fearful of being traced by his footprints, is carried by her after their trysts

Italy San Gimignano
Although legend attributes the high towers of the town to family rivalries, in fact they served a practical purpose to hang and dry the safron-dyed cloth produced locally

Faust in Auerbachs Wine Cellar
Faust in Auerbachs wine cellar. Faust, is a legend dating back to early Christianity but in its present form based on Dr. Johann Faust who lived in Heidelberg during the sixteenth century

Grace Darling
An idealised late Victorian portrait of Grace Darling, who rowed out with her lightkeeper father to save nine from the wrecked Forfarshire steamer

Genevieve Saved by Deer
Genevieve de Brabant, heroine of a popular French legend, is saved by a deer when she is abandoned in the forest

Queen Guinevere

Arthur & Green Knight
The Green Knight, on his green horse, surprises Arthur and Guinevere at a feast. He later challenged the Knights to a fight and Gawain, who volunteered, was victorious

Crucifixion Wqoodcut
A soldier pierces Jesuss side to put him out of his torment while his two fellow-crucifees writhe in agony : illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes 1498 printing of the Golden Legend

Christmas Dancers
Dancers on Christmas Night are punished for their impiety, and condemned to dance for a whole year - a legend of the 15th century

Tristram at Court
Sir Tristram at the court of King Arthur

Odysseus in Disguise
Odysseus, having returned from his travels, but disguised into an old man to fool his wife Penelopes Suitors, is recognised by old nurse Eurycleia, who washes his feet

St Bartholomew Flayed
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE depicted in the course of being flayed alive on the orders of a barbarian king, though the legend may have no basis in fact

Beaumains Wins
Beaumains wins his fight against the Green Knight at the ford

Owen & Lady
Sir Owen greets the Lady of the Fountain

Excalibur Requested
King Arthur (with Merlin by his side) asks the Lady of the Lake for Excalibur

Tristram & Witch
A witch advises King Mark of Cornwall about the wound Sir Tristram received from Sir Marhauss lance

Lancelot in Chapel
Sir Lancelot in the Chapel Perilous

Lancelot & Queen
Sir Lancelot rescues Queen Guinevere (in her anti- chamber) from Sir Mador

Excalibur Returned
Sir Bedevere casts the sword Excalibur back into the lake

Perceval & Shield
Perceval obtains the Shield of the Bleeding Heart

Geraint & Enid
Sir Geraint and the Lady Enid in the deserted Roman town

The Castle by the Sea
Parsifal, Galahad and Bors in the course of questing for the Grail, come to the mysterious Castle by the Sea

Guinevere a Nun
Guinevere at the end of her life becomes a nun at Amesbury

ENID
Enid

Castle of the Grail
The castle of the Grail

Perseus & Danae
The baby Perseus and his mother Danae are abandoned at sea by her father, Acrisus because of a prediction that Acrisus would be murdered by his own grandchild

Pan Plays his Pipes
A maiden is enchanted by the sweet pipe music of Pan. Pan was half-man, half goat and the protector of shepherds and their flocks

Marine Lights, Japan
Fishermen of Nanao, in north Japan, report astonishing lights from under the sea : they are attributed to a local legend concerning an under- water spirit

El Cid at Valencia
El Cid, (Roderigo Diaz de Bivar), in legend the national hero of Spain, watches the Cadi burn during his conquest of Valencia, with his wife donna Jimena

Myth of Urashima
The legend of Urashima Taro, a humble fisher-lad, resembles that of Rip van Winkle : he is carried by a tortoise to the Dragons Palace where he lives with the Princess for ages

Christianity in Russia
Christianity is introduced to Russia, for better or worse, - according to legend, by the Princess Olga

Faust, Marguerite on Film
The beautiful Camilla Horn as Marguerite listens doubtingly to the promises of Wilhelm Dieterle, as Faust, in a German film version of the Faust legend

Lancelot & Tarquin
Sir Lancelot strikes the copper basin in order to challenge Sir Tarquin - the haughty enemy of the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot vanquishes Tarquin

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