Arthurian characters

sovereign (525-597)

Accolon is a character in the Arthurian legends where he is a lover of Morgan le Fay who is killed by King Arthur in a rigged duel during the plot involving the sword Excalibur. He appears in Arthurian prose romances since the Post-Vulgate Cycle, including as Accalon in the French original Huth Merlin and Acalón in the Spanish adaptation El Baladro del Sabe Merlin.

thumb|13th-century fresco of Lunete giving Ywain the magic ring—a scene from [[Hartmann von Aue's Iwein (Castle Rodenegg, Alto-Adige, Italy)]]

Henwen, meaning "Old White", is in Welsh legend a sow (female pig) which according to the Welsh Triads gave birth to Cath Palug, a monstrous cat depicted as combating with either Cai (Sir Kay) or King Arthur of Arthurian Legends.

Saint Gwladys ferch Brychan () or St Gladys (), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose Vita may be the earliest saint's life to mention Arthur. Gwladys's other children were Cynidr, Bugi, Cyfyw, Maches, Glywys II and Egwine. Today her main church and associated school is in Bargoed.

Arthurian character, daughter of Urien and sister of Owain

thumb|Enid in the Idylls of the King (1913), illustrated by [[Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale]]

Welsh hero of Arthurian legend

King Claudas is a fictional king who is an opponent to King Arthur, Lancelot, and Bors in Arthurian literature. His kingdom is situated in the Berry and is named "Terre Deserte", or "Land Laid Waste", so called because of the destruction Uther Pendragon had wrought there.

thumb|Duel between Parzival and Feirefiz. From: Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival (handwritten), Hagenau, Werkstatt Diebold Lauber, 443-1446, Cod. Pal. germ. 339, 1st book, page 540v.

name shared by several female characters in Arthurian legend

5th century British saint

thumb|This woodcut (c. 1820) was used in numerous chapbooks from various publishers in the 19th century. Cormoran ( or ) is a giant associated with St. Michael's Mount in the folklore of Cornwall. Local tradition credits him with creating the island, in some versions with the aid of his wife Cormelian, and using it as a base to raid cattle from the mainland communities. Cormoran appears in the English fairy tale "Jack the Giant Killer" as the first giant slain by the hero, Jack, and in tales of "Tom the Tinkeard" as a giant too old to present a serious threat.

king and enemy of Arthur in Arthurian legend

myth

character in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

legendary king

thumb|"This slap was recorded in the Bardic Triads as one of the Three Fatal Slaps", F. H. Townsend's illustration from [[The Misfortunes of Elphin (1897)]]

Meliodas or Meliadus is a figure in Arthurian legend in the 12th-century Prose Tristan and subsequent accounts. In Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur'', he is the second king of Lyonesse, son of Felec of Cornwall and vassal of King Mark. Meliodas' first wife, Elizabeth, who bore the hero Tristan, was Mark's sister, and his second wife was a daughter or sister of Hoel of Brittany. He is the eponymous protagonist of the romance Meliadus. The Italian variant Tristano Riccardiano calls him Felix (Felissi).

motif in folklore and stock character; woman who appears to be hideous, often cursed

Melion is an anonymous Breton lai that tells the story of a knight who transforms into a werewolf for the love of his wife who betrays him.

hero of Welsh mythology

fictional character in Marvel Comics, introduced in 1955

Arthurian character