Forest of Brocéliande (in some French romances)

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The Forest of Brocéliande is a legendary, enchanted woodland in Arthurian romance closely associated with Merlin and other magical events of the Breton cycle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian location
legendary forest
mythical place
associatedWith King Arthur
The Lady of the Lake
surface form: Lady of the Lake

Sir Lancelot
surface form: Lancelot

Merlin
Morgan le Fay
Viviane
centralTheme chivalric quest
enchantment
sorcery
country France
culturalOrigin Breton
French
fictionalUniverse Arthurian legend
Breton cycle
genre Arthurian romance setting
hasCharacteristic enchanted
magical
mysterious
hasInfluenced Breton regional mythology
modern Arthurian fiction
hasMedium oral tradition
written romance literature
hasModernIdentification Forêt de Paimpont
hasMotif enchanted spring
illusionary landscapes
talking animals
hasRole setting of Arthurian adventures
setting of magical events
inspiredBy Paimpont Forest
languageOfEarliestSources Old French
locatedInNarrativeTradition Breton folklore
French romances
mentionedIn Breton lais
medieval French romances
notableEvent The Beguiling of Merlin
surface form: Merlin’s imprisonment by Viviane

encounters between knights and supernatural beings
partOf Matter of Britain
relatedMythicalPlace Avalon
Lyonesse
symbolizes boundary between human world and fairy world
testing ground for knights
timeOfOrigin Middle Ages
tourismType literary tourism site
traditionalLocation Armorica
Brittany

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Merlin residence Forest of Brocéliande (in some French romances)
Georges Lacombe notableWork Forest of Brocéliande (in some French romances)
this entity surface form: La Forêt de Brocéliande