Lyonesse
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Lyonesse is a legendary sunken kingdom from Arthurian and Cornish folklore, often depicted as a lost land lying beneath the sea near Cornwall.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian location
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Cornish legendary land ⓘ legendary place ⓘ mythical sunken kingdom ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Alfred Tennyson's poetry
ⓘ
various modern Arthurian retellings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cornish legends of drowned lands
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King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Tristan NERFINISHED ⓘ the Knights of the Round Table NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedWith | Tristan of Lyonesse in some traditions ⓘ |
| culturallySignificantIn |
British mythological tradition
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Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
lost land
ⓘ
sunken kingdom ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
it sank beneath the sea in a great flood
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its bells can sometimes be heard beneath the waves ⓘ only one man escaped the inundation ⓘ |
| hasModernInterpretation |
linked speculatively to submerged features on the seabed near Cornwall
ⓘ
possibly inspired by real coastal inundations ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
drowned churches
ⓘ
sunken cities ⓘ warning against hubris ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | being submerged by the sea ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
catastrophic flooding
ⓘ
loss of a once-prosperous land ⓘ moral or spiritual decline preceding destruction ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Leonois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lyonnesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired |
Victorian poetry
ⓘ
later romantic literature ⓘ modern fantasy fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfEarliestSources |
French
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheVicinityOf | Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedUnder | the sea ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Arthurian romances
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
medieval French literature ⓘ |
| oftenIdentifiedWith |
area between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly
ⓘ
lands west of Cornwall ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arthurian legend
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornish folklore ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Avalon
NERFINISHED
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Cantre'r Gwaelod NERFINISHED ⓘ Ys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | mythical rather than historical ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cantre'r Gwaelod
subject surface form:
Forest of Brocéliande