Lancelot and guinevere

Discover the timeless tale of Lancelot and Guinevere, a love story filled with passion, betrayal, and loyalty. Immerse yourself in the world of knights and maidens and experience the ultimate tale of forbidden love.
Mostly we indulge our chocolate addictions (champagne truffles!).  I know, I know, not unlike every other damn day of the year but today the goods come in heart shape boxes.  Tell Me a Story: Pagan Hearts Artists, Florence, Art, Art And Illustration, Illustrators, Artist, Pre Raphaelite Art, Arthurian, Pre Raphaelite

Just like Christmas and Easter, Valentine’s Day has its roots in all things pagan. Celebrated at the ides of February, or February 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus. ~~snip~~ Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity and but was outlawed—as it was deemed “un-Christian”–at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine’s Day. Ah yez, another…

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Donna Maderer
(Alfred Lord Tennyson. Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere: A Fragment. Poems [by Alfred, Lord Tennsyson] Pp. 206. 1842.) This excerpt from a poem about Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere.  Another story of forbidden love. Lancelot and Guinevere cannot be together because she is married to King Arthur. In both stories, a forbidden love does not stop the two couples from being together. Lancelot and Guinevere’s meet up result in her being sentenced to be burned at the stake while he is banished. Lord, Queen, Art, Brittany, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian, Tennyson Poems, King Arthur, Alfred Lord Tennyson

(Alfred Lord Tennyson. Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere: A Fragment. Poems [by Alfred, Lord Tennsyson] Pp. 206. 1842.) This excerpt from a poem about Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. Another story of forbidden love. Lancelot and Guinevere cannot be together because she is married to King Arthur. In both stories, a forbidden love does not stop the two couples from being together. Lancelot and Guinevere’s meet up result in her being sentenced to be burned at the stake while he is banished.

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Elisabeth Bulzomi
According to Arthurian History The idea that Guinevere and Sir Lancelot committed adultery with one another is found only in the legends of Arthur and the knights. Geoffrey of Monmouth refers to Queen Guinevere as Ganhumara, and the Triads imply that King Arthur had three queens, all of them named Gwenhwyfar, the Welsh version of Guinevere. According... Queen, Queen Isabella, Isabella, Arthurian Legend, Diana, Arthurian, Duchess, Royal, Fantasy Names

According to Arthurian History The idea that Guinevere and Sir Lancelot committed adultery with one another is found only in the legends of Arthur and the knights. Geoffrey of Monmouth refers to Queen Guinevere as Ganhumara, and the Triads imply that King Arthur had three queens, all of them named Gwenhwyfar, the Welsh version of Guinevere. According...

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Wiola Mas