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

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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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