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Origin of the name MELWAS.
Etymology of the
name MELWAS.
Meaning of the baby name MELWAS.
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MELWAS.
Arthurian. The Prince of North Britain and former lover of
Arthur's first wife of three named Gwenhwyvar.
It is the same as Celtic Melvas
(also spelled Melva), meaning "chief."
Maheloas is a variant form.
... when Arthur followed his
conquests in the island, he left her (Gwenhwyvar) at home, and she
having a former intimacy with Melwas, a Prince of North Britain, they
contrived it so that she with her maids of honour went to the wood a
Maying, where Melwas was to lie in wait for her among the bushes with a
suit of clothes on him made of green leaves of trees. When the
Queen and her maids came to the place appointed, Melwas started up and
carried the Queen away in his arms to his companions; and all the maids
of honour ran away in the fright, taking him to be a Satyr, or wild man
of the wood. He took the Queen with him to Scotland, and kept her
for a while. Our English writers (Milton, etc.) wonder how a
little Prince could take away by force the Queen of such a valiant King
as Arthur is said to be; but the wonder ceases when it is considered
that the King was abroad, and the Queen willing to be ravished by an old
acquaintance... (Celtic Remains, Morris, 1878)
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