Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Wikipedia Trails from Morgan Le Fay to the Matter of Britain

Morgan Le Fay: Since I am writing about the women of Camelot for my story book project, I enjoy researching all the different women. This week I decided to start with Morgan because she is the most different Camelot woman by far.
Enchantress: Morgan led me here because she is a famous enchantress in the Arthurian legends and I wanted to learn a little bit more about what an enchantress does.
List of Magicians in Fantasy: I was led here because I was curious to see the other magicians or enchantresses in other fantasy stories.
Matter of Britain: I was led here from Morgan Le Fay on the list of magicians in fantasy. I learned that the Arthurian literary cycle is the most well known part of the matter of Britain. Also by Morgan's name was the Matter of France. I thought it was really cool to start a character and learn more about them, and eventually lead back to them through their occupation.
(Morgan Le Fay: Web source)



Sunday, September 10, 2017

Wikipedia Trails: From The Lady of Shalott to Occitan Language

The Lady of Shalott: I started at The Lady of Shalott because I enjoyed reading about her last week when working on my project and thought she would be a good place to start. It also goes along with my topic for my project and allows me to gain a little bit more knowledge on the Arthurian era.
(John William Waterhouse's The Lady Shalott picture: Source Wikipedia)

Sir Lancelot: From the Lady of Shalott I was brought to Sir Lancelot. This article allowed me to gain more knowledge on the people of Camelot and helped to give me more insight on Sir Lancelot and who he was.

(Sir Lancelot at the Chapel of the Holy Grail photo by Edward Burne-Jones: Source Wikipedia)

The Holy Grail: From Lancelot I was brought to the holy grail. Part of the reason that I clicked on it was because I had not idea what it was, the other part is because it sounded really cool. I learned that it plays a really important role in Arthurian Literature and turns out I have heard of it, I just did not realize it.

Occitan Language: I clicked on this because I had no idea what it was. Turns out, it is a romance language primarily spoken in Southern France and Italy. It is kind of ironic how I started on the Lady of Shallot and ended on a romance language.



Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Wikipedia Trails from Guinevere to Camelot

Guinevere: I started with Guinevere because I am really leaning toward my storybook being about the Women of Camelot. Having little knowledge about Camelot, I decided to start my trail with King Arthur's wife, Guinevere.
(Photo of Guinevere from wikipedia: Photo by Henry Justice Ford)

The Welsh Triads: The Welsh Triads are a group of similar texts that reference King Arthur and some other "semi-historical" characters, as stated by wikipedia. I was lead here from Guinevere because this was unfamiliar to me and I wanted to learn what they were. 

Culhwch and Olwen: I was lead here from The Welsh Triads page, and learned that Culhwch and Olwen is a welsh tale and only survives in two manuscripts, which I think is really cool. This tale is connected to King Arthur because Culhwch is his cousin and he swears that without Arthur's help he will never find Olwen, which is who he will marry.
(A photo from wikipedia of Culhwch at the court of Ysbaddaden: Photo by E. Wallcousins)

Camelot: From Culhwch and Olwen I was led back to my subject of interest, Camelot. I thought it was really cool that a trail that had gotten off on Welsh tales would bring me back to Camelot. I was led here because Culhwch visited King Arthur's court. According to wikipedia this tale, was one of the earliest mentions of King Arthur's court having a specific location. 
(A photo of Camelot from wikipedia: Photo illustration by Gustave Dore)