Note 60 — THE BEARING ON THE LANCELOT STORY

I would draw the attention of students of the Lais of Marie de France to the fact that Map gives several versions of the wedding of a knight with a fairy, or Otherworld, mistress. Also a version of a visit to the Otherworld kingdom with an ending closely corresponding with that of the Voyage of Bran, and Guingamor, and in each case he locates the story in Wales. It is perfectly clear that tales, such as we find in the Lais, were at least as well known in these islands as on the Continent.