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136 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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History Of Christian Names. By The Autho...
separated accepted in from nomenclature Geraint to _, . one be Enid her of husband the , in three the old naval romances champ , is ions nev of er
Britain , and supposed . " These are two oblivion of tlie and characters raised to whom their true Tennyson dignit has recentl the chivalry rescued
from of the unmerited Round Table . Their , story was indeed to be found y among in the Mabinogion Christian ( a curious de collection had , of Welsh put the , legends m into , edited French by v erse y Charlotte the names G-uest of ) , Erec and
romances and Enide , thoug ; Troyes but h they a Tr had iad She n mentioned ot is been beautiful admitted Enide as in ictu one to the of general y the wifel three cy celebrated cle of the
ladies G-risell of herself Arthur and ' s court does . not go to as such doubtful a p lengths re of endurance y patience . Her as D name avid is the lains K , eltic ita s form hior of vessel animus it , the wou soul ld be ; and temp if ting Geraint to see ever in m the eant story , as p
an allegory exp of the , scenes through which , the soul is dragged by its mate , the ship Still that more bears it curious . " is the derivation of Elaynethe mother of
Sir Galahadknown to readers of the _"' Idylls , " as identical with the Lad , y of Shallotte ht Her the name is traced It back to classic
timesto Helios ( lig ) , or sun-god . were impossible i tions n our , of limi the ted name space : suffice to foll it ow to the au that thor after throug having h all the been varia the
mother designation of Cons of the tan tine fatal the Troj St an say . dam Helena e , , it who was found borne the by true the
crossand who was thenceforth , revered throughout Christendom . Kelts "Eg , have lwys always Tlan , the made Ch great urch of use H of her n , name still exists And in . thus Wales with , and light the reflected Insular
. from the saintly empress , Helena comes forth as the Lady Elayne of the Round Table . "
the Vivian It earl will ( liv Christians surprise ely ) reall m to y any comes express to learn from their th vita hopes at the ( life of nam ) immortalit , and e of was the y used wicked . by
pronounc death " Vivianus by destroyed e y Roman with and Viviana governor JB , and his were w , un find der names b a Julian Ch of ristian later ic the a com A Roman m ai mon d state en , d n excuse ays , under amed , often for B pretence ibiana , in persecution the , put of W es to e r ,
i having n the days of pretended one toleration eyes . mag A church , was built over her remains as made V ea yoyan rly as Vivian or 465 V , iv ian invite a considering the Merlin enchant to r t he a a forest ccu king sati -dwelling A on rth against ur ' s , court with her . , sixty it Some is c windows uri old ous romances to , find and
s c overed ene in with which hawthorn Vivian flowers learns the ; but lesso fancy n of soon mag turned ic from this Merl into in hi the mself famous , and - binds him for ever to the hawthorn in the forest of Broceliande , in Brittany . "
Guenever , or the White Lady , is identified with the ancient British Hardl goddess less curious Gwen , are or the the deriv moon ations . _^ of names which belong
we modern to the are great closel y Europ y Teutonic e allied , and . to famil Coming which y , , embracing as ori Ang ginall lo- y Saxons , from the larger the and north _JSTormanS par , t the of j of her
and Gothic were races only graduall stayed y by dispossessed the waters Rome of the Mediterranean conquests . ,.
136 Notices Of Books.
136 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/64/
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