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**This is the lady of the lake. She rised from the lake.** **The lake was actually a Celtic underworld. A spell was put upon her castle to hide her land from people who would come there. There seamed to be a couple of lady of the lakes but the most important lady of the lake was ninane also known as Viviane or nimue another lady of the lake who gave the sword Excalibur to king author. she is different from ninane.the unnamed lady** **was killed by balin le savage Niniane later became the guardian of the sword especially when the dying Arthur returned the sword Excalibur to the lake noe they believed that the lady of the lake and her relationship to Arthurs sword Excalibur. they say that the lady of the lake lives in the forest of Britney. Arthur got a new sword from the Lady. and when Arth**ur **was dieing he** **ordered the sword to be thrown into the lake. The Lady of the Lake was the foster mother of Sir Lancelot and raised him in the murky waters of her Lake She is best known for giving the majical sword excalibur to king Arthur** ** through the intervention of the Kings advisor Merlin who was constantly worried that his monarch would fall into battle. The lady became Merlins boss who recorded his actions and his lover yars passd and the Lady became so powerful that her magical skills outshone even her teacher and she inpresed him in Glass Tower Nimue is thought to be related to Mneme the nickname of Mnemosyne one of the nine water nymph Muses of Roman and Greek Mythology who gave weapons not like Arthurs sword to the heroic Perseus Water deities were extremely popular with Celtic Society for they controlled the essential essence of life itself the Lady became so powerful that her magical skills outshone even her teacher and she imprisoned him in Glass Tower or similar dungeon To some part she stepped into Merlins part at King Arthurs side but the old mans removal shared considerably to the great monarchs downfall 2 The Lady of the Lake was eventually made to reclaim her sword when Arthur was wounded at the Battle of Camlann and Excalibur was brought back to misty waters She was later one of the three Queens who escored the King to Avalon. 2 names for her is Nimue or Vivienne** **and igraine Vivienne betrays the Ladys Celtic form for Vienna probably derives from Vianna is a hero of the Celtic water goddess Coventina There have also been attempts to show Vivienne as a corrupt form of Diana or Rhiannon rivers and lakes clearly show the supernatural powers of the goddesses who lived around and offerings at such aquatic features were commonplace especially of weapons and other valuables the Lady of the Lake is remembered as Lady of Luck Her names clearly reveal this Lady to have been the Water Goddess Coventin are sumably identified by the Romans with their** **walter scott wrote an influental poem called lady of the lake in 1810 drawing on the romance of the legend but transplanting it to Loch Katrine in the Trossachs of Scotot Alfred tennyson split her into 2 charactors Viviane is a deceitful villain who ensnares Merlin while the Lady of the Lake is a figure who raises Lancelot and gives Arthur his sword nimue appers in T.H whites the once and futuer king as merlins love intrest she trapes merlin in a cave but merlin dose not convey it as negative and calls it a vacation Walter Scott’s third narrative poem The Lady of the Lake was published on May 8th 1810 The plot is geographically and culturally located on the Highland Lowland border around Loch Katrine the Trossachs and the Western Highlands of Perthshire and Stirling Since the story involves James V of Scotland 1512-42 as a young adult subsequent to his visits to France the action is set in the mid or late 1530s The Lady of the Lake can be considered in some ways a sequel to Scotts previous historical narrative poem Marmion 1808 which concluded with the Battle of Flodden 1513 at which James IV died Scott had expressed his intention to work she has white blond hair she holds a apple in the right hand and a sword in the left she wears a long white dress and stands in the middle of a lake.** media type="youtube" key="gwAEsJgyL1E" height="344" width="425"