Le Morte d’Arthur · Character
Dame Brisen
A sorceress who helps Elaine trick Launcelot.
minor
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Dame Brisen shows up with force in How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referred to as the Damosel of the Lake, Nimue; she enchants Ettard to love Pelleas and prevents his death.
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In How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping: Referred to as the Damosel of the Lake, Nimue; she enchants Ettard to love Pelleas and prevents his death. Later, in How Sir…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping
- How Sir Launcelot came to Pelles, and of the Sangreal, and of Elaine, King Pelles’ daughter
- How Sir Launcelot was displeased when he knew that he had lain by Dame Elaine, and how she was delivered of Galahad
- How Dame Elaine, Galahad’s mother, came in great estate unto Camelot, and how Sir Launcelot behaved him there.
- How Dame Brisen by enchantment brought Sir Launcelot to Dame Elaine’s bed, and how Queen Guenever rebuked him.
- How Dame Elaine was commanded by Queen Guenever to avoid the court, and how Sir Launcelot became mad.
- How Sir Launcelot was known by Dame Elaine, and was borne into a chamber and after healed by the Sangreal
- How Sir Launcelot, after that he was whole and had his mind, he was ashamed, and how that Elaine desired a castle for him.
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