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Arthur's kids but meme

Gwydre is made of glass because it amused me

Arthur please parent your kids, or don't idk which one is worse to them

From time to time, I've investigated into the etymologies of the various names of the Arthurian legends, because a good chunk of Arthurian Material is poetry. So for a bit of fun, I try to tease out the meanings of the characters' names

Then I remembered that, in a number modern stories, writers use "Pendragon" as a dynastic/family name for Arthur and his relatives, even though Pendragon is actually an epithet that only two characters in the entirety of the Matter of Britain are known to bear that title - neither of which is Arthur - and it's mostly a kenning for "War Leader".

So let's humor ourselves and see what happens when you turn Pendragon into a last name and see what that technically means for certain characters.

The following comes from my personal interpretations from learning through online dictionaries. So forewarning, these are my speculations.

First, the "official" Pendragons from medieval sources:

Uther Pendragon: "The Dreaded War Leader", "The Horrifying War Leader" (From the Brythonic Uthr "Awesome, Terrible")

Gwen Pendragon: "The Beautiful War Leader" "The Holy War Leader" (From the Brythonic feminine Gwenn "White, Blessed")

Next are the presumptive Pendragons:

Arthur Pendragon: "The Bear(like) War Leader" (From the Pan-European Arkhtos, "Bear")

Morgan(a) Pendragon: "The Sea-born War Leader" (From the Bretonnic Morigenos, "from/of the Sea")

Mordred Pendragon: "The Moderating War Leader" "The Restrained War Leader" (From the Latin Moderatus, "Managed, Controlled")

Amhar Pendragon: "The Disgraceful War Leader" "The Harmful War Leader" (From either the Brythonic Amarch "Disrespect" or Amharu, "to impair, to disrupt")

Gwydre Pendragon: "The Glass-like War Leader" "The Glazing War Leader" (From the Brythonic Gwydr "Glass")

Llacheu Pendragon: "The Striking War Leader" "The Brilliant War Leader" (From either the Brythonic Llach "Lash" or Llachar "Bright, Shining")

Duran Pendragon: "The Enduring War Leader" (From the Latin Durans "Hard, Lasting")

Archfedd Pendragon: "The Compelling War Leader" "The Commanding War Leader" (From the Brythonic words Erchi "Request, Ask" + Gwedd "Appearance")

The infant Mordred is found adrift by a fisherman and his wife, who raise the babe as their own [1]. When Mordred is fourteen, he kills a sea-serpent, a deed which catches the attention of King Arthur who takes the boy back with him to Camelot. There the Queen Morgause recognises the boy as her long long-lost son by the scar on his forehead, and Mordred is taken in by her and he comes to know his brothers and his sister [2]. Mordred later becomes a Knight of the Round Table and is given a sword by his eldest brother Sir Gawain--none other than the Sword which Arthur had drawn from the stone, and which was later broken when Arthur fought Sir Pellinor, and even after Arthur was given Excalibur by the Lady of the Lake, the fragments of the old Sword were not discarded but were reforged, and Arthur gave this sword to Sir Gawain. 'With this sword I slew the Emperor Lucius of Rome, who was my foster-brother,' Sir Gawain says. 'Therefore I give it to you, and may you wield it well.' [3]

A young and more innocent Mordred for this picture, which was fun to draw. The left side depicts Mordred's maternal siblings: Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, and Clarissant. The right side depicts his paternal siblings (though neither he nor they know this yet): Loholt, Amhar, Gwydre, Duren, Archfedd, and Melora.

This drawing was done for @mordredpendragon's Maydred 2025.

Hi anon! Sure can. I’ll list them in order of release and note which kids are in it.

Mordred, A Tragedy by Henry Newbolt (Mordred)

The Great Captains by Henry Treece (Anir)

Lionors, King Arthur's Uncrowned Queen by Barbara Ferry Johnson (Mordred & Elise)

The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart (Mordred)

Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr (Mordred)

The Book of Mordred by Peter Hanratty (Mordred)

The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein (Medraut, Lleu, & Goewin)

The Winter King, Enemy of God, & Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell (Amhar, Loholt, & Gwydre)

A Camelot Triptych by Norris J Lacy (Mordred)

Exiled From Camelot by Cherith Baldry (Loholt & Mordred)

Arthurian Tales by Phyllis Ann Karr (Mordred)

So here’s the DisneyVerse Pendragon Family tree as it currently stands

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I need more content about them (I'm legit making memes)

I mean do you guys think Cai and Llacheu were fighting together or on opposite sides in the battle mentioned in Pa Gur?

Why did Arthur killed Amr? Was he pheraps the inspiration for Mordred?

Is the Gwyrde son of Arthur the same Gwyrde son of Gwenabwy ferch Kaw? Is that why Hueil stabbing him initiated a feud between him and Arthur?

Where THE HELL did Archfedd went? Does she survive the narrative or die like her brothes? Does her kids survive?!

What about Duran? He probably was a good warrior but what about him? Also his son straight up died and Arthur was like "Snadde play despacito to get the crows away from my sons body" like what??

Amr /Amhar - Amr Mawr/Amhar Mawr "Amr the Great"

(Source: Preface to Le Morte D'Arthur by John Rhys)

2. Loholt/Llacheu - Loholt the Generous (Llacheu Hael?)

(Source: Lanzelet, by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven)

Alternatively, Llacheu, Awesome in Songs

(Source: Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature, by Oliver James Padel)

3. Melora - Knight of the Blue Arms. Alternatively, Knight of the Blue Surcoat (Mhelora Gorlassar?)

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