The Love Story about Lancelot and Guinevere
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in this song the clear influence of many good jazz guitarists is to be mentioned
Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #90
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
Peter Kosta
Rights
Peter Kosta
Uploaded
September 16, 2017
Track Files
MP3
MP3 10.7 MB • 160 kbps • 9:19
Story behind the song
This is the story about the first Night of King Arthur who falls in love with the Queen Guinevere (please replace everywhere for King Lion Heart King Arthur and for Marianne Guinevere).
The Lady of the Lake sends Lancelot to King Arthur's court where he becomes a knight at the behest of Sir Gawain. Almost immediately upon his arrival, Lancelot falls in love with the Queen, and one of his very first adventures is rescuing Guinevere from Arthur's enemy Meleagant.[14] Lancelot seems to be related to a Celtic abduction tale called the aithed. In this legend, a mysterious stranger kidnaps a married woman and takes her to his home. The husband of the woman then rescues her against insurmountable odds.[15] (Note that exact timing and sequence of events varies from one source to another, and some details are only found in certain sources. For example, in Le Morte D' Arthur, the adulterous relationship is postponed for several years, and the rescue takes place after the adventures of the Sangreal.)
Early in Lancelot's career, he faces the Dolorous Guard. He sets out for adventure and comes across a castle guarded by the Copper Knight. To meet this challenge, Lancelot must battle ten knights at the first wall, ten knights at the second wall, and finally the Copper Knight himself. He defeats many more than twenty knights with the aid of his foster mother the Lady of the Lake, only to discover that the Copper Knight has fled. The townspeople lead Lancelot to a cemetery, where he finds a metal slab stating that only one knight can lift the slab and that this knight's name is written beneath the slab. Lancelot has been known till this point simply as the "White Knight"; he is able to lift it and discovers that his name, in fact, is Lancelot.[1] The name of the Dolorous Guard is changed to the Joyous Guard and becomes Lancelot's home.[1]
Lancelot plays an important role in a war between Arthur and Galehaut (also known as Galahaut). Galahaut is Arthur's enemy and poised to become the victor, but he is taken by Lancelot's battlefield performance and offers him a boon in return for the privilege of one night's company in the bivouac. Lancelot accepts and uses his boon to demand that Galahaut surrender peacefully to Arthur. Initially, Lancelot continues to serve Galahaut, but eventually Arthur invites Lancelot to become a member of the Round Table, and Galahaut as well. In spite of this happy outcome, Galahaut is the one who finally convinces Guinevere that she may return Lancelot's affection, an action that at least partially results in the fall of Camelot.[1]
Later, with the help of King Arthur, Lancelot defeats Claudas and recovers his father's kingdom, though he again decides to remain at Camelot with his cousins Sir Bors and Sir Lionel and his illegitimate half-brother Ector de Maris.
