#Arthurian mythology

[queer-ragnelle]

Character asks: Lancelot!

🧸 he grew up in a lake, what was that like?

😺 cat person or dog person?

😶 any headcanons that are wildly off-canon?

🧸 Headcanon about childhood!

Personally while I do think the Lady of the Lake meant well in how she raised Lancelot, his natural anxiety was exacerbated by his atypical upbringing. He did have his cousins Lionel and Bors with him to socialize with, but they also had the benefit of starting out on the surface, whereas Lancelot was raised underwater from infancy, and those early years in an otherworldly atmosphere does things to a guy's mind. This is why he relies on his mother to coax him out of his madness at times, he's literally not acclimated to surface living, and she has to "reset" him.

😺 Animal related headcanon—cat person or dog person?

Lancelot is a Cat Person and also prefers cats as pets ;^)

😶 Random headcanon—any wildly off-canon?

It's hard to say honestly Lancelot has so much page time and been adapted so much I'm not sure what's left to do that hasn't been done. I think the biggest thing would not only apply to Lancelot but a lot of the "best" knights in that they compartmentalize the violence they commit to cope with it. I don't really think Lancelot revels in combat but neither do I consider him opposed to it, if anything it's a chilling neutrality which has been walled off inside him to prevent interference with his day-to-day functionality. It's when that seeps through he requires the Lady of the Lake's help.

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #arthuriana #arthurian mythology #arthurian literature #lancelot #lancelot du lac #sir lancelot #ask game #ask #anonymous

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Guinevere's wedding dress and chainmail veil in Excalibur 1981

#guinevere #excalibur 1981 #excalibur #per #perioddramaedit #period drama #periodcostume #wedding dress #wedding veil #fantasy movies #fantasy #arthurian mythology #arthurian literature #arthur pendragon #arthurian legend #the movie is strange #but the wedding scene is a dream #so otherworldly #and the veil is really something else

[nynevefromthelake]

Oh Lancelot, loved by the king, loved by the queen

Another Arthuriana idea I had for a while. Guinevere design is much inspired by William de Leftwich Dodge illustration

#arthuriana #arthurian mythology #king arthur #arthur pendragon #guinevere #lancelot #lancelot du lac #queen guinevere

[the-evil-clergyman]

Guinevere by William de Leftwich Dodge (1910)

#william de leftwich dodge #art #illustration #art nouveau #1910s #1910s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #american art #american artist #mythology #arthurian mythology #arthurian legend #guinevere #golden age of illustration #classic art

[lenoreamidala]

𝔪𝔶𝔱𝔥 vs 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔫

#merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merlinedit #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #king arthur #guinevere pendragon #queen guinevere #morgana pendragon #morgan le fay #arthuriana #arthurian mythology #arthurianaedit

[lepetitdragonvert]

Early Poems of William Morris

1914

Artist : Florence Harrison

#early poems #william morris #1914 #florence harrison #pre raphaelism #pre raphaelite #arthurian mythology #arthurian legend #arthurian literature #arthurian lore

[inkyami]

Lancelet Illustration for the new edition of "The Mists of Avalon"

Nimue Morgaine & Mordred

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#arthuriana #arthurian mythology #the mists of avalon #lancelet #lancelot #dragon #celtic

[lionofchaeronea]

How Sir Launcelot fought with a fiendly dragon, illustration by Arthur Rackham from The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, adapted from Sir Thomas Malory by Alfred W. Pollard and published by Macmillan in 1917

#art #art history #Arthur Rackham #illustration #Sir Lancelot #Lancelot #Lancelot du Lac #Arthurian legend #Arthurian mythology #Arthuriana #British art #English art #20th century art #Cornell University Library

[sissiarte]

Oh Gawain <3

This came to me in a vision and I had to draw it or I would explode. I honestly don't have an explanation enjoy

#Sir Gawain and the Green Knight #gawain #the green knight #arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #illustration #medieval literature #sir gawain #sir gwaine #so many spellings #sissarte #cw blood #cw decapitated head #but like he's fine about it

[queer-ragnelle]

🫂 for arthur, 👽 for guinevere and 📓 for lancelot?

🫂Headcanon about Arthur’s friendships:

Arthur’s beloved but not many get to liking him. He’s an ideal, a symbol, godlike in such a way that the majority of people revere him and it puts up a wall that’s very difficult to surmount and develop close friendships. There are of course exceptions: Kay, who will always be Arthur’s no-nonsense big bro; Guinevere similarly, who always tells Arthur exactly what’s on her mind whether he likes it or not; Gawain and Yvain/Owain could fall here too, although they’re young enough to somewhat revere Arthur, there’s real trust there; last but not least is Lancelot who, again, worships Arthur, but there’s a mutual understanding which many of Arthur’s other relationships lack, and that makes them very close.

👽Headcanon about Guinevere’s weird quirk:

Guinevere was raised in nobility, a pampered princess. but she’s perceptive. Maybe it’s her giant ancestry, maybe she’s just got the same special something which makes Arthur and Lancelot so good at what they do, but she puts it to great effect while at her seat of the Round Table. She’s not easily intimidated, she can sniff out her “opponent’s” weakness quicker than they can formulate a rebuttal. She’s informed and lethal. It makes her a trusted ally and even friend of Kay. Gawain refers to her as “politicking assassin.” He also has this ability, but Guinevere’s a natural. She unnerves people. Mrs. Pendragon has claws and knows how to use them.

📓Headcanon about Lancelot’s hobbies:

Lancelot loves long horseback rides with no destination. Usually in accompaniment with someone—Arthur, Guinevere, his kinsmen, Gawain, Gareth. It suits him best when adventure finds him, he just has to be in the right place for it. He doesn’t wait around for people to come knocking on Camelot’s door. He searches for the call for aid. Aside from that, he does love a good game of chess with Guinevere. Arthur can play too but it’s like facing an apprentice, the King’s just not a real challenge. Lancelot should probably be letting him win (the way Owain does) but the Queen’s Champion has never been very good at social cues…

#arthurian legend #arthurian legends #arthuriana #arthurian mythology #arthurian literature #king arthur #arthur pendragon #queen guinevere #guinevere #sir lancelot #lancelot #lancelot du lac #ask #ask game #furibond

[calebauer]

the dragon’s clickbait 🐉♥️

#merlin revival #human artist #procreate #merthur #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #king arthur #arthur pendragon #fanart #digital #art #merlin #merlin fanart #merlin au #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #iykyk

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Morgan Pendragon + headpieces in Camelot

#morgan le fay #morgan pendragon #eva green #camelot #perioddramaedit #period drama #headpiece #crowns #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #arthurian retelling #yes i said i was finished but she looks to good to not make some compilations

[nynevefromthelake]

The green knight🌿

Have spent hours on coloring only to understand that I like the monochrome variant more

#the green knight #sir gawain #sir gawain and the green knight #arthuriana #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #knights

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle (1903)

#howard pyle #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #1900s #1900s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #american art #american artist #books #book illustration #mythology #arthurian mythology #arthurian legend #king arthur #classic art

[hey-im-okay]

Arthur and Merlin would absolutely stay up at night and talk shit. Merlin was meant to have left Arthur’s chambers ages ago but he just had to tell Arthur about the new gossip going ‘round the servants and then Arthur needed to rant about how annoying a visiting noble is -“I mean he’s even more annoying than YOU Merlin I can’t believe it”- and then it just spirals and neither of them can stop talking about the most random shit.

At some point Merlin just falls asleep, he’s not even in or on the bed really, half of his body is led on the soft covers and his legs dangle of the edge.

Arthur doesn’t even notice, continues talking until he himself drifts off.

When they both wake up in the morning Merlin has somehow managed the pull up his legs and curl up on the bed, a spare blanket that had been spread on the bed mainly for looks but was still absolutely soft was laid over him (he has no idea when he had grabbed it, he didn’t, Arthur did it-).

They don’t ever talk about it when it happens, the both just get up, Merlin helps Arthur change and then heads back to his room to get changed himself before going to Arthur’s breakfast.

Gaius is very curious about why Merlin seems to spending a lot of his nights in Arthur’s chambers but he keeps quiet, let them figure it out themselves.

#merlin #merlin emrys #bbc merlin #bbc merthur #merthur #merlin x arthur #king arthur #arthurian mythology #arthur pendragon #gaius #headcanon #you can’t tell me this didn’t happen

[lepetitdragonvert]

Morgane le Fay / Morgane la Fée

Artist : William Henry Margetson

#william henry margetson #w. h. margetson #morgane le fay #morgane la fée #morgane #arthurian legend #arthurian mythology #magic #magie