infant Lancelot (through the Lady of the Lake episode context)

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Infant Lancelot is the legendary future knight of the Round Table, taken and raised by the mystical Lady of the Lake after being separated from his parents in Arthurian romance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character ⓘ
child version of Lancelot ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lancelot as a child ⓘ
young Lancelot ⓘ
appearsIn Arthurian legend ⓘ
Arthurian romance ⓘ
Prose Lancelot ⓘ
Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
appearsInEpisode Lady of the Lake episode ⓘ
associatedWith King Arthur ⓘ
Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
childOf Elaine (wife of King Ban) ⓘ
linked to: Elaine of Benoic

King Ban of Benoic ⓘ
linked to: King Ban of Benwick
connectedToMotif child carried off by a fairy lady ⓘ
hero raised in an Otherworld ⓘ
culture Arthurian literary tradition ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

medieval French romance tradition ⓘ
destinedRole Arthur’s greatest knight ⓘ
knight of the Round Table ⓘ
futureIdentity Lancelot du Lac ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot ⓘ
genre chivalric romance ⓘ
guardian Lady of the Lake ⓘ
hasGivenName Lancelot ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lancelot
hasTheme preparation for knighthood ⓘ
separation from parents ⓘ
supernatural fostering ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Old French ⓘ
narrativeFunction origin story of Sir Lancelot ⓘ
partOf Lancelot narrative tradition ⓘ
Lancelot-Grail cycle ⓘ
linked to: Lancelot-Grail
raisedBy Lady of the Lake ⓘ
raisedIn Otherworldly realm of the Lady of the Lake ⓘ
separatedFrom Elaine (wife of King Ban) ⓘ
linked to: Elaine of Benoic

King Ban of Benoic ⓘ
linked to: King Ban of Benwick

his parents ⓘ
setting mythic Britain ⓘ
symbolizes child taken into the Otherworld ⓘ
chosen hero ⓘ
takenBy Lady of the Lake ⓘ
upbringingType mystical upbringing ⓘ

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King Ban of Benwick → rescues → infant Lancelot (through the Lady of the Lake episode context) ⓘ