Lady of the Lake facts for kids

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Bedivere
The Lady of the Lake and Sir Bedivere

The Lady of the Lake is a character of Arthurian legend. Different writers give her different names. Her roles include giving King Arthur his sword, Excalibur, taking Arthur to Camelot after the Battle of Camlann, raising Lancelot after the death of his father, and of enchanting Merlin. She is called Nimue, Viviane, Elaine, Niniane, Nyneve or Nimueh, amongst others.

Images for kids

  • Beguiling of Merlin

    Nimue, The Lady of the Lake, shown holding the infatuated Merlin trapped and reading from a book of spells, in The Beguiling of Merlin (1872–1877) by Edward Burne-Jones

  • Hj ford 3

    "Arthur meets the Lady of the Lake and gets the Sword Excalibur". A 1919 illustration by Henry Justice Ford for Andrew Lang's Tales of Romance

  • Idylls of the King 10

    Viviane and Merlin in Gustave Doré's 1868 illustration for Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

  • Arthur-Pyle The Lady of ye Lake

    The Lady of the Lake in a 1903 illustration from Howard Pyle's The Story of King Arthur and His Knights


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