... queen, Guinevere; she was introduced by later writers, possibly to illustrate how the dream world of Camelot fell from grace. When Guinevere first appears in early Welsh stories, she is the daughter of a giant, but later she becomes the daughter of King Leodegrance of the West Country. In her original Welsh form of Gwenhwyfar, she was an folk figure before being connected to Arthur, and may originally have been a lesser goddess ... drew it's name into prominence again by merging it into the Arthurian story. The most popular location of Avalon has been at Glastonbury in Somerset; years p...

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