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Enid and Geraint are the principle figures in the Welsh tale of Geraint the Son of Erbin, to use Lady Charlotte Guest's title, or Geraint and Enid, one of three Welsh stories analogous to romances by Chrétien de Troyes (the others being Owain and Peredur). Chrétien's Erec et Enide, written c. 1170, is his earliest extant Arthurian romance. (Earlier he wrote a Tristan story, which does not survive.) The Welsh version dates from the thirteenth century and thus is later than Chrétien's. In both versions, the hero--called Erec by Chrétien--fights in and wins a tournament in which each knight fights to defend the assertion that his beloved is the most beautiful and in which the prize is a sparrowhawk. When Enid and Geraint (or Erec) marry, the hero, delighting in married bliss, forgets his knightly duties. In the Welsh tale, Enid laments that she is the cause of her husband's dishonor. Geraint, hearing only the last part of her lament in which she fears she is not a true wife because of the shame their marriage has brought to his knightly reputation, believes his wife to have been unfaithful, and takes her with him on a quest in which he proves his prowess and she her fidelity. In Chrétien's version, Enide tells Erec directly of the talk of the court about his failure to act in a knightly manner, and a similar quest ensues. In both versions, after a series of adventures, the couple prove to each other their noble qualities.
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Chrétien's romance is the source for Hartmann von Aue's Erec and the thirteenth-century Icelandic Erex Saga. But it was to the Welsh tale, known to him from its translation in Lady Charlotte Guest's Mabinogion that Tennyson took his
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Ellis, T. E. (1880 - 1946)
Fawcett, Edgar (1847 - 1904)
Geraint and Enid - 1859-1885 (Author)
Idylls of the King - 1859-1885 (Author)
The Marriage of Geraint - 1859-1885 (Author)
Idylls of the King - 1859-1885 (Author)
The Marriage of Geraint - 1859-1885 (Author)
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (1872 - 1945)
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879)
Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)
Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883)
Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911)
George Wooliscroft Rhead (1854 - 1920)
Louis Rhead (1857 - 1926)
John Moyr Smith (1839 - 1912)
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (1872 - 1945)
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879)
![Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/jcenid.jpg?itok=3EmBJNyn)
Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)
![Sir Geraint and the Lady Enid in the Deserted Roman Town](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/Sir%20Geraint%20and%20the%20lady%20enid%20%28152%29.jpg?itok=WOuw6Pm3)
Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883)
![Edyrn with His Lady and Dwarf Journey to Arthur's Court](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdedyrn.jpg?itok=7i_8LSFd)
![Enid and the Countess](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdcount.jpg?itok=vtG8JuNP)
![Enid Tends Geraint](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdtends.jpg?itok=yJaZxn0q)
![Geraint Charges the Bandits](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdband.jpg?itok=5YPb5tkD)
![Geraint and Enid in the Meadow](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdmead.jpg?itok=vObE7ud3)
![Geraint and Enid Ride Away](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdger.jpg?itok=dh6gGQ_J)
![Geraint Slays Earl Doorm](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gddoorm.jpg?itok=EA3L_8TZ)
![Yniol Shows Prince Geraint His Ruined Castle](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/gdyniol.jpg?itok=uaJ57qr_)
Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911)
![Sir Geraint, Son of Erbin](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/2%20-%20sir%20geraint%20son%20of%20erbin.jpg?itok=awZ9htQf)
![Enid and Geraint in the Garden](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/8%20-%20enid%20and%20geraint%20in%20the%20garden.jpg?itok=kYfMjyoh)
![Sir Geraint and the Knight of the Sparrow Hawk](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/16%20-%20sir%20geraint%20and%20the%20knight...jpg?itok=H04hNnFL)
![Enid Talks with the Earl](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/38%20-%20enid%20talks%20with%20the%20earl.jpg?itok=-NIU4h4R)
![Enid and Geraint Ride Past the Town Bridge](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/48%20-%20enid%20and%20geraint%20ride.jpg?itok=0u1T8FG4)
![The King's Physicians Attend Sir Geraint](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/58%20-%20kings%20physicians%20attend.jpg?itok=fmKLgWEQ)
George Wooliscroft Rhead (1854 - 1920)
![Arthur and Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheada%26e.gif?itok=nAbbCwz_)
![Enid's Misunderstood Words](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheade%26g.gif?itok=vrH627Xz)
![Enid Helps Geraint to Arm](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdarms.gif?itok=8PyHajJv)
![Enid Awakened by Her Mother](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdmthr.gif?itok=RvFBV_nj)
![Enid and Geraint Reconciled](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdride.gif?itok=9Iwe7vsh)
![Earl Limours' Feast](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdfeast.gif?itok=PMeBenW5)
![Guinevere with Enid and Vivien](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheadgev.gif?itok=oi-yLb-s)
![Guinevere Watches for Geraint and Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdtower.gif?itok=S5JmVXAE)
![Geraint Wounded](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdwound.gif?itok=VTj7_67e)
![Geraint's Love for Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdmaid.gif?itok=rweYFCZO)
![Geraint Jousting](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdjoust.gif?itok=lFjXXT2c)
![Geraint Insulted by a Dwarf](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheadrd.gif?itok=A7f2za7f)
![Geraint Faces Three Assailants](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdthree.gif?itok=H5bxKPYh)
Louis Rhead (1857 - 1926)
![Arthur and Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheada%26e.gif?itok=nAbbCwz_)
![Enid's Misunderstood Words](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheade%26g.gif?itok=vrH627Xz)
![Enid Helps Geraint to Arm](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdarms.gif?itok=8PyHajJv)
![Enid Awakened by Her Mother](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdmthr.gif?itok=RvFBV_nj)
![Enid and Geraint Reconciled](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdride.gif?itok=9Iwe7vsh)
![Earl Limours' Feast](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdfeast.gif?itok=PMeBenW5)
![Guinevere with Enid and Vivien](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheadgev.gif?itok=oi-yLb-s)
![Guinevere Watches for Geraint and Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdtower.gif?itok=S5JmVXAE)
![Geraint Wounded](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdwound.gif?itok=VTj7_67e)
![Geraint's Love for Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdmaid.gif?itok=rweYFCZO)
![Geraint Jousting](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdjoust.gif?itok=lFjXXT2c)
![Geraint Insulted by a Dwarf](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rheadrd.gif?itok=A7f2za7f)
![Geraint Faces Three Assailants](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/rhdthree.gif?itok=H5bxKPYh)
John Moyr Smith (1839 - 1912)
![Geraint](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/tileger.gif?itok=tF5AKxdn)
![Enid](https://d.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/styles/creatorpage/public/tileenid.gif?itok=zjdSBYrG)