Guinevere: The Lady

in White
Guinevere (Welsh, Cornish) also Gwenhwyfar, Gueneve, and Gwenivere.  Her name
means “white shadow”, the sovereign power behind King Arthur’s throne.  While the
Camelot stories surrounding her, King Arthur, and his rival, are romantic in nature, these
modern incarnations demean the status of the sovereign Goddess in their telling… She was
the sovereign who gave Arthur his right to rule simply by being with him.  When she left
him he pursued her not for love, but because without her his kingdom would crumble for
lack of leadership.  The role of Goddess of Sovereignty is more clearly seen in her legends
than in many others.  Her duty is to blend the king’s energy with the energy of the land.  It
is in many myths that when the king forgets where his power comes from that the queen
will seek other champions and lovers to remind him as she gladly did.

She is also a May Queen who is occasionally thought of as a female Gwyn Ap Nuad, an
otherworld king and God of the hunt.  According to Arthurian legend, Arthur met
Guinevere in the court of Duke Cador of Cornwall.  Guinevere was the ward of Cador and
she came from a noble Roman family; according to both Wace and Layamon, it was on her
mother’s side that she was Roman.  Later legends say that Guinevere was the daughter of
Leodegan (Leodegraunce), king of Camelide (Camelot).  After Arthur helped Leodegan,
Arthur became betrothed to Guinevere.  One of Guinevere’s companions, after she married
Arthur, was her cousin and lady-in-waiting, Elibel.  They married but had no children
(except in the Perlesvaus, where their son was named Lohot (Loholt)).

In the Welsh Mabinogion called Culhwch and Olwen (before 1100), Guinevere was called
Gwenhwfar which possibly means “White Phantom”.  This was Guinevere’s first
appearance.  Gwenhwyfar was the daughter of Gogrfan and the wife of Arthur.  The tale
also mentioned that Gwenhwyfar had a sister, named Gwenhwyfach.  This sister of
Gwenhwyfar, Gwenhwyfach, also appeared in the Welsh Triads 54, in the 2nd line of the
Three Harmful Blows of the Island of Britain: The second Gwenhwyfach struck upon
Gwenhwyfar: and for the cause there took place afterwards the Action of the Battle of
Camlan… This is the only Welsh reference that we have found in Guinevere’s connection
to the Battle of Camlann, which is markedly different from that of Mordred seizing her and
the throng of Arthur.

According to Diu Krone, Heinrich von dem Turlin says that her sister was Queen Lenomie
of Alexandria.

The Mabinogion had mentioned several times that Arthur had several sons: Gwydre, who
was killed by the boar Twrch Trwyth (in Culhwch and Olwen), Llacheu, who was later
identified as Lohot (in the Dream of Rhonabwy), and Amhar (in Gereint and Enid).  But
there was nothing to indicate that they were her sons, though as wife of Arthur, we could
possibly assume they probably were her sons.  In most tales, they were married but had no
children, except in the Grail romance titled Perlesvaus, where their son was named Lohot. 
According to this tale, when Sir Kay murdered Lohot, Guinevere was grief-stricken and
she died from broken heart.
In the poem known as the Welsh Triad, Arthur had three queens.  All three wives were
named Gwenhwyfar.  They were called Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gwent (Cywryd), and
Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gwythyr son of Greidiawl, and Gwenhwyfar daughter of
Gogfran (Gogrvan) the Giant.  This recalls the Celtic love for the number three, like the
triple personifications of Ireland, the triple war-goddesses Morrigan, the triple Sovereignty
of Ireland or the triple mother-goddesses Danu in Irish myths.  Here, the Welsh myths are
identical to the Irish, with the three wives of Arthur being the personification of Britain or
the Sovereignty of Britain.  Gwenhwyfar represtnts the land of the kingdom and was more
than just a queen, but a powerful goddess.  And in order for Arthur to become king of
Britain, he must wed and mate with the three goddesses in order to ensure the prosperity
and fertility of the land (Britain).

In the Latin romance, titled The Rise of Sir Gawain, Gwendolena (Guinevere) was not only
Arthur’s wife; she was a powerful sorceress, who had the ability of foretelling.  It was she
who predicted a champion Sir Kay, when these two challenge Gawain, but were unhorsed. 
Guinevere was said to be a wise queen as well as one of the most beautiful women in the
world.  Her great beauty also caused trouble for her.  She had being abducted a few times,
where she had to be rescued.  According to The Life of Gildas, Caradoc of
Llangarfan wrote that Melvas, king of the Summer Country, had abducted and raped
Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere).  War erupted between Arthur and Melvas and Melvas retreated
to Glastonbury.  St. Gildas doesn’t like Arthur, since the king had killed his rebellious
brothers, but he intervenes.  St. Gildas talked the two warring kings to make peace, and
Melvas returned Gwenhwyfar back to Arthur.

This event was most likely the source for the romance of Chretien de Troyes, titled Le
Chevalier a la Charrette, which translated to Knight of the Cart, though sometimes it was
“Lancelot”.  This Melvas became Meleagant, the son of King Baudemagus of Gorre. 
Meleagant had abducted Guinevere and later challenged the hero Lancelot to a duel, which
he lost.  Lancelot fought him again, in the second duel, and killed Meleagant.  Though,
Lancelot appeared in earlier works of Chretien, but his role was minor.  The Knight of the
Cart is actually Lancelot’s first appearance as a hero and it was the first time that he
appeared as Guinevere’s lover.

In the early tradition (in Geoffrey’s work and the Welsh texts) when Mordred, acting as a
regent during Arthur’s absence in the war against the Romans, seized power in Britain.  To
add salt to Arthur’s wound, Mordred had married Guinevere.  Mordred may have forced
Guinevere into marrying him, but most say that she was accomplice in the treason and may
have seduced Mordred.  According to the alliterative morte Arthure, Guinevere had two
sons by Mordred.  Again, like the Irish myth, the king can only rule the land if he marries a
goddess of the land.  And since the Welsh see Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) as a goddess, it
was she who could choose a king, and she had seduced Mordred, therefore Mordred was in
effect, a legitimate king.

There is one interesting short story which a poetess named Marie de France had written in
the lat 12th century, titled Lanval,  Marie had written that she had translated from a Breton
song, known as the lai.  The story telling of how the hero Lanval was loved by a fairy
woman, where he must not reveal of her presence to anyone.  When Guinievere, his liege
lord’s wife, had unsuccessfully tried to seduce him, he boast of the fairy woman’s beauty
surpassing the Queen.  Guinevere then falsely accused him of making unwanted advances
upon her and bragging of loving a woman more beautiful than her.  Arthur would have
punished him if Lanval could prove his boast, had it not being the timely arrival of the
fairy woman saved from execution with her appearance.  Lanval and the fairy woman then
left the mortal world, to dwell in Avalon.  Here, Guinevere was clearly portrayed as the
adulteress, who tried to seduce the young knight.  The tale is similar to another, later
Breton lai titled Graelent, written in the mid 13th century, by an anonymous writer.

However, Guinevere was best known for her long love affair with Lancelot, the best knight
in the world.  This firs appeared in Chretien de Troyes’ romance titled Knight of the Cart
(or Lancelot).  In the Vulgate Cycle and after, Guinevere had definitely betrayed Arthur by
committing adultery.  However, it was not Mordred who was her lover, but the greatest
knight of them all – Lancelot of the lake.  All Lancelot’s heroic deeds were performed
because of his love for her.  Lancelot was inspired by her love.  Lancelot was her lover and
her champion.  Lancelot would often rescue her from one danger or another.  (See Knot of
the Cart from Lancelot du Lac.)

There was probably some justification of the adultery of Lancelot and Guinevere, since
Arthur was not entirely blameless or guiltless.  In the Vulgate text (Lancelot), on the night
Lancelot first made love to Guinevere, Arthur was in the arms of Saxon sorceress and
enemy.  (See Lancelot)  And, their love would cause Lancelot to fail in the Quest of the
Grail, and would bring about the circumstance, which would cause death of Arthur and the
destruction of the Round Table.

The kingdom and the Round Table became identically associated with Guinevere.  When
Arthur married Guinevere, he was given the Round Table and a hundred knights, as part of
dowry.  When Arthur tried to execute Guinevere, then a war broke out between Lancelot
and Arthur, the Round Table in a sense had been broken.  Before the Grail quest,
Guinevere’s love for Lancelot had in fact made Arthur’s kingdom and the Round Table –
strong.

The big difference between Mordred and Lancelot was that Lancelot didn’t seek to rule in
Arthur’s place.  Lancelot loved Arthur as his king, and was willing to carry this secret
relation to his grave.  This strange loyalty to Arthur had actually made Arthur’s claim to
kingship, even stronger.  But this triangle could not last, since adultery is seen as crime and
a sin.  It was only when Arthur arrested Guinevere for adultery and treason, that the power
of the Round Table broke.  The Round Table was not broken in the physical sense, but
symbolically when the two strongest supporters of Arthur became two factions between the
House of Ban (Lancelot) and the House of Orkney (Gawain), came into conflict.  Though
the war ended without either side winning and Guinevere was returned to Arthur, the
strength of the Round Table was seriously weakened without the support of Lancelot and
his kinsmen, when Mordred betrayed Arthur and seized the kingdom.  In the Vulate Cycle
and later authors, Guinevere had managed to prevent Mordred from marrying her by
gathering loyal men hidden behind the walls of the Tower of London.

As Arthur fought Mordred, Guinevere had fled to abbey at Caerleon or the City of Legion
(or outside of London, according to Mort Artu).  Guinevere took the vow to become a nun,
even before the battle was decided.

It should be noted that there were two Guineveres according to the Vulgate Cycle.  In the
Vulgate Merlin, the second Guinevere was the daughter of King Leodegan and his
seneschal’s wife.  His seneschal was named Cleodalis, who married the maid of
Leodegan’s wife.  The maid became a lady in Leodegan’s court.  Leodegan lusted after the
seneschal’s new wife.  Leodegan had sent Cleodalis with and army against the Irish. 
Shortly after Leodegan had made love to his wife, the Queen being a devout Christian,
went to the church.  So in his wife’s absence, Leodegan took advantage of the situation and
ravished his wife’s former maid.

The two Guineveres were actually half-sisters.  As it can be seen, the were conceived on
the same night and were later born on the same day and with the same name, and looked
exactly alike.  Leodegan and his wife’s daughter became Arthur’s wife and the mistress of
Lancelot.  This second Guinevere was frequently known as the False Guinevere or Second
Guinevere.  The only means of identifying the real Guinevere from the false was that she
had a birthmark of a king’s crown on her back, while the Second Guinevere had none.

In Lancelot Proper, the False Guinevere would later cause the separation of Arthur and his
wife.  She posed as the false queen and wife of Arthur; trying to get Arthur to execute the
real Guinevere.  This plan was foiled when Lancelot challenged three of her knights in a
trial by combat.  Even though, Lancelot won the contest, Arthur was still in love with the
imposter, because she had given a love potion to the king.  The False Guinevere and her
accomplice Bertholai confessed to their crime when they were both struck down by a
mysterious illness.  It is not certain if the imposter died from her illness or she was
executed on Arthur’s order.

The wife of Arthur, daughter of Kin Leodegrance of Cameliard in Malory.  Welsh tradition
calls her father Gogrvan or Ocvran, whille in Diu Crone he is called King Garlin of
Galore.  A late literary source, Thelwalls play “The Fairy of the Lake” (1801), suggests
that she is the daughter of Vortigern.  Wace makes her Mordred’s sister.  In Geoffrey, she
is of Roman stock, and while Arthur was fighting the Roman war, Mordred abducted her
and made himself king.  In the later version of the Arthurian story she was the lover of
Lancelot.  Their intrigue discovered, Lancelot fled and Guinevere was duly sentenced to
burning.  Lancelot rescued her and war followed between him and Arthur.  While Arthur
was away, Mordred rebelled.  Arthur returned to do battle with him and received his final
wound.  Guinevere took the veil.  However, there are different tails of her end.  According
to Perlesvaus, she died in Arthur’s lifetime, while Boece averred she ended her days as a
prisoner of the Picts.  She and Arthur had a son called Loholt, though he was also said to
be the son of Arthur and Lionors.  The Alliterative Morte Arthure says that she and
Mordred were the parents of two sons.  B. Saklatvala has suggested she was really a Saxon
named Winifred, and J. Markale has opined that Kay and Gawain were originally amongst
her lovers.  Welsh tradition stated that Arthur was married, not to one, but to three
Giuneveres.  Some have argued that Guinevere is a mythical figure, representing the
sovereignty of Britain, over which contenders fight in this respect she is a parallel figure to
Eriu, the goddess of the sovereignty of Ireland.  C. Matthew’s contends that this
interpretation is supported by the legend of three Guineveres married to Arthur, saying
these are not three separate persons but a single trine goddess.  J. Matthews contends that
Guinevere and Morgan are like two sides of a coin, the beneficent and malevolent aspects
of sovereignty.

Efforts to connect Guinevere with Findabair, daughter of the Irish goddess Maeve, have
not proven successful.  Guinevere was very susceptible to being abducted and it has been
suggested that her story is a parallel of the Irish story of Midir and Etain.  In this, Etain was
once an otherworldly bride of Midir but she retains no memory of this fact and is now
married to an Irish king.  Midir turns up to lure her back to the Otherworld.  Similarly, it is
said, Guinevere’s abductor, be he Meleaguance or Lancelot, Gasozein or Valerin is
meerly taking her back to the Otherworld whence she came.

We are told in the Mabinogion that Guinevere had a sister named Gwenhwyvachl in

Frince romance that she had an identical half-sister who, for a while, took her place and in
the German Diu Crone that she had a brother Goterin.

Guinevere as Goddess

She is the beautiful Goddess of the Land.  In myth, Arthur (The Holy king in the wheel of
the year), vies with Lancelot (the Oak King), for Guinevere and the sovereignty of the
land.  Goddess of love, growth and fertility, her dazzling, intoxicating charms wreak havoc
in the world of men!  She holds an apple, the symbol of the giving and receiving of love,
both physically and spiritually.  It also reflects her role as a Celtic triple Goddess.  Her
name means “White One” – Fairie Goddess of the Old Ones.  Here we see her rising from
the land surrounded by her sacred May blossoms.

King Arthur and the Goddess Tradition in Britain

The stories of the goddess were originally the closely guarded secret of the temple
custodians.  These stories were, however, passed to the common people disguised as
entertainment.  When they became part of the common folklore they were changed as
people tried to make the goddess represented in the tales behave more like an ordinary
person… for example if a story said that the goddess gave birth to such-and-such a god or
nymph, then the later stories would provide her with a husband or a sexual encounter to
explain this.  In this way, the myths soon became very tangled and when we unravel them
we find that the goddess has married herself under different names, has given birth to
herself several times, and even made war on herself under different names.

In later centuries, there was another reason to keep the goddess’s stories secret.  From the
Greek times forward, the goddess religion was suppressed and forbidden, and to declare
any expertise on the subject was to risk death.  This was the case in the middle ages in
Britain where the tales were still told, but in forms which only the knowing would
recognize, and with plentiful references to Christian piety in case the authorities got too
close.  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (partially The Miller’s Tale) and the Robin Hood
stories are other examples, but the most revealing may be that of King Arthur.

The story of Arthur contains a full suite of the Celtic version of the goddess myths.  The
principal story, that of the two kings representing the old and the new years, who content
for the affections of the goddess, is given in the relationship of Arthur, Lancelot, and
Guinevere.  Guinevere (whose name means Lady in White) is the goddess.  Arthur is the
god of the old year, and when he goes away he is replaced by the god of the New Year,
Lancelot.  This implies infidelity on Guinevere’s part and introduces a tension in our
understanding – if she were an ordinary mortal, that is, and if this were an ordinary story
about ordinary people.

Guinevere is not the only face of the goddess in this story.  Arthur is given his kingship by
the Lady of the Lake (Nimue), who we may identify as being the goddess by her magical
powers and her association with water.  When Arthur dies he is taken by three ladies
(representing the Triple Goddess) in a boat (the tradition) to Avalon (the goddess’ apple
isle, the traditional paradise reserved for heroes).  A mediterranean version of Arthur
would have been taken instead to the Pleiades.

Merlin, the model for future wizards, is an echo of the Celtic high druid or ollave, a role
first played by the high poets of the mediterranean goddess-temples.  As has been said
above, the keepers of the original goddess stories were under an obligation to keep the
stories both secret and unchanged.  This tradition was apparently still alive at the time of
Sir Thomas Malory.  In his Death of King Arthur Malory rebukes other writers for having
recorded the story.  He was referring to French authors who picked up the story from
Welsh poets, who in turn had got it from the older Celtic bards.  Malory also takes care to
fill his book with heapings of Christian camouflage.  When Arthur dies, Guinevere
becomes a nun, and Lancelot a monk and so on.

Gwenhwyfar: The Cloud Who Would Be Queen

Name: Gwenhwyfar, Gwenhwyvar, Guenievre, Guenhumara, Jenefer, Ginevra and

Guinevere.  The Welsh name comes from two words that mean either White/ Shining or
Holy and Cloud/ Phantom/ Shadow or Smooth.  The best bet is either White Cloud or
White Phantom but as others have speculated on the true meaning of the name – what’s to
stop you from mixing and matching with other interpretations?

Symbols: Of the original Gwenhwyfar is hard to say.  The Guinevere that has come to us
from more than a Round Table full of hands no doubt obscures most of what was the
original Goddess.  We can hazard a guess and say, some of her symbols were such things
as a cloud, crown, dog, and various symbols associated with triple goddesses.

Image: A very fair-skinned woman of preternatural beauty.

Relatives: Gogrvan or Ocvran or Ogrfan Gawr the Giant of Castell y Cnwclas (Father),

Arthur (artviros ‘Bear Man’) Husband, Gwendydd, Gwenith, Gwynith, Gwyneth,
Gweneth, Gynath, Gandieda, Catherina, Catarina (Sisters), Loholt (Son, though some say
the son of Arthur & Lionors) and two unnamed sons with Mordred Arthur’s son was his
half-sister Morgan.  And you thought the family relations on Angel were messed up.

Synodeities: Goddess of Sovereignty (Britain), Eriu (Ireland)

Details: No matter what has been made of Gwynhwfar over the years, and she has passed
through dozens if not hundres of hands and minds.  At her start she was said to be a
Goddess called White Cloud (or White Phantom, White Shadow, Shinning Cloud, etc.)
who was a mischievous shape shifter, who from time to time found that she just could not
help but incarnate as a human to mix in the affairs of mankind.  She would do this by
entering a womb and being born as a human.

While that does seem to indicate that she might not have had the most noble of motivations
(from a human viewpoint at least) she was not however portrayed as the adulteress at best
and adulteress traitor at worst that we have today in her more well-known form of Queen
Guinevere, wife of King Arthur.  This view first came from the 12th century writer
Chretien de Troyes who was also the inventor of Sir Lancelot.
There are more than a few versions of the story of Arthur & Guinevere, with Welsh,
British, Irish, German, French & modern takes on the story, the above is just one of them. 
Today most think it is just the tale of a king and his queen and all the knights in shining
armor stuff.  However, the myth from which that story grew is far older than that; taking
place long before there were knights.  For one thing it was believed that Arthur had three
queens, all of them named Guinevere (or variations of that name).   That this points to
a Celtic triple Goddess is pretty easy conclusion to reach.  A good guess is that she is much
like the other Goddess of Sovereignty found in Celtic myth; without whom a God-King
cannot reach true power.  So just how did a fun-loving shape shifter out for just a bit of a
lark among the humans become the embodiment of adulterous females?

I would guess that White Cloud is perhaps the true original origin of her name.  And like
those who look at clouds and see bunnies, or monsters depending, not on the shape of the
cloud but on the shape of their mind, the Guinevere that was born from that Gwynhwfar of
long ago is still laughing at the things we humans get up to based on the smallest of things.

Ray  Attributes: The Elohim of the Sixth Purple/ Indigo (and White) Ray of Idealism and
Devotion which “stimulates all religious devotion and aspirations and prepares the thought
of the World for the coming of the World Teacher.  The Sixth Ray is to empower, through
Cosmic Justice, the one-pointedness and striving which enables humanity to persevere
through every conceivable obstacle.”  The planetary attribution of the Sixth Ray is to Mars
and so the day of its enhancement is Tuesday.

Historical & Mythical: Queen Guinevere as Gwenhwyvar, daughter of Leo de Grange of

the Celtic Kingdom of Brittany, was betrothed to King Arthur, probably to form an
allegiance between the Celts in Britain and mainland europe.  In Malory’s “Romances”,
the famous “Round Table” was given to Arthur by Guinevere’s father as a wedding gift. 
The table was then set up at the Court of Camiliard (Camelot), now thought to have been at
Cadbury Castle at Somerset.  This is now a hill fort circumscribed by four ditch and bank
lines.

The Celtic custom always attributed the Queen as representing the sovereignty aspect of
the Triple Goddess, whose role was to uphold the correct alignment and balance in the land
by upholding the rights of the people in accord with the traditions.  It was the break with
these traditions by the Court of Arthur, in favor of a more Christianised Roman way, that
led to the downfall by Mordred (Madoc), who championed the dark aspect of the Goddess
or Morgan, the Keeper of the Old Ways.  The reputation of Guinevere (the light, fertility
aspect of the Goddess) then, depended upon the success of the Grail Quest in order to
restore the “Wasteland.”

Having successfully made Cadwaladyr (Cadwallader) into the High King of the Realms,
Myrddin (Merlin) advises Cadwaladyr to return briefly to Amorica (Brittany) in order to
forge a stronger alliance through marriage with the Celts of Europe.  He returns with
Gwenhwyvar ferch Lleudd Eugfran (Guenevere, daughter of Llud) along with her
handmaiden Niniane, who is of the Line of Avalon.  Gwenhwyvar is chosen because she is
herself of the Sangreal Lineage.  She is a slight girl of around 15 years of age, with blonde
hair and sharp Breton features.  Niniane, however, is also small in stature but with dark
hair and dark eyes.
Cadwaladyr and Gwenhwyvar are married in the city of Venta Belgarum (Winchester) and
the betrothal ceremony takes place upon the mound now known as “Chalk Hill.” 
Cadwaladyr returns with his new Queen to the royal court above the White Horse (in a hill-
fort now known as Uffington Castle).  Niniane accompanies her as handmaiden, although
Myrddin’s prophecy forebodes ill:

Listen little pig!

Are not the thorn buds green

The mountain fair, the earth

beautiful?

I will predict the battle of Argoed Llewifain,

Bloody biers after Owain’s assault.

When stewards dispute,

When children are perjured,

when Cadwaladyr conquers

Mona –

Then the Saeson will be driven out!

Listen little pig!

Wonders there will be

in Prydain – but I shall not care.

When the people of Mona

Ask questios of the Brython,

That will be a troublesome time!

A superior lord will appear.

Cynan from the banks of the Twiwi.

Confusiton will follow –

But he shall have the music of Bards to follow (Myrddin)

(Note: Mona is the ancient name for what is now called The Isle of Anglesey, 
Saeson means Saxon, and Brython means Briton.)
After some time in rulership and after the subsequent battles under Cadwaladyr, thye land
has become safe and protected from the invading Saxons and a time of peace ensues.  The
King of Gwynedd, Maelgwn, however, still refuses allegiance to Cadwaladyr and has
stirred much anxiety and division amongst the Dragon Tribes, by accusing Cadwaladyr of
upholding a military state and exacting unfair taxes.  Gwenhwyvar now feels enmity
towards the Dragon Banner and all that it represents as she has taken to the new faith,
being that of the New Religion (Christianity).  The High Queen calls a meeting of The
Council and suggests that Cadwaladyr shoudl change his emblem from that of the Dragon. 
Cadwaladyr is loath to do this because of the implications of his oath and kingmaking, to
serve the people as Pendragon (“Son of the Dragon”) according to his lineage and heritage.

Lleminawg will come.

An ambitious man,

To subdue Mona,

To ruin Gwynedd.

From its borders to its heartland,

Its beginning to its end,

He will take its pledges.

Furious his face

Submitting to no-one,

Cymry or Saeson.

(Taliesin)

Following the abduction of the High Queen by Maelgwn and her safe return by
Lleminawg, Cadwaladyr eventually submits to the will of his queen because following her
ordeal, she now feels defiled by the Dragon.  Cadwaladyr changes his name to Arthur (Yr-
Arth-Great Bear) and he also changes his banner to the Bear emblem.

Niniane (Nimue) returns from the “Priestess Isle” at Inis Witrin (Glastonbury) along with

Medraut, Arthur’s illegitimate son by his half-sister Morgaine.  She returns to remind
Arthur of his Oath to serve the Dragon as The Pendragon. Arthur learns that Medraut has
already taken up allegiance with Magloculus against him if he does not hand over his
sovereignty to his son Medraut as hereditary successor of The Dragon Line.

Niniane and Medraut are both banished from court, while Gwenhwyvar prepares an order

of treason to be brought against them.  Taliesin leaves court with his partner Niniane,
having argued with the High Queen to no avail concerning the treason charges brought
against her.  Medraut returns to Maglocunus at Powys.  the latter has threatened to invade
if Medraut is held captive by Arthur.
After the death of Arthur at the Battle of Camlanna, Lleminawg returns with his lover
Gwenhwyvar to their homeland of Amorica (Brittany).  Gwenhwyvar, however, later joins
hold orders and enters a nunnery to find some inner solace in face of her sorrowful past.

TRIPLE GODDESS QUEEN GUINEVERE – GINNY

 

The Great Celtic Goddess Guinevere of Wales  , who was born into royalty
to Welsh King Lleudd– Ogrfan and his wife, about 490 C A.D.,  is a Trinity .
In our  Celtic Wales, she is called “ Gwenhwyfar.”  In Cornish, she is “
Jennifer.”  Her name Gwenhwyfar means “ white waves” and “white
sprite” and “ phantom.”  he is the ancient Triple Goddess of Wales .  She
was and is a beautiful and desirable Goddess of the dawn and spring.   She
is the “ power behind the throne” of her husband King Arthur and his
Knights of the Round Table.  Guinevere’s royal parents gave them The
round Table for a wedding present .  Trinity Queen Guinevere comes to
King Arthur from The Other World.  Her royal role is that of enforcing ,
expanding, empowering, and enhancing

King Arthur and The Knights of The Round Table in his Kingdom .  One of
their major encampments, legend has it, was next to my Welsh Gt. Gt. Gt.
Grandfather Evan Davies’ home Fountain Hall in South Wales, and my
exploration and visit  there years ago sparked my spiritual and historical
interest in Queen Guinevere and King Arthur , The Knights of the Round
Table and Merlin whose crystal cave was there .

     Queen Guinevere is of the land and the union which gives kings their “
right to rule.”  Her passion and love gave her not only her King Arthur ( a
Winter God and Holly King) but also Sir Lancelot ( The Oak King).  She is
recorded in legends as Arthur’s “Three Chief Queens.”  These three aspects
of Guinevere show a common Triple Goddess.       Her name Gwenhwyfar of
“ white waves” relates to the color white for virgin which indicates she is
complete in and of herself.  Waves associate her with the great generative
powers of the sea.  She is indeed the feminine eternal symbol of strength and
order in a peaceful universe.  She brings energy and powers from The
Other World, too. This does create some turmoil in the world.  She has a
role, too, as a Flower Maid, a fairy Goddess of Love, of Growth and
Fertility.   Her holiday is Beltane.  Her sacred tree is the Hawthorne.  Queen
Guinevere is a Goddess of the Old Ones.”

     As Queen of the Round Table,  Triple Goddess Guinevere inspires people
to rise  up to greater heights not thought of and of UNITY.  She helps the
earth to bear fruit, to grow and to harvest.  She inspires King Arthur and
the Round Table to greater goals and she overlooks the Court.  Her
Triplicity reveals her role as a Crone in her actions over The Round Table,
however.

      It might be added that King Arthur’s wizard Merlin was married to a
Gwen-like Guendoloena ( made from flowers.)  Legend has it that Queen
Guinevere is linked to Glastonbury, England, and is buried next to King
Arthur there.  In legend also, she was abducted by King Melwas ( also
Called Sir Meleagant) and was taken to his stronghold at Glastonbury.  It is
said she was rescued there by King Arthur and perhaps also by Sir Lancelot
( and perhaps Gawain,too.)

     In the Tarot cards, Queen Guinevere is the Queen of May.  She is the
Goddess of Love and Betrothal . It is a merry time with the month of May
being a time of new growth and blossoms, as well as intrigues for lovers
around you and perhaps also seduction is in the air.

     As the  Celtic Triple Goddess of Wales,  this Mother Goddess Guinevere
from The Other World is linked to the Triad of The Island of Britain ,
where she is recorded as three in one Trinity to King Arthur : 1)
Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Cywryd . 2)  Gwenhwyfar, daughter of
Gwythyrap Greidin and 3) Gwenhwyfar, daughter Of King Ogrfan Gawr.

      The book on The Mists Of Avalon brings to light more fascinating
details on our Triple Goddess Mother Queen Gwenhwyfar of Wales.