Early Poems of William Morris

1914

Artist : Florence Harrison

thinking about sir gawain… whose whole quest was about kissing dudes and lying about wearing a slutty little girdle…

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um sorry to inform you but... "the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart" ...i believe your "questing beast" is simply a giraffe. what it is doing in the great of britain i cannot tell you but that is really just a nice giraffe you've got there

The Lord Bertilak after Gawain kisses him: *Dang, this man was literally too nice to sleep with my wife*

Sir Gawain blushing profusely: *kissing two people in one day? What am I? A whore!?*

King Arthur-2004

Four Knights of the Apocalypse-2023

Round 1: Match 11 of 64

Why they deserve to be the ultimate wizard according to YOU:

Jesus Christ:

“Submitting him is just funny to me. I doubt he’ll get in, but I got a good laugh over this.”

“He can turn water into wine. If I could do that I’d be rich by now :o”

Merlin:

“Merlin is THE wizard. He's been around for hundreds of years longer than any modern fandom wizard. Any character in the old, wise wizard archetype is probably based on him.”

“He's the OG. The baddest bitch. I don't know what to put here! Crystal caves. Dragons fighting under Dinas Brenin. Real hot shit”

The Once and Future King

Merthur stop bullying me

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Mythology: Sir Gawain

And Gawain, though in valor next to none, Wished that her heart had been a tenderer one.

His sword was out for any foe on earth, And yet to face death for a lady's mirth.

Another commission for stefan_ponten on Instagram, this time featuring Feirefiz from Arthurian mythology! He’s one of the few non-European knights of the Round Table, is described as having black and white patches like a magpie, and appears mainly in Wolfram’s poetry collection about Percival, given that Feirefiz is Percival’s half-brother. I also ended up dressing him in Tunesian-inspired armour and gave it magpie colours XDD

Queen Guinevere’s Maying

1900

Artist : John Maler Collier (1850-1934)

Day 15: The Questing Beast

Well Hoi there! If you remember, we sketched King Pellinore a couple of days ago, the guy who hunts the Questing Beast.  I was thinking about what to sketch for today, and I realised, I should draw the bloody Questing Beast!

The Beast was born of a human woman; a princess who slept with a devil and gave birth to the abomination.

The strange creature has the head and neck of a snake, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion, and the feet of a deer.  Its name comes from the great noise that it emits from its belly, a barking like "thirty couple hounds questing".

Pellinore never manages to slay the beast, but Sir Palamedes then takes up the task and finally kills it during the Grail Quest.

I may take it’s design further and make a few tweaks, but I’m happy enough with the sketch!

Don't let his simple attire or young appearance fool you, for Albion is a powerful spirit who controls fog and mist to protect the sacred land of Avalon. He also assists King Oberon, ruler of the Fair Folk, and the Lady of the Lake, Nimue, as well by preventing unworthy/evil mortals from finding their domains...

Anyone caught in his mists can either suffer a number of terrible fates or find themselves exactly where they need to be through Albion's gentle guidance. Some are lost in it forever, tormented by visions of the things or people they desire always out of reach. Others find themselves in uncharted lands where there's no hope of returning to their homes ever again or in worse cases in the middle of enemy territory. And finally, if all else fails, they are trapped in an eternal slumber as their mortal bodies grow weaker and weaker until all their strength is gone.

As for those with good hearts and a noble spirit, Albion will help them find their way to the other side of the mist through visions/dreams/illusions, taking great care to make sure they don't get lost like so many others. Sometimes he'll even appear before them directly which is a great honor. Albion is a calm and serene being who does not harbor any resentment towards humans. In many cases, he pities them and tries to end things quickly if they are deemed a threat. Otherwise Ablion prefers to confuse any intruders and misdirect them so they end up right back where they started, eventually giving up on whatever venture led them to try to cross the barrier of fog and mist meant to keep such mortals away.

Albion was even there when Morgaine brought the dying King Arthur to Avalon where his body was laid to rest. And whenever he's not fulfilling his duties to uphold the barrier between the mortal realm and theirs, Albion enjoys traveling all over the world, observing its natural beauty. Sometimes, when he's feeling a bit playful he'll use his power to mess with wayward travelers in forests, near lakes, across open fields, or high up in the mountains but it's usually all in good faith so no one gets hurt. Not unless said traveler turns out to have some nefarious purpose for being there because then all bets are off.

Song Inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NcgP7b-EAk

- The lady of the lake -

Things Merlin Deserved

Not waiting

Things Arthur Deserved

Not that