Guinevere
Guinevere is the queen in Arthurian legend, wife of King Arthur and lover of the knight Lancelot.
Her affair with Lancelot becomes central to the downfall of Camelot.
The name occasionally appears as a given name, evoking medieval romance: They named their daughter Guinevere after the legendary queen.
Legendary British royal seat
- ArthurClassic male name
- MordredLegendary patricidal knight
- MerlinMythical British sorcerer
- GalahadIdeal of noble purity
Lancelot · Excalibur · Avalon · Bedivere · Kay · roundtable · Glastonbury · Morgan
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- trystSecret romantic meeting
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
amour · love · desire · heartache · longing · liaison · paramour · devotion
Disloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
treason · perfidy · deceiver · scandal · guilt · shame · downfall · ruin
Aesthetic excellence
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- tragicCausing great sorrow
- heroineBrave female protagonist
muse · archetype · femme · enchantress · captivating · allure · legendary · literary
Camelot
Legendary British royal seat
Lancelot · Galahad · Excalibur · Avalon · Bedivere · Kay · roundtable · Glastonbury · Morgan · Gawain
Lancelot
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- trystSecret romantic meeting
courtship · amour · love · desire · heartache · longing · liaison · paramour · devotion · yearning
infidelity
Disloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
disloyalty · treason · perfidy · deceiver · scandal · guilt · shame · downfall · ruin · transgression
beauty
Aesthetic excellence
heroine · muse · archetype · femme · enchantress · captivating · allure · legendary · literary · Pre-Raphaelite
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
reign · consort · court · palace · majesty · royalty · dynasty · kingdom · regent · highness
honor
High regard, moral dignity
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- valorCourage in danger
- knighthoodHonorary title of nobility
courtesy · nobility · virtue · loyalty · fealty · code · heroism · tournament · jousting · squire
- ArthurianKing Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin, Lancelot
- Medieval LegendsKing Arthur, Lancelot, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin
- Arthurian WomenMorgan le Fay, Lady of the Lake, Viviane, Morgan
- British Folklorefairy, fairies, pixie, pixies, brownie
- heroines in poetryJuliet, Ophelia, Beatrice, Helen, Penelope
- Legendary WomenPenelope, Cassandra, Clytemnestra, Andromeda, Atalanta
GuinevereMorgan le Fay
Morgana · Lady of the Lake · Viviane · enchantress · sorceress
- Lancelot and GuinevereLegendary adulterous royal couple