#May Day Parade

[tboymordred]

“Seeing it now, this crown of swords...Guinevere is the only one who knew where it was.”

for @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade (May Queen Guinevere)

#queen guinevere #and mordred's there i guess technically. whatever. its not about him #arthuriana legend #arthuriana #didnt think i was gonna be inspired for this one in time but i double checked the context fo the quote and OUUGH #Obssessed with the implication the alliterative has that quinevere could be some kind of caretaker for clarent #literally the coverted representation of rulership of the land and she keeps it in the back of the wardrobe #go queen betray your husband or something #my art #may day parade

[mortiscausa]

an extremely late may queen guinevere for @queer-ragnelle's may day parade

#may day parade #arthurian legends #arthuriana #queen guinevere #illustration #drawing #i don't know if i will get the rest done but i will try #i meant to do them all in watercolour but i gave up on that #and then i decided it would be fun to do some b&w stuff

[queer-ragnelle]

Tumblr's May Day Parade 2024!

Calling all Arthurian creators!

This May 2024 let's celebrate Arthurian Legend in all its bloody spring time glory with our unique creations and contributions to this ongoing tradition. Artforms of every variety welcome and encouraged. The May-themed prompts are...

May 1-5: Morbid Month of May {May King Mordred}

“Know that he will be born the first day of May in the kingdom of Logres.” —Post Vulgate

May 6-10: Queenly Month of May {May Queen Guinevere}

“Seeing it now, this crown of swords...Guinevere is the only one who knew where it was.” —Alliterative Morte

May 11-16: Lusty Month of May {Free Space/Flower Festival}

“Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May! That lovely month when ev'ryone goes Blissfully astray.” —Camelot Musical

May 17-21: Grumpy Month of Kay {Seneschal Celebration}

“Sir Kay, the Seneschal. Is that your name?...Now wit ye well that ye are named the shamefullest knight of your tongue that now is living.” —Le Morte d'Arthur

May 22-26: May le Fay {The Anti-Queen Morgan}

“Now come forward and see a king's daughter wield a sword.” —Post Vulgate

May 27-31: May Day Melee {Violence is Romance Enacted in Blood}

“A melee quickly ensued in which a large number of knights took part; spearheads and broken shafts soon covered the ground.” —The Crown

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Rules: Each prompt allows 5 days except for free/flowers which is 6 days. All mediums accepted: Illustrations, paintings, writing, music, videos, gifsets, webweaves etc. No AI generated content.

Remember to tag #May Day Parade and @queer-ragnelle so I can reblog your creations! If you have any questions feel free to ask. :^) Good luck!

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #arthuriana #arthurian mythology #arthurian literature #sir mordred #queen guinevere #sir kay #morgan le fay #may day parade #my post

[merilles]

May Queen Guinevere

(For @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade!)

Our beloved queen of Camelot, Guinevere herself in the iconic gold and white dress from Edmund Blair Leighton's painting The Accolade, bearing her husband's sword Excalibur

#arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #guinevere #queen guinevere #excalibur #may day parade #art #fanart #my art #merilles

[sickfreaksirkay]

Sir Kay, Seneschal of King Arthur's Court, Harold J. Herman / Illustration from the Mabinogion / The Quest for Olwen, trans. Gwyn Thomas and Kevin Crossley-Holland / The Story of Merlin, trans. Rupert T. Pickens / Illustration from The Quest for Olwen, Margaret Jones / Wace's Roman de Brut, trans. Eugene Mason / The Mabinogion, trans. Lady Charlotte Guest

a collection of sir kay and sir bedivere: companions/lovers/worse, for @queer-ragnelle's may day parade

#fellas is it gay to forever be linked to your companion throughout texts and time #them being the first of arthur's knights ohhh im so emo about them.... arthuriana's most eternal couple #you guys should read that article i linked if ur interested in how kay changes over time btw!! it's really good #bedivere #sir bedivere #kay #sir kay #culhwch and olwen #vulgate cycle #mabinogion #arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian literature #medieval literature #knights of the round table #kay x bedivere #bedikay #i think ive seen people using that tag? #may day parade #I know this isn’t art so maybe it doesn’t count but the formatting alone should count as an art this was nightmarish to create #kay tag

[false-guinevere]

The May King

For the May Day Parade @queer-ragnelle

Post-Vulgate translated by Norris J. Lacy / Sir Mordred by H.J. Ford / Liar by The Arcadian Wild / Alliterative Morte translated by Simon Armitage / Annales Cambriae / Paradise Lost by John Milton / Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn / The Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel / Post-Vulgate translated by Norris J. Lacy

#may day parade #Mordred #Arthuriana #Arthurian legend #arthurian literature

[sanddef]

May King Mordred

It's the birthday boy!!! Happy birthday boy! Also first prompt of @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade

#mordred #art #arthuriana #may day parade #everyone's mordred art is looking really good guys!!

[mimsylost]

[Mordred & Guinevere] 2024 Comic for May Day Parade

Prompt - Morbid Month of May

a 11 page comic for Mordred & Guinevere:

It is loosely based on le morte darthur but has some speed-forwarding of events.

Please enjoy!

#May Day Parade #my art #Arthuriana #sir mordred #may day #Queen guinevere #guinevere #le morte d’arthur #le morte darthur #sir thomas malory #mordred #arthurian legends #arthurian literature #Why is mordred calling guinevere mother when she’s not his real mother? Because he wants to get on her nerves

[roimargot]

Guinevere my beloved

Thank you for the reason to draw a beautiful queen @queer-ragnelle

#may day parade #arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #once and future king #guinevere #queen guinevere #arthurian legends #arthurian literature #my art #guenevere #queen guenevere

[vain-transitory-things]

A small comic for the May Day Parade, I had the Mordred idea too late so I'm posting it now.

What I like about Galahad and Mordred as a combo is that they have a good mix of identical and opposite traits. And of course they end up on very different paths. But I think there is a moment before all that, where they might look like a pretty similar type of guy. I think they could have been friends.

#may day parade #sir galahad #sir mordred #comic art #arthuriana

[cesarescabinet]

🌹May King Mordred🌹

"When that the sword says there’ll be no argumentum// Blood that is spilt, sir, has gained all the guilt, sir// Thus have you seen me run my sword up to the hilt, sir" (Dominion of the Sword-Martin Carthy)

My contribution to @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade! Here's to my favorite anti-villain of folklore!

#may day parade #sir mordred #mordred #arthurian #arthuriana #arthurian legend #my art #haven't posted much of my art recently #but hopefully this event gives me an excuse to grow my skills :) #also everybody go listen to Dominion of the Sword it's Mordred-coded to the MAX

[tboymordred]

“Know that he will be born the first day of May in the kingdom of Logres.”

for @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade (May King Mordred)

#sir mordred #my art #arthuriana #arthuriana legend #may day parade #i have been artblocked soooo hard u have no idea. good lourd thank u may king for saving me #i know hanging out with your own gravestone is more of a lancelot move but idk mordred is that kinda guy too. in my heart

[mortiscausa]

bby mordred (on the left) with his big sister thaney and her son, kentigern, for the first prompt of @queer-ragnelle's may day parade: may king mordred. taking advantage of this challenge to do some stuff relating to my arthurian comic project and get back to working in watercolours again

#may day parade #arthurian legend #mordred #st kentigern #st mungo #thaney #im having a lot of fun with the idea of kentigern and mordred being close in age and being playmates #thanks to mordred being the youngest born and thaney being the oldest #so lol yes in this comic mordred has a nephew who is like #a year younger than him at most :') #im also still kinda figuring out how im going to draw this comic #and going back and forth between doing it digitally or doing it in watercolours #very intimidated by the idea of doing a big graphic novel entirely in watercolours ngl

[queer-ragnelle]

Happy Birthday, May King Mordred! ⤥ My contribution to the May Day Parade

Song: AMG by Connor Price

Clips: Knights of the Round Table (1953) The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-1957) Sword of Lancelot (1963) Camelot (1967) The Legend of King Arthur (1979) Excalibur (1981) Merlin (1998) Merlin (2008-2011) The White Queen (2013) The Last Duel (2021) The Winter King (2023)

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #arthurian mythology #arthuriana #mordred #sir mordred #king mordred #may day parade #my post

[merilles]

May Le Fay

(For @queer-ragnelle's May Day Parade!)

The Queen of Avalon in all her sorceress glory with a raven companion, illuminated by the light of the stars and a crescent moon. Woe to any knight-errant who happens to come across her in the darkness of the forest!

#she is so interesting and honestly one of the most iconic arthurian characters #there have been many different interpretations of her ranging from benevolent to outright malevolent #but i do not believe she is a villain - simply misunderstood in her moral ambiguity #she was there for arthur at the end so she cannot be entirely evil #despite the shenanigans of course. perhaps she's just a bit of a prankster #arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #morgan #morgan le fay #may day parade #art #my art #merilles

[vooruitmariek]

May 1-5: Morbid Month of May {May King Mordred}

“Know that he will be born the first day of May in the kingdom of Logres.” —Post Vulgate

#vooruitmariek #may day parade #mordred #arthuriana #arthurian illustration #mordred illustration #arthurian legends #coloured pencils #pencils for a change ✨