Legend Collection (page 12)

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

Rhine Myth / Mauseturm
Der Mauseturm in the Rhein - the subject of legend

German Singing Contest
Landgraf Hermann von Thuringen and wife Sophia preside over a singing contest featuring such top-flight minnesingers as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide

Danish Bard of 1000
A Danish skalde (bard) sings the sagas of past glories to an attentive group of warriors

Giant of Yewdale
The giant Great Will of the Tarns kidnaps Barbara, the maid of Lady Eva le Fleming. When cornered he throws her into a torrent. A legend of the Lake district

Legend of Childes Tomb
Childe, Lord of Plymstock, is overcome by snow on Dartmoor. He writes a will in horses blood leaving his lands to whoever buries him. Tavistock monks do this & gain the land

Legend of Dibbles Bridge
When one Ralph had forded the river Dibb & was drying off behind a bolder, he saw the devil who said that he would build a bridge to stop his servant catching a chill

Legend of Semerwater
Where Semerwater in Wenslydale now lies, there was once a proud city until its citizens refused charity to an angel disguised as a begger & were cursed

Legend of Cardigan Bay
Cardigan bay was once a lowland with 16 cities until Saethennyn, the drukard son of the king of South Wales opened the sluices of the dykes & flooded it in a mad fit

Last of the Picts
A legend from Galloway tells how the last Pict refuses to divulge to the conquering Scots the secret of how to make heather-ale. The secret is lost

Chinook Legend / Myth / 1914
Chinook legend of the supernatural people who appeared in the mists

Sioux Legend / Rabbit / C20
Sioux legend of the personified rabbit who enters the lair of Pahe-Wathahuni, devourer of hunters

Zeno Lands on Faroe Isl
Italian explorer Nicolo Zeno is shipwrecked on the Faroe Islands. He was joined there by his brother Antonio, and some believe they assisted Templar expeditions to America

Gossip about Fairies 4
Fairy origins : Nymphs in classical legend tend a fallen warrior

Clemence Isaure (B+W)
CLEMENCE ISAURE - charming lady of Toulouse who encouraged poetry ( le gai savoir ) and floral games, but unfortunately she probably existed only in legend !

Spring of Moses, Egypt
Legend tells us that it was here, in the Isthmus of Suez, that Moses, leading the Israelites out of Egypt, struck a rock and provided his companions with water

Myth / Arthurian / Merlin
Merlin paints the shield of the young Knight Vivien

Round Table
Les Chevaliers de la Table- Ronde. The Knights of the Round Table

Le Morte D arthur
Knights in battle on foot and horseback watched by a king and queen from the battlements of a city

Arthur and Parsifal
Arthur sends Parsifal off in quest of adventure (abenteuer)

Arthur Visits Ireland
Arthur visits Ireland and receives tribute from the indigenous (but not wholly indigent) chieftains

Arthurs Round Table
Arthur and his elite knights dine at the Round Table

Arthur M. Guinevere
Arthur weds Guinevere

Arthur Defends Wales
Arthur defends his Welsh homeland against its enemies

Marcus Curtius - 4
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend

Marcus Curtius - 3
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend

Marcus Curtius - 2
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend

Marcus Curtius - 1
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly a legend. Date: 362 BCE

Punch Judy Italy
Puncinello, the Italian equivalent of Mr Punch, is thought by some to have derived his name from Pontius Pilate, from the Jesus legend

Tristram & Iseult
The lovers rapture

Arthur / Winning of Olwen
THE WINNING OF OLWEN Kilwch arrives at the gate of Arthurs palace

Arthur / Lady of Fountain
THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN How Owen was found by the lake

Merlin / Spellbound / Ryland
Merlin held spellbound by Vivien

Gareth&red Knight / Ryland
Sir Gareth and the Knight of the Red Lawns

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