arthurian (2) - TumblrViewer

LIVE

kritastrophe:

The lady of the lake deserves more hype
References:Lisajen-stock,SomniumDantis

Post link

#lady of the lake #arthurian #mythology

@Birds of Rhiannon

Sat, 21 May 2022 11:00:54

sbwriel-cymraeg:

It baffles me, and annoys the hell out of me, that so many people don’t know the true origin of Merlin.
Merlin is Welsh. His real name was Myrddin Emrys, they just translated it to Merlin.
We literally have a town named Caerfyrddin which means Merlin’s fort, legends say he was born in a cave there.
We celebrate him, a lot. There’s Merlin festivals, and he’s taught about in schools, and he even has his own statue in the town centre down whats called Merlins Walk.
Wish people would start to respect Wales and our history/culture.

#merlin #mythology #arthurian

@birdsofrhiannon

Thu, 19 May 2022 11:00:43

Drawing by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley for an 1894 edition of Sir Thomas Malory’s ‘Le Morte D'Arthur.’

Post link

#king arthur #merlin #lady of the lake #arthurian #mythology #welsh mythology #celtic mythology #celtic

@Birds of Rhiannon

Tue, 10 May 2022 11:00:42

shellsnroses:

The Conflict of Guinevere

#guinevere and lancelot #guinevere #lancelot #arthurian #mythology

@birdsofrhiannon

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:00:45

Painting by John William Waterhouse (1916) inspired by The Lady of Shalott, a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson:-

PART I ON either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro’ the field the road runs by
To many-tower’d Camelot;	5
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,	10
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro’ the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers,	15
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.

By the margin, willow-veil’d,
Slide the heavy barges trail’d	20
By slow horses; and unhail’d
The shallop flitteth silken-sail’d
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?	25
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?

Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly	30
From the river winding clearly,
Down to tower’d Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers “Tis the fairy	35
Lady of Shalott.’

PART II There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay	40
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.	45

And moving thro’ a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
Winding down to Camelot:	50
There the river eddy whirls,
And there the surly village-churls,
And the red cloaks of market girls,
Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,	55
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad,
Or long-hair’d page in crimson clad,
Goes by to tower’d Camelot;
And sometimes thro’ the mirror blue	60
The knights come riding two and two:
She hath no loyal knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror’s magic sights,	65
For often thro’ the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights,
And music, went to Camelot:
Or when the moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;	70
‘I am half sick of shadows,’ said
The Lady of Shalott.

PART III A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley-sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro’ the leaves,	75
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
A red-cross knight for ever kneel’d
To a lady in his shield,
That sparkled on the yellow field,	80
Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter’d free,
Like to some branch of stars we see
Hung in the golden Galaxy.
The bridle bells rang merrily	85
As he rode down to Camelot:
And from his blazon’d baldric slung
A mighty silver bugle hung,
And as he rode his armour rung,
Beside remote Shalott.	90

All in the blue unclouded weather
Thick-jewell’d shone the saddle-leather,
The helmet and the helmet-feather
Burn’d like one burning flame together,
As he rode down to Camelot.	95
As often thro’ the purple night,
Below the starry clusters bright,
Some bearded meteor, trailing light,
Moves over still Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow’d;	100
On burnish’d hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flow’d
His coal-black curls as on he rode,
As he rode down to Camelot.
From the bank and from the river	105
He flash’d into the crystal mirror,
'Tirra lirra,’ by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces thro’ the room,	110
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look’d down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror crack’d from side to side;	115
'The curse is come upon me!’ cried
The Lady of Shalott.

PART IV In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,	120
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower’d Camelot;

Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote	125
The Lady of Shalott.

And down the river’s dim expanse—
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Seeing all his own mischance—
With a glassy countenance	130
Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain, and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.	135

Lying, robed in snowy white
That loosely flew to left and right—
The leaves upon her falling light—
Thro’ the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot:	140
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy,	145
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly,
And her eyes were darken’d wholly,
Turn’d to tower’d Camelot;
For ere she reach’d upon the tide	150
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,	155
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses high,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came,
Knight and burgher, lord and dame,	160
And round the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.

Who is this? and what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;	165
And they cross’d themselves for fear,
All the knights at Camelot:
But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said, 'She has a lovely face;
God in His mercy lend her grace,	170
The Lady of Shalott.’

Post link

#shalott #tennyson #waterhouse #painting #weaving #tapestry #window #pre-raphaelite #portrait #castle #bridge #medieval #arthur #arthurian #legend #romantic

@Only For Now

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:03:14

“Keeper of the Past”
Print

Another in my Arthurian post-apoc idea. Experimented with rendering/finish/color a bit.

Post link

#priscilla kim #artists on tumblr #merlin #arthurian #digital art

@the noodlings of priscilla kim

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:31:51

Got to see my favorite painting of Morgan le Fay in real life at the Victorian Radicals exhibit! An unexpected surprise. Details and colors were amazing. #morganlefay #arthurian #merlin #kingarthur #victorianradicals #artmuseum #artistsoninstagram #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #writersoﬁg #amwriting #graphicnovelist #lefayseries
https://www.instagram.com/p/B18_r2RjYJT/?igshid=1mmzwqi7er5pq

Post link

#morganlefay #arthurian #merlin #kingarthur #victorianradicals #artmuseum #artistsoninstagram #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #writersoﬁg #amwriting #graphicnovelist #lefayseries

@R e a l m

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:51:08

GRAIL (Le Fay series 3) audiobook is now available on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes under search: Realm Lovejoy. (Amazon link in my profile.) If your New Year resolutions include listening to more book, I hope you’ll give the series a try! ✨✨
.
#lefayseries #grail #morganlefay #merlin #mordred #kingarthur #arthurian #holygrail #authorsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #amwritingfantasy #yafantasy #bookstagram #audiobooks #bookworm #yalit #writersofinstagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLrq4ilcBU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jbeaujq3anvi

Post link

#lefayseries #morganlefay #merlin #mordred #kingarthur #arthurian #holygrail #authorsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #amwritingfantasy #yafantasy #bookstagram #audiobooks #bookworm #writersofinstagram

@R e a l m

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 10:30:54

the-evil-clergyman:

Excalibur, from The Boy’s King Arthur by N. C. Wyeth (1919)

Post link

#excalibur #knight #arthurian #king arthur #merlin #lady of the lake

@Honour is all. Chivalry is all.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:01:32

illustratus:

#knights #combat #heraldry #coat of arms #lancelot #argent #three bendlet gules #shield #armour #arthurian knights #arthurian #europe #history #bibliothèque nationale de france #évrard d’espinques #sir lancelot #launcelot

@we-are-knight

Mon, 16 May 2022 08:02:21

#arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend #mordred #mordred pendragon #arthurian literature

@Mordredus Cycle

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:33:14

Galahad for Pride month! A~~lso I just realized June was almost over and it feels like it just began and what the hell is time.~~

Post link

#arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian literature #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #galahad

@Mordredus Cycle

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:52:08

Made a vaguely threatening Mordred icon.

Post link

#arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend #arthurian literature #mordred #mordred pendragon #mordred king arthur

@Mordredus Cycle

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:23:25

Galehaut and Lancelot are done!

Post link

#galahad in camelot #arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend #arthurian literature

@Mordredus Cycle

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:45:57

Redid some images for Galahad in Camelot. From left to right, top to bottom it’s Arthur, Guinevere,

Redid some images for Galahad in Camelot. From left to right, top to bottom it’s Arthur, Guinevere, Galahad, Mordred, Kay, and Gawain.

Post link

#galahad in camelot #arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian #arthurian literature #king arthur #mordred #sir kay #gawain #galahad #guinevere

@Mordredus Cycle

Fri, 29 May 2020 13:51:09

Reincarnation idea: Lancelot gets himself and a bunch of other knights banned from 7-Eleven.

#arthuriana #arthurian

@modreduscycle

Fri, 15 May 2020 19:44:12

I’ve barely had time to draw for the past week or so. I will not have time to draw again until next Saturday. And this. This is what I decided to draw. Finals are already making me sad, why do I do this to myself?

But yeah, Ector’s death, in front of Arthur for maximum angst.

Post link

#arthuriana #king arthur #arthurian #arthurian legend #arthurian literature #sir ector #arthur pendragon

@Mordredus Cycle

Sun, 10 May 2020 12:31:45

Modern Mordred and Gawain icons for their birthdays with a bunch of flower crowns because May and flower crowns

Post link

#mordred #gawain #arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend #arthurian literature #arthurian mythology #flower crowns

@Mordredus Cycle

Fri, 01 May 2020 15:09:44

I’ve been drawing a lot of underwater characters lately.

Post link

#lady of the lake #arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend #excalibur #arthurian literature #arthurian mythology

@Mordredus Cycle

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 21:59:06

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn reincarnated Galahad, and couldn’t decide which version I liked better: just normal Galahad or ghostly overlay from the past Galahad.

Post link

#galahad #arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend #holy grail

@Mordredus Cycle

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:47:10

Idea: The knights loving Monty Python and the Holy Grail and watching it every movie night even though Arthur keeps trying to get them to watch literally anything else. Mordred eventually manages to convince everyone to watch something else… the squirrel scene from the Sword in the Stone. Arthur just cuts his losses and tries not to die of embarrassment.

#knights being knights #arthuriana #arthurian #arthurian legend

@modreduscycle

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:17:54