![]() ![]() Coventina was widely worshipped throughout the western Roman Empire and early Britain in modern Northumberland, tourists can visit an ancient shrine to Coventina, located in Hadrian's Wall.Ĭursed, adapted from the popular graphic novel by Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler, envisions its Lady of the Lake as a young enchantress descended from the fey, a race of woodland beings with miraculous healing abilities and a storied, mythical past. ![]() Some scholars believe that she originated as the Celtic water goddess Conventina, whose name evolved into Covienna and later gave way to etymological forms like Vivien. ![]() Though most scholars agree that King Arthur and his cohorts are mythical folk heroes, not actual men and women who lived and died in medieval England, the legend of the Lady of the Lake may precede the legend of King Arthur. ![]() The name Nimue was popularized by Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, one of the best-known works of Arthurian literature, which was published in 1485. Many literary and historical scholars believe that the Lady of the Lake is not one person, but rather a handful of distinctly separate Ladies of the Lake (all water fairies and enchantresses) who share the same epithet and role. In literary tradition, the Lady of the Lake is known by many names-most commonly Viviane, Vivien, Ninianne, and Nimue.
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