Logris
Arthurian realm as named in Le Morte d'Arthur, the land from which the Holy Grail departs.
Logris is the Arthurian realm as named in Le Morte d'Arthur, appearing as a geographic and political entity across several episodes. Characters ride "unto the realm of Logris" as a destination (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book IX, Ch. XXVIII), and ships depart "from the land of Logris" on their voyages (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XVII, Ch. II). The realm carries weight both as a physical territory and as a spiritual domain: in the Grail narratives, Christ himself commands Galahad to bear the Holy Vessel away, "for this night it shall depart from the realm of Logris, that it shall never be seen more here" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XVII, Ch. XX).
The Dolorous Stroke connects Logris to devastation: "it was in the realm of Logris; and so befell great pestilence and great harm to both realms" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XVII, Ch. III). Logris is also the destination to which mariners are commanded to bring a vessel down the Humber, "where all the noble knights shall assemble at this time" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X, Ch. LXII).
The name Logris serves the same referent as Logres in the Prose Merlin tradition, but Malory's usage tends toward the formulaic. The repeated phrase "the realm of Logris" functions almost as a title, lending gravity to departures, arrivals, and prophecies. The Grail sequence's use of Logris is distinctive: it is the realm from which the sacred vessel departs forever, marking the end of an era rather than merely a geographic boundary.
Appears in: Places, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition