Gareth Young and Free by vidyashakti

Poser • Fantasy • posted on Aug 26, 2009

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Sir Gareth was a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian Legend. He was the son of Lot and Morgause, King Arthur's sister thus making him Arthur's nephew and brothers to Gawain, Gaheris, Agravaine, and Mordred. He came to Camelot in disguise as a kitchen boy and was set to work by Kay, who always gave him difficult work or teased him as being a lowly kitchen boy, nicknamed him "Beaumains" or "Goodhands" (alternatively "White Hands", or "Beautiful hands"), since he would not give his name. The meaning of this was that Gareth's hands were white or soft, showing he was not used to hard work. In the tale Gareth goes to the aid of Lynet (sometimes Lyonet or Lyonette), a damsel who originally comes to King Arthur asking for Lancelot to help her; her sister is beimg held hostage, thus this story falls into the rescue type where knight must save a captive lady. He volunteered to go with Lynet to save her sister Lyonesse (or often referred to as Lyonorr), from the Red Knight of the Red Launds. He was accompanied by the dwarf Melot who knew his true identity.