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''.
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)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Origin
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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''.
== 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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