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Dictionary of Proper Names

 

ALAIN (LE GROS): father of Perceval, son of Bron
ARTHUR: king of Brittany, son of Uterpandragon
BAN : king of Benoïc, father of Lancelot
BANIN : godson of the king Ban de Benoïc
BÉDOIER : Arthurian knight, constable
BLANCHEFLEUR : damsel of the castle of Beaurepaire, friend of Perceval
BLIOBLÉRIS: knight of the Round Table.
BOHORT : Lancelot’s cousin, one of the three chosen ones of the Graal, with Perceval and Galaad
BROCÉLIANDE : Breton forest noted for its enchantments.
BRON : Father-in-law of Joseph of Arimathie, grandfather of Perceval, called the King-Fisherman (Roi-Pêcheur)
CAMAALOT : Arthurs dwelling place in the kingdom of Logres.
CARDUEL : one of the residences of King Arthur (Carliste ?)
CARMÉLIDE : Ireland (kingdom where Guenièvre comes from)
CLIGÈS : Gauvain nephew, son of Alexandre and of Soredamor
CORBÉNIC: place where the castle of the Graal is to be found.
CORNOUAILLE: kingdom of King Arthur
ÉNIDE : wife of Érec
ÉREC: knight of the Round Table, son of the king Lac
EXCALIBUR: King Arthur’s sword.
GALAAD: son of Lancelot and of the daughter of the king Pellès
GAUVAIN : nephew of King Arthur
GORNEMANT DE GOORT: knight of the Round Table, Perceval’s private tutor, Blanchefeur’s uncle.
GORRE : kingdon of the king Baudemagu and of Méléagant (I'Autre-Monde ?)
GUENIÈVRE : wife of King Arthur, daughter of king Léodogan
KARADOS COURT-BRAS: Arthurien knight
KEU : knight of the Round Table, seneschal, milk brother of Arthur
LANCELOT : son of the king Ban of Benoïc, Guenièvre’s lover, father of Galaad
LÉODOGAN : father of Guenièvre, king of Carmélide
LOGRES : kingdom of England
LOT : Arthurian knight, king of Orcanie, father of Gauvain
MÉLÉAGANT : son of king Baudemagu, abducts the queen Guenièvre
MERLIN : enchanter at the court of Uterpandragon and of Arthur
MORDRED : nephew of Arthur who rose up in arms against him.
MORGANE : fairy, daughter of Ygerne and of the duke of Tintagel, Arthur’s half-sister
PELLÈS : grand-father of Galaad
PERCEVAL : known as Perceval the Gaul, son of Alain, relative of the King Fisherman (Roi-Pêcheur)
ROI-PÊCHEUR : King recluse living from the host carried by the Graal in the castle of Corbénic
SARRAS : city of the Middle East to where Galaad carries the Graal (Jerusalem ?)
TINTAGEL : One of Arthur’s residences, in Cornouaille
UTERPANDRAGON: father of King Arthur
VIVIANE : lady of the Lake, fairy who brings up Lancelot
YGERNE : wife of the duke of Tintagel, seducted by Uterpandragon, mother of Arthur
YVAIN : knight of the Round Table, son of Urien, husband of Laudine

 

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