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Sir Mordred
Cercando fra i miei manoscritti (:rolleyes: ) qualcosa che possa anche a voi interessare...ho trovato questo: riguarda qualche gossip in merito a Sir Mordred. E' in inglese ma di facile comprensione.
(la fonte è web)
Tratto da "The British History Newsletter" 2005
SIR MORDRED THE MARRYING KIND?
The evil Sir Mordred of Arthurian legend appears in many sources with several different wives. BHC members have asked, cho did he really marry?
Sir Mordred was supposed to have come from modern Scotland, a son of King Lot of Lothian or Orkney. Occasionally he is said to have married Cywyllog, the daughter of Caw, another great warlord from Southern Scotland. Cywyllog is supposed to have been a minor saint who lived at Llangwyllog on Anglesey. Her feast day is said to be on 7TH January, but the real dedication of this church is to her sister, St. Gwrddelw whose feast day is also on that day. The Cywyllog & M ordred reference comes from Lewis Morris "alphabetic Bonedd" and is due to a misunderstanding of a statement made by the 16th century antiquarian, Hector Boece. Boece actually said that Mordred married a daughter of the great British king, Gawolane - perhaps King Cadwallon Lawhir of Gwynedd.
Mordred's wife is more usually said to have been Gwenhwyfach, the mysterious sister of Queen Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) who appears in the Welsh Triads. The two sisters basically have the same name and may originalle have been the same character. Mordred is certainly said to have married Guineve after he deceitfully told all the World that Arthur was dead. Although, his two grown-up sons who continued the rebellion after his death must have comefrom a previous union. Alternatively, the Gwenhwyfar/fach sisters may be the origin of the False Guinevere story in which the queen's identical twin sister takes her place at court. So it seems that both Mordred's recordedwives may never have existed.
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