Lady of the Sea
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The Lady of the Sea is a water fairy (merfeine in Old High German) who spirited away the infant Lancelot to a lake and raised him in her Land of Maidens (Meide lant). She appears in the Franco-German Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven.
When
- First attested
- 1100 CE
- Attested period
- 1100 – 1100
- Historical notes
- Appears in 12th-century Franco-German Lanzelet.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Morgens
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“the infant Lancelot was spirited away to a lake by a water fairy (merfeine in Old High German) known as the Lady of the Sea and then raised in her Land of Maidens (Meide lant).”
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