#sir morholt

[gawrkin]

Oh, it just hit me like freight train:

Guinevere, Guinevak and Leodegrance/Gogfran = British Cewri

Iseult, Iseult the Elder, Morholt = Irish Fomorians

[gawaincomic]

Merlin has imprisoned twelve redoubtable sorceresses on this strange rock, the top of which is hidden from view by a cloud... And who should wander there but the Lady’s Knight and his friend Sir Morholt?

[gawrkin]

Iseult's Father... and Mother

So, this was pointed out to me by @fate-magical-girls about the theoretical historic identity of Iseult's father, King Anguish of Ireland:

(Source: Nightbringer.se)

(Source: Wikipedia.org)

(Source: earlybritishkingdoms.com)

Accounting for some minor timeline hurdles, King Anguish could be identified with none other than the first Christian King of Munster, baptised by St. Patrick himself, Oengus mac Nad Froich.

Which adds an interesting intersection of the Arthurian Mythos and the Irish King Cycle.

The hilarious catch comes when you realized that this identification means Anguish's wife, Iseult the Elder - Iseult's mother and Morholt's sister - is Eithne Uathach (Eithne the Dread)

(Source: The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating)

(Source: Cork Historical and Archaeological Society)

(Source: Mabinogi.net)

Whelp, Iseult's mom is a cannibal druidess. That puts Morholt the Giant as her brother in a new light.

Tristan is a very lucky man.