Luned

Family: Countess's household · Role: maid and advocate · First appears: THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN 3

Life events

Luned gives Owain a ring that conceals him and enables his escape.(THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN 3 · 📍 Castle)
- With: Owain son of Urien
- “Take this ring and put it on thy finger, with the stone inside thy hand; and close thy hand upon the stone. And as long as thou concealest it, it will conceal thee.”
The Countess banishes Luned after Luned challenges her mourning.(THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN 3 · 📍 Castle)
- With: Countess of the Fountain
- “As it is, I will banish thee.”
Luned is imprisoned and threatened with death unless Owain comes to rescue her.(THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN 5 · 📍 stone vault)
- With: Owain son of Urien
- “So they imprisoned me in the stone vault, and said that I should be put to death, unless he came himself, to deliver me, by a certain day; and that is no further off, than the day after to-morrow.”
Owain and the lion defeated Luned’s attackers, saving her from being burned.(THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN 6)
- With: Owain son of Urien
- “And he burst through the wall, until he found a way out, and rushed upon the young men, and instantly slew them. So Luned was saved from being burned.”
Owain brought the Countess of the Fountain to Arthur’s Court, where she became his wife.(THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN 6 · 📍 Arthur's Court)
- With: Owain son of Urien Countess of the Fountain Arthur
- “And when he went thence, he took the Countess with him to Arthur's Court, and she was his wife as long as she lived.”

friends with Owain son of Urien “As a friend thou art the most sincere, and as a lover the most devoted.”
employer: Countess of the Fountain “And she is my mistress; and she is called the Countess of the Fountain, the wife of him whom thou didst slay yesterday.”
guardian: Countess of the Fountain “I declare to heaven,” said the Countess, “that were it not repugnant to me to cause to be put to death one whom I have brought up, I would have thee executed, for making such a comparison to me.”
patron: Countess of the Fountain “Luned,” said the Countess, “what change hath befallen thee, that thou hast not come to visit me in my grief? It was wrong in thee, and I having made thee rich; it was wrong in thee that thou didst not come to see me in my distress.”
with Countess of the Fountain (They are estranged after a quarrel.) “And henceforth evil betide whichever of us shall make the first advance towards reconciliation to the other; whether I should seek an invitation from thee, or thou of thine own accord shouldest seek to invite me.”

with Owain son of Urien (Luned acts as Owain's ally and advocate.) “Luned set out, under the pretence of going to Arthur's court; but she went back to the chamber where she had left Owain; and she tarried there with him as long as it might have taken her to have travelled to the Court of King Arthur.”

with Owain son of Urien (Owain rescued Luned and returned with her.) “Then Owain returned with Luned, to the dominions of the Countess of the Fountain.”
with Owain son of Urien (Owain rescues Luned from being burned.) “And Owain put the lion in the place where the maiden had been imprisoned, and blocked up the door with stones. And he went to fight with the young men as before. But Owain had not his usual strength, and the two youths pressed hard upon him. And the lion roared incessantly at seeing Owain in trouble. And he burst through the wall, until he found a way out, and rushed upon the young men, and instantly slew them. So Luned was saved from being burned.”

Extracted from the original text of The Mabinogion. Made with Rho MD.