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Pages in category "Medieval legends" ... Griselda (folklore) Grobian; Grýla; Galgano Guidotti; Saint Guinefort; Guy of Warwick; Gymnosophists; H. Hand of Glory; Hans ...
Pages in category "Medieval European legendary creatures" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A comic character; one of the gatekeepers at Arthur's court, subservient to Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr. [3] Killed in the hunt for Twrch Trwyth. [4] Petitcrieu: Petitcreiu, Petitcru, Pticru Tristan, 12th century Tristan and Iseult: A magical dog of Tristan and Iseult: Percival† (Welsh: Peredur) Perceval, Parzifal Erec and Enide, c. 1170
Wild men support coats of arms in the side panels of a portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1499 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).. The wild man, wild man of the woods, woodwose or wodewose is a mythical figure and motif that appears in the art and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to Silvanus, the Roman god of the woodlands.
Legendary creatures in classical mythology (5 C, 4 P) D. European demons (9 C, 17 P) European dragons (3 C, 44 P) E. ... Medieval European legendary creatures (8 C, 65 P)
figures from the genre of minstrel epic are generally not included unless they are commonly discussed in secondary sources dealing with heroic epic in medieval Germany. gods and deities Although this list excludes Germanic deities , it includes other entities stemming from Germanic folklore that appear in the legends (such as valkyries , dwarfs ...
The main characters are anthropomorphic animals. The given names of the animals are of Old High German origin. Most of them were in common use as personal names in medieval Lorraine. The characters of Reynard the Fox were based on the medieval hierarchy, and are treated as human throughout the tales.
Tapestry showing Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, wearing a coat of arms often attributed to him, [1] c. 1385. King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain.