Who is Guinevere?
Guinevere is the legendary wife of King Arthur, who appears in almost all tales in the Arthurian canon, and whose character is interpreted in numerous ways depending upon each author. Due to the vast number of interpretations regarding Queen Guinevere, it’s hard to construct a single, simple story about her. She is usually depicted as the childless queen who commits adultery with Lancelot. Whether she is more sinned against than sinning for this act really depends upon how fully her character is drawn in each account. In some accounts, Guinevere is daughter of King Leodegrance and in others she comes of Roman parentage. Many of the tales concerning her deal with an abduction story that occurs in most of the Arthurian legends. Again, it’s difficult to know exactly who abducts Guinevere, since this varies. Accounts of who saves her also change, where sometimes Lancelot or Arthur rescue her, and other times, peace is brokered between Arthur and the abductor. The abduction story does bear
