Mary

Also known as: Saint Mary · Role: religious figure · First appears: Book XII, Chapter XIII

Life events

Sir Bors prayed Christ to preserve Lionel while he went to succour the maid.(Book XVI, Chapter IX)
- With: Sir Bors Sir Lionel Jesu Christ
- “Then lift he up his eyes and said weeping: Fair sweet Lord Jesu Christ, whose liege man I am, keep Lionel, my brother, that these knights slay him not, and for pity of you, and for Mary’s sake, I shall succour this maid.”
Galahad witnesses the hart become a man and learns it signifies the Son of God entering Mary’s womb.(Book XVII, Chapter IX)
- With: Galahad Son of God
- “And they heard a voice say: In such a manner entered the Son of God in the womb of a maid Mary, whose virginity ne was perished ne hurt.”

with Sir Palomides (Palomides states his belief in Mary.) “howbeit in my heart I believe in Jesu Christ and his mild mother Mary”

with Sir Bors (Bors invokes Mary’s sake while deciding to rescue the maid.) “Fair sweet Lord Jesu Christ, whose liege man I am, keep Lionel, my brother, that these knights slay him not, and for pity of you, and for Mary’s sake, I shall succour this maid.”

child: Son of God “In such a manner entered the Son of God in the womb of a maid Mary, whose virginity ne was perished ne hurt.”

Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.