Pelleas
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Pelleas , or Pellias, is an Arthurian Knight of the Round Table whose story first appears in the Post-Vulgate Cycle. He becomes husband of Nimue the Lady of the Lake in ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pelleas is referenced by 149 other articles, and connects out to Knights of the Round Table, Lady of the Lake and Enide.
Vinony files it under Fictional characters introduced in the 13th century and Knights of the Round Table.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Character.series
- Matter of Britain
- Character.image
- Arthur-Pyle Sir Pellias, The Gentle Knight.JPG
- Character.caption
- Sir Pellias, The Gentle Knight, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
- Character.title
- Sir
- Character.occupation
- Knight of the Round Table
- Character.spouse
- Arcade or Nimue
- Character.children
- Guivret (with Arcade)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Arthur-Pyle Sir Pellias, The Gentle Knight.JPG
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Medieval literature
- Modern culture
- References
- External links
Pelleas , or Pellias, is an Arthurian Knight of the Round Table whose story first appears in the Post-Vulgate Cycle. He becomes husband of Nimue the Lady of the Lake in ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.
== Origin == According to John Rhys, his character might have been connected to the figure of Pwyll, the fairy Rhiannon's human husband in Welsh mythology.
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