"Yonec" is one of the Lais of Marie de France, written in the twelfth century by the French poet known only as Marie de France. Yonec is a Breton lai,... 5 KB (859 words) - 22:16, 29 January 2023 |
Tree') Bisclavret ('The Werewolf') Lanval Les Deux Amants ('The Two Lovers') Yonec Laüstic ('The Nightingale') Milun Chaitivel ('The Unhappy One') Chevrefoil... 6 KB (684 words) - 05:38, 9 April 2024 |
noted it developed a medieval motif, but such tales as Marie de France's Yonec produced a rather different effect, being tales of adultery. A variant on... 4 KB (522 words) - 06:28, 19 February 2024 |
Milun focuses on the birth of an illegitimate child, much like the Lai of Yonec. Bloch points out other elements such as imposition of a father's unhappy... 4 KB (533 words) - 22:23, 6 July 2022 |
perhaps influenced by the Old Norse translation of Marie de France's poem Yonec and the Eddaic Völundarkviða. King Eiríkr of Greece has a beautiful daughter... 4 KB (521 words) - 21:02, 29 July 2022 |
Breton lais as well, particularly the land of "Fayerye". Marie de France's Yonec, for example, describes a woman following a trail of blood left by her lover;... 27 KB (4,075 words) - 00:47, 6 October 2023 |
Ages. An example of the motif is found in one of Marie de France's Lais, "Yonec", though the lai develops somewhat differently: instead of a happy ending... 13 KB (1,611 words) - 14:58, 28 March 2024 |