Untitled Blog, mostly arthurian though

He/him, cis, straight, mainly here for the fandom culture and larger Arthurian community.

[byjove]

The problem with young knights of the realm is that they’re all focused on finding the Holy Grail and not the clitoris. You may see heaven but will you ever see the queen orgasm? Methinks not.

[totally-cis-offical]

Are the knights…supposed to be sleeping with the queens?

[byjove]

Are you going to stop him?

[othertypeofache]

Get you a man that'll cross a moat with a giant sword while wearing full plate armor just to see you.

[byjove]

get a man who is willing to be sliced to ribbons for a single CRUMB of pussy

[dullyn]

the perilous cemetery is probably one of my favorite arthurian works so far

the cemetery maiden has my whole heart, she's really just yelling instructions at gawain while he's in the middle of a swordfight, icon

[fancy-strawberry-beard]

I's no secret that I've fallen down a bit of an arthuriana-shaped rabbit hole lately, so here are some sketches of my favourite saint aka Cwyllog

Some notes (/ramblings) under the cut

I modeled her face after the actor/model Lio Tipton (I really liked them in Edge of Sleep), with some changes (mainly the nose).

According to a very late retcon (19th century if I recall correctly) she was Mordred's wife, but she's mostly remembered as a saint living in the 6th century (though she may never have existed at all). Most importantly, she's a child of Caw of Strathclyde, aka saint Caw.

Caw had many, many, MANY children, most of them saints (the most famous being the historian saint Gildas). He was originally from Scotland but relocated to Wales after being forced to flee.

I'm still going through Gildas' writings and other historical documents, but my mind is forming a whole conspiracy about Caw using christianity to consolidate his power through his many saintly children (some of which, like Cwyllog and Meilig, built churches aka extentions of Caw's influence??? Maybe???). It seems to me that Scotland would have been on the more pagan/celtic side of England (one of Caw's sons, Hueil, was a pictish warrior and an enemy of Arthur's), so maybe Caw aligning with Christianity was part of the reason why he was kicked out? Or was that a later developement to better fit in with the Britons?

Anyways I really like this (mostly made-up and completely ahistorical, but cool nonetheless methinks) idea of Caw's family being this network of charismatic religious leaders taking advantage of the (relatively) new religion of Christianity to build power and influence, siding with whoever holds the most power at any given moment.

The way I showed this in Cwyllog's portraits was to give her younger self a Roman-inspired hairdo (copied from a bust of Venus displayed in my local museum) to show her allegiance to the Roman-Welsh Britons, vs her older self wearing something I could imagine a Saxon woman wearing.

You can's see it because I accidentally cut it off while cropping the picture, but Cwyllog has a little cross charm attached to the chain of her prothesis. Idk I just feel like she's the kind of girly who likes to accessorize 🤷

[themonstrousother]

He was literally brought up in the water.

[dreamingbanneret]

Pwyll playing badger in the sack with Gwawl. Gwawl is "being the badger", in this case.

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

lancelot yelp review for that castle he stays in during knight of the cart

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

[arthurianpreservationproject]

The Beginner's Guide to Medieval Arthuriana is now live at the Arthurian Preservation Project website!

Just starting out and don't know where to begin?

Anyone new to Arthurian Legends will here find guidance on introductory Medieval texts (and some more recently written). The stories are grouped into sections to help you decide where to begin.

Updated: 19/July/2026

[gawrkin]

A List of all the lesser-known sorcerers/sorceresses in Arthuriana

A.K.A. Everyone who's not Merlin, Morgan le Fay or Ninianne/Vivien/Nimue. 'Cuz they're oversaturated

Cerridwen (Welsh Mythology)

Taliesin the Bard (Welsh Mythology)

Ambrosius Aurelianus (Historia Brittonum)

Uther Pendragon (The Welsh Triads)

Menw ap Teirgwaedd (Welsh Mythology)

King Arthur (?) (Welsh Mythology)

The Nine Witches of Ystawingun (Pa Gur)

The Nine Witches of Caer Lloyw (Peredur)

Orddu the Witch (Culhwch and Olwen)

King Bladdud (Historia Regum Britanniae, The Faerie Queene)

The Nine Sisters of Avalon (sans Morgan) (Vita Merlini) [Names: Mazoe, Moronoe, Gliten, Gliton, Glitonea, Tyronoe, Thiten, Thitis]

Queen Ganieda (Vita Merlini)

Queen Guinevere (De Ortu Waluuanii/Enfances Gauvain)

King Melwas (Welsh Mythology)

King Valerin (Lanzelet)

Malduc (Lanzelet)

Tristan (The Welsh Triads)

Iseult the Elder (and possibly Iseult the Fair herself) (Tristan and Isolde)

Thessala (Cliges)

Eliavres (Perceval - 1st continuation)

The Maiden of the White Hands (Le Bel Inconnu)

Mabon the Enchanter/Mabon ap Modron (Le Bel Inconnu, Prose Tristan, Post Vulgate)

Evraine (Le Bel Inconnu)

Tryamour (Lanval/Launfal)

Klingsor (Parzival)

Kundry (Parzival)

The Artisan of Cluse (?) (Daniel von dem Bluhenden Tal)

Giramphiel (Diu Crone)

Gansguoter (Diu Crone)

Enfeidas (Diu Crone)

Fairy L'Orgueilleux (L'Atre Perilleux)

Queen Morgause of Orkney (L'Atre Perilleux)

King Celidoine (Vulgate Estoire de Graal)

Guinebal (Vulgate Merlin)

Master Elias of Toulouse and his fellow clerks (?) (Vulgate Lancelot)

Vortigern's Clerks (Vulgate Merlin)

Arthur's Clerks (Historia Regum Britanniae, Vulgate Lancelot)

Lady Camille (Vulgate Lancelot)

The False Guinevere (Vulgate Lancelot)

Brisen (Vulgate Lancelot, Le Morte D'Arthur)

Sebile (Vulgate Lancelot, Le Propheties de Merlin, Perceforest)

The Queen of Northgallis (Le Propheties de Merlin, Le Morte D'Arthur)

The Queen of Sorestan (Vulgate Lancelot)

The Queen of Eastland (Le Morte D'Arthur)

The Queen of the Out Islands (Le Morte D'Arthur)

The Lady of Avalon (Le Propheties de Merlin)

Queen Crisea (Post Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal)

Tanabos the Enchanter (Post Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal)

Darnant the Enchanter (Perceforest)

Corose (Perceforest)

Queen Lydore (Perceforest)

Bruiant the Faithless (Perceforest)

King Aroes (Perceforest)

King Nagor (Perceforest)

Hellawes (Le Morte D'Arthur)

Annowre/Elergia (Le Morte D'Arthur, La Tavola Ritonda)

Lynette (and possibly Lyonesse) (Le Morte D'Arthur)

Pulzella Gaia (Pulzella Gaia)

Sir Fellone (La Tavola Ritonda)

The Green Knight (Bredbeddle ver.) (King Arthur and King Cornwall)

King Cornwall (King Arthur and King Cornwall)

Archimago (The Faerie Queene)

Acrasia (The Faerie Queene)

Busirane (The Faerie Queene)

Duessa (The Faerie Queene)

Caelia (The Faerie Queene, Tom a Lincoln)

Merlindia (Memorial das Proezas da Segunda Tavola Redonda)

Telorique (Memorial das Proezas da Segunda Tavola Redonda)

Notes:

This list is tentative and subject to change. More will included as necessary. If you are viewing a reblog, please check the original post for an up-to-date list.

The list discounts Saints and other Christian Holy Persons (such as Galahad). It also discounts characters with "superpowers" (such as Kay and Gawain). In general, the focus is on "Spellcasters"/Magic as an art or skill (Admittedly, the line is very murky).

Fairies (and Goddesses) are included due to the Medieval writers' efforts to rationalize such figures as enchantresses and sorceresses

[just-made-to-comment]

Just a note, Caer "Lloyw" is actually Caer Loyw, from Gloyw, not Lloyw, and refers to Gloucester. I'm not sure why they usually leave stuff like this in Welsh?

[what-even-is-thiss]

Gets stuck in the past and makes a random village get way smarter and less violent in a generational sense because I keep smacking people over the head with a stick and telling them that it’s the devil’s metal whenever they try to use lead for something in my presence and there develops a very niche regionalized superstition that an angry warlock will jump out of a tree and beat the shit out of you if you touch lead with your bare hands

[what-even-is-thiss]

Gets excommunicated by the Catholic Church for telling people that they can banish the devil from their water if they boil it therefore saving hundreds of people from a cholera outbreak but I don’t care and keep trying to convince the locals to use soap more often

[what-even-is-thiss]

Meets another iseksied person in the far past and beats the shit out of them for participating in the slave trade and eating moldy bread

[what-even-is-thiss]

Gets seen as crazy when I say I’m distilling peppermint oil to banish the miasma but people start asking to have some real quick when the Black Death comes to town and I am unaffected due to my constantly minty fresh house repelling rodents and fleas alike

[finleythecatperson]

You’re not at all worried about being labeled a witch and burned at the stake?

[what-even-is-thiss]

Witch burnings were very specifically a mid 1500s to mid 1600s phenomenon and I went back further than that so I’m fine as long as I don’t try to convince people that the earth revolves around the sun.

[finleythecatperson]

You’ve thought this out thoroughly and I appreciate that

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

btw speaking of manuscripts did you all know that you can just go to this website that lists all the lancelot-grail manuscripts that exist and links to views for most of them, all of which are available for free to look at online!!! you can just go browsing and find your favorite arthurian characters :) a little hard to navigate + definitely helpful if you happen to know medieval french LOL but regardless you too can peruse medieval arthurian manuscripts for free whenever you want

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

in the furthest right column it also will tell you which manuscripts are illustrated and how much illustrations they have so you can easily see which ones have pictures (because some of them don’t.) this manuscript is one that i found that has pretty large and very high quality illustrations if you would like a place to start :)

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

yay manuscripts

[just-made-to-comment]

Reblogging for visibility.

[onepuzzledpigeon]

Gareth seized the cold, wet hands. "And you're my dear Sir Kay, who scolded me, and plagued me, and looked after me." - Cherith Baldry, "The Avowing of Sir Kay"

#4 for @caer-gai 's Arthuriana August

Art of one of my favourite scenes from "The Last Knight of Camelot", which I just had to pick for the "retelling" box, I love those stories so much...

[my-dailydreams]

[fancy-strawberry-beard]

Me learning that tumblr ships Mordred and Galahad

[dreamingbanneret]

How Sir Geraint was bopped unmerciful by an ill-tempered dwarf

[dreamingbanneret]

Sir Palomedes and Sir Tristan bonding manfully

[thoodleoo]

reading about the participation of children in rituals as a form of play in ancient greece and came across an incredibly charming story from julius pollux's onomasticon where a flood prevented the adults from reaching a sanctuary to sacrifice a ram to heracles, and the children solved the problem by....sticking a bunch of sticks in an apple to give it "legs" and "horns" and offering it as a sacrifice instead. it's such a charming thought and i can perfectly picture kids these days also pretending at sacrificing an apple "goat" at recess

[just-made-to-comment]

That's addorble!

[homunculus-argument]

A child's bedroom furnished entirely with those aesthetic beige instagram mom sad beige wooden toys for sad beige organic children, including a little ball pit in all the shades of brown, white, grey, beige and greige, but the owner doesn't have kids. It's all for the cats.

"They can't tell because they're colourblind", the owner explains, "and also very dumb."

[el-rombo]

Children’s sad beige room but the rest of the house is very colorful and eclectic. That’e just the kind of thing the kid likes and their parents respect that