| The Cochran and French families of WV |
| Viviane II del Acqs ** |
Lady of the Fountain, became Lady of the Lake. Killed by Modred Glastonbury was the Isle of A valon. -------------------------------------------------------------- Viviane II, "Lady of the Lake" del Acqs d'Avalon (Glastonbury) Official Keeper of Celtic Mysticis ---------------------------------------------------------------- Killed by Modred at Camelot --------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Page: http://camelot.celtic-twilight.com/infopedia/l/ladyofthelake.htm Text: The Lady of the Lake was an other worldly woman who makes many appearances throughou t the Arthurian cycle. There are two distinct Ladies of the Lake in Malory and seems to be three in total when the Vulgate is taken into account. One, the Dame du Lac (Vivienne), raised Lancelot in France, the Lady Lile of Avelion gives Arthur Excalibur (Malory, Book 1 Chapter 25) and is later killed by Balin (Malory, Book II, Chapter 1) and finally Nimue, the "temptress" who beguiled Merlin and succeeded in shutting him up under a stone or in a tree. In the legends, Viviane definitely and Nimue apparently had other Damsels of the Lake under them and the Vulgate states that they owed their knowledge of magic to Merlin. This has led to speculation that behind the Ladies of the Lake motif lies a memory of an ancient pagan sisterhood. There is also the possibility that behind the legendary figure of the Lady of the Lake we have echoes of the ancient Goddess who can also be equated with the idea of Sovereignty. Sources: Title: Ordinance Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publicatio n: 1993 02 28 Edition Title: Bloodline of the Holy Grail, The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed. by Laurence Gardner Page: Page 237. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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