#medieval legend

[la-belle-histoire]

Guinevere and Iseult: Cartoon for Stained Glass, William Morris. 1862.

[briefbestiary]

Legendary beasts that once warred with the horse-riding Arimaspians.

Apparently the Indian Griffin is a type of griffin about the size of a wolf with a unique plumage coloration. Regardless, this particular variation of the species also nests as close to local gold deposits as possible, just like their relatives outside of India.

[nevi-nevidilu]

Melusine is my favorite medieval legend

[cherriielle]

is this really all there is? 🌿⚔

[theartofmadeline]

birth of venus.... but make venus a knight (amirite??)

(part of my knightly pin-up calendar coming soon... peep the interest check here!)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Castles - art by Alan Lee (1984)

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: The Knight of the Holy Grail Artist: Frederick Judd Waugh (American, 1861-1940) Date: ca. 1912 Genre: literary painting (illustration of The Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson) Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 240.6 cm (94. 7 in) high x 319.4 cm (125.7 in) wide Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

[fallbabylon]

Devils and the Mouth of Hell details from South Leigh doom painting 15th C- South Leigh, UK

[silver-peel]

Celebrating new year and ending of the quest:)🕯️🎄🪓

product of my recent green knight reread on holidays, save me erotic hunting scene...... Happy new year, hope everyone have a nice starting of the year!

for hardcore fans yes lady bertilak dress lowkey reference form manuscript (feat. burrito gawain)

[theecholegend]

Legend but he's a prince and knows fencing because that's what medieval princes did

[queer-ragnelle]

list of medieval literature with links to read.

i’ll continue to update with more texts, better scans, & different editions. enjoy!

[sickfreaksirkay]

girl help they're sending me to the stocks until tomorrow morn for saying unto the king that i think sir lancelot of the lake and sir gawain of orkney should just kiss already

[briefbestiary]

Beasts that appear to be aiming to take a human life at least once in their lifetime. Despite its appearance, a peryton supposedly has razor sharp teeth.

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

A Hyrule Warriors Zelda!

Also Link! Though I probably won’t be finishing this particular sketch of him

[theartofmadeline]

can i offer you more knights in these trying times?

(p.s. if you want to see my pin-up knight calendar come to life consider filling out this interest check!)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

art by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1910s)