Ganieda (Merlin's sister, wife of Rodarcus)

Vita Merlini

• relationship: Ganieda was Merlinus's sister; she grieved for her brother and had sent servants to the woods to recall him (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Merlini soror ista fuit, casumque dolebat Fratris, et ad silvas et ad arva remota clientes Miserat, ut fratrem revocarent;"

• attestation: Ganieda weeps alongside Guendoloena with equal laments, mourning her lost brother (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Collacrimatur ei paribus Ganieda querelis, Amissumque dolet sine consolamine fratrem. Hæc fratrem flet, et illa virum;"

• attestation: They leave the woods and come rejoicing to the king's city; the queen rejoices at her brother's return (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "silvasque subinde relinqunt ", Et veniunt pariter lætantes regis in urbem. Ergo fratre suo gaudet regina recepto,"

• attestation: Merlinus reveals the leaf in the queen's hair came from when she met her adulterer under the bushes (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Dum traheres folium modo, quod regina capillis Nescia gestabat; fieresque fidelior illi Quam fuit illa tibi, quando virgulta subivit Quo suus occurrit secumque coivit adulter :"

• attestation: The queen conceals her shame with a smiling face and speaks to her husband, unmoved (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Mota set illa nichil,vultu ridente pudorem Celat, et alloquitur tali sermone maritum."

• attestation: Ganieda asks why Rodarcus grieves and condemns her on the word of a madman who mixes lies with truth (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "« Cur tristaris amans? cur sic irasceris ab re, Meque nec ex merito dampnas, credisque furenti Qui ratione carens miscet mendacia veris?"

• attestation: Ganieda warns that whoever believes a madman becomes more foolish than the madman himself (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Multociens qui credit ei fit stulcior illo."

• attestation: Ganieda proposes to prove Merlinus is deranged and spoke falsely (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "ne sim decepta,probabo Quod sit delirus, quod non sit vera locutus."

• attestation: Ganieda devises an ingenious trick using a boy from the court to test and discredit her brother (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Ut plures ali, fuerat puer unus in aula : Hunc cum prospiceret convolvit protinus artem Ingeniosa novam, qua vult convincere fratrem."

• attestation: Ganieda summons the boy and asks Merlinus to predict how the boy will die (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Inde venire jubetpuerum, fratremqueprecatur Qua moriturus erit pueri prædicere mortem."

• attestation: Ganieda laughingly orders the boy to leave, change his clothes, cut his hair, and return as someone else (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Illa sub ridens puero præcepit abire, Et quibus indutus fuerat deponere vestes, Et vestire novas, longosque recidere " crines ; Sicque redire jubet, ut eis appareat alter."

• attestation: The boy obeys and returns in changed clothing; the queen asks Merlinus to predict death again (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Paruit ergo puer; redit nam talis ad illos Qualis erat jussus, mutata veste, redire. Moxiterum fratrem regina precatur, et infit, « Quæ mors hujus erit narra 7 dilecte sorori. »"

• attestation: Ganieda speaks to her husband, asking if a false prophet could have led him to believe she committed such a crime (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "« Siccine te potuit falsus pervertere vates, Ut crimen tantum me commisisse putares ?"

• attestation: Ganieda vows to keep her bed chaste and remain pure as long as breath is in her (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Absit ut hoc faciam! castum servabo cubile; Castaque semper ero dum flabit spiritus in me."

• attestation: Ganieda has the boy dressed in feminine clothing and presented again; she asks Merlinus to predict the death of this 'virgin' (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Hæc ait, et tacite puerum ’ secedere jussit, Vesteque feminea vestiri, sicque redire. Mox puer abscessit, jussumque subinde peregit, Et sub feminea rediit quasi femina veste; Et stetit ante virum; cui sic regina jocando"

• attestation: Ganieda asks Merlinus what will become of Guendoloena: should she be given to another husband, remain a widow, or follow him to the woods (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "« Hæc tua quæ moritur sic prote, Guendoloena , Quidfaciet ? dabiturne viro?viduamve manere Præcipis ? aut tecum quocumque recesseris ire ?"

• attestation: Ganieda urges Merlinus to stay until winter ends, but he resists, eager to depart despite the cold (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  " Præcipiebat ei secum regina manere, Optatumque nemus postponere, donec abirent Quæ tunc instabant candentis frigora brumæ;"

• attestation: Ganieda obeys her brother, building the hall and other houses as he commanded (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  "Paruit ergo soror, nam jussam condidit aulam Atque domos alias, et quicquit jusserat illi."

• attestation: Ganieda often came to the hall joyfully, bringing her brother food and drink (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)

  " Illic multotiens aderat regina, dapesque Et potum pariter fratrigavisa ferebat ;"

• attestation: [0065.0] A prediction of future events is made (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Hinc illam subitos dicunt portendere nimbos,"

• attestation: [0065.1] Maritime trade, ships, or ocean navigation is discussed (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Sublimem quociens spectant super æthera nautæ."

• attestation: [0065.2] Specific birds are catalogued with their notable habits (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  " « Unica semper avis divino munere phaenix"

• attestation: [0065.3] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('terris...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "In terris Arabum redivivo corpore surgit :"

• attestation: [0065.4] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('cumque...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Cumque senescit adit loca fervidiora calore"

• attestation: [0066.0] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('nidificare...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Nidificare volens fert cinnom[on] cinomolgus,"

• attestation: [0066.1] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('aedificatque...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "AEdificatque suum pro cero robore nidum :"

• attestation: [0066.2] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('illinc...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Illinc pennatis homines abducere telis"

• attestation: [0066.3] The arrangement of celestial bodies and heavens is explained (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Moverunt cumulum soliti transmittere venum."

• attestation: [0066.4] Specific birds are catalogued with their notable habits (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  " « Alcion 2 avis est quæ stagna marina frequentat,"

• attestation: [0067.0] Specific birds are catalogued with their notable habits (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Psitacus humanam propri[o] modulamine vocem"

• attestation: [0067.1] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('spectatur...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Dum non spectatur prorsus proferre putatur :"

• attestation: [0067.2] Seasons and their effects on the natural world are described (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Intermiscet « ave » verbis et « chaere » jocosis."

• attestation: [0067.3] Specific birds are catalogued with their notable habits (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  " « Est pelicanus avis pullos consueta necare,"

• attestation: [0067.4] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('confusa...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et confusa tribus lugere dolore diebus."

• attestation: [0068.0] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('diomedeae...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Dum Diomedeae lacrimosa voce resultant,"

• attestation: [0068.1] Someone dies or faces destruction (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et faciunt planctus, subitam portendere mortem"

• attestation: [0068.2] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('dicentur...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Dicentur regum, vel magna pericula regni :"

• attestation: [0068.3] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('cumque...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Cumque vident aliquem, discernunt ilico quis sit,"

• attestation: [0068.4] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('barbarus...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Barbarus an Græcus ; nam Græcum plausibus alæ"

• attestation: [0070.0] Woodland settings and their vegetation are described as significant (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Quando nidificat, divellit " ab arbore picus Claveos et cuneos quos non divelleret ullus ; Cujus ab impulsu vicinia tota resultant. » His igitur dictis, quidam vesanus adillos"

• attestation: [0070.1] Woodland settings and their vegetation are described as significant (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Accessit subito, seu sors conduxerat illum ; Terrifico clamore nemus complebat et auras, Denique supposito laniat sua corpora rostro, Et quasi sævus aper spumabat, bella minando."

• attestation: [0070.2] the prophet is connected to specific circumstances described in the verse (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Ocius ergo virum capiunt, secumque sedere Cogunt, ut moveat risusque jocosque loquendo. Inspiciens igitur vates attentius illum, Quis fuerit recolit, gemitumque reducit ab imo"

• attestation: [0070.3] Seasons and their effects on the natural world are described (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Pectore, sic dicens : « Non hæc fuit ejus ymago Olim, dum nobis juvenilis floruit ætas : Pulcher enim fortis fuerat tunc tempore miles, Et quem nobilitas regumque ferebat origo !"

• attestation: [0070.4] Armed conflict takes place (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Hunc mecum pluresque simul tunc dives habebam, Totque bonis sociis felix censebar eramque. Accidit interea dum venaremur in altis Montibus Argustli nos devenisse sub una"

• attestation: [0070.5] Springs, rivers, or waters are invoked with their qualities (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Quæ patulis ramis surgebat " in aera quercu. Fons ibi manabat viridi circumdatus herba, Cujus erant latices humanis haustibus apti ; Ergo siti pariter correpti, sedimus illic,"

• attestation: [0070.6] The arrangement of celestial bodies and heavens is explained (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et fontis puros avide libavimus amnes. Deinde super teneras solito conspeximus herbas In rivo fontis redolentia poma jacere : Mox ea collegit qui primus adhæserat iste,"

• attestation: [0070.7] Sovereignty or rulership of king is addressed (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Porrexitque michi, subito pro munere ridens. Ergo distribui data poma sodalibus, et me Expertem feci, quia non suffecit acervus. Riserunt alii quibus impertita fuerunt,"

• attestation: [0070.8] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('meque...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Meque vocant largum, cupidis quoque faucibus illa Agrediendo vorant, et pauca fuisse queruntur. Nec mora : corripuit rabies miserabilis istum 56 VI TA MIER LIN I. [1418]"

• attestation: [0070.9] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('cunctos...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et cunctos alios, qui mox ratione carentes More canum sese lacerant mordendo vicissim; Strident et spumant, et humi sine mente volutant. Denique digressi sunt illinc, more lupino,"

• attestation: [0070.10] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('complentes...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Complentes vacuas miseris ululatibus auras. Hæc mihi non illis, velut æstimo, poma dabantur; Postmodo seu didici; nam tunc in partibus illis Una fuit mulier, quæ me dilexerat ante"

• attestation: [0070.11] Seasons and their effects on the natural world are described (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et mecum multis venerem saciaverat annis : Hanc postquam sprevi secumque coire negavi, Ut me dampnaret rapuit mox læva voluntas. Cumque movens aditus alios reperire nequiret,"

• attestation: [0072.0] Seasons and their effects on the natural world are described (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Sic et ego faciam vobiscum tertius auctus; » Telgesinus ait : « Despecto themate mundi ! Jam satis exegi vivendo tempora vane,"

• attestation: [0072.1] Seasons and their effects on the natural world are described (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et nunc tempus adest quo me mihi te duce reddam. Vos set abite duces urbes defendere vestras : Non decet ut nostram vestro sermone quietem"

• attestation: [0072.2] Family bonds of Ganieda are referenced (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "A modo turbetis : satis applausistis amico. » Discedunt proceres, remanent tres et Ganieda Quarta, soror vatis, sumpta quoque denique vita"

• attestation: [0072.3] Woodland settings and their vegetation are described as significant (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Ducebat vitam regis post fata pudicam, Quæ modo tot populos indicto jure regebat, Nunc cum fratre sibi silvis nil dulcius exstat."

• attestation: [0072.4] A prediction of future events is made (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Hanc etiam quandoque suis rapiebat ad alta Spiritus, ut caneret de regno sæpe futura. Ergo die quadam cum fratris staret in aula,"

• attestation: [0073.0] Sacred or religious matters are addressed (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Cerno Ridichenam galeatis gentibus urbem Impletam, sacrosque viros, sacrasque tyaras Nexibus addictos, sic, consiliante juventa,"

• attestation: [0073.1] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('pastor...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Pastor in excelsa mirabitur edita turris, Et reserare sui cogetur fictile dampni. « Cerno Kaerloyctoyc vallatam milite sævo"

• attestation: [0073.2] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('inclusosque...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Inclusosque duos quorum divellitur alter Ut redeat cum gente fera, cum principe vallis, Et vincat rapto sævam rectore catervam."

• attestation: [0073.3] The arrangement of celestial bodies and heavens is explained (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Heu quantum scelus est, capiant ut sidera solem ! Cui sullabuntur nec vi nec marte coacta. Inspicio binas prope Kaerwen in aere lunas,"

• attestation: [0073.4] Armed conflict takes place (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Gestarique duos nimia feritate leones. Inque duos homines unus miratur, et alter In totidem, pugnamque parant et cominus astant :"

• attestation: [0073.5] Armed conflict takes place (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Insurgunt alii, quartumque ferocibus armis Acriter obpugnant, nec prævalet ullus eorum, Perstat enim clipeumque movet telisque repugnat,"

• attestation: [0073.6] Armed conflict takes place (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Et victor ternos confestim proterit hostes, Impellitque duos trans frigida regna Boetes, Dans alii veniam qui postulat, ergo per omnes"

• attestation: [0073.7] The arrangement of celestial bodies and heavens is explained (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Diffugiunt partes totius sidera campi. Armoricanus aper quercu protectus avita, Abducit lunam gladis post terga rotatis."

• attestation: [0074.0] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('fames...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "« Heu quam dira fames incumbit, ut arceat alvos Evacuatque suos populorum viribus arctus !"

• attestation: [0074.1] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('incipit...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Incipit a Kambris, peragratque cacumina regni, Et miseras gentes æquor transire cohercet."

• attestation: [0074.2] Seasons and their effects on the natural world are described (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Diffugiunt vituli consueti vivere lacte Vaccarum Scotiæ morientum clade nephanda."

• attestation: [0074.3] Armed conflict takes place involving kingdom (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Iteque, Neustrenses ! cessate diutius arma Ferre per ingenium violento milite regnum."

• attestation: [0074.4] Specific circumstances and conditions are stated in the Latin verse ('gulam...') (Vita Merlini > Maeldinus and Ganieda's Prophecy)

  "Non est unde gulam valeatis pascere vestram, Consumpsistis enim quicquid natura creatrix"