Nimue?

[Maerwen Sedai]

Merry meet, :)

Does anyone have any information on Nimue? I've checked online, briefly, but have found very little on Her.

Has anyone ever worked with Her?

[Meadhbh]

Nimue is the foster mother of the Arthurian knight, Sir Lancelot and raised him beneath the waters of her Lake. She is best known for her presentation to King Arthur of his magical sword, Excalibur, as she raised the sword up to the sky from her Lake. Merlin first met the Lady of the Lake at the Fountain of Barenton, in Brittany, and fell so in love with her that he taught her all his magical powers. Nimue soon became not only Merlin's scribe, but his lover too. However, over the years, Nimue's powers grew so great that she outshone even Merlin, and imprisoned him inside the Glass Tower. She stepped into Merlin's old role as King's advisor to some extent, but Merlin's fall contributed to the end of the King's reign, and Nimue reclaimed Excalibur at the Battle of Camlann, where the King was killed. The sword was hurled deep into the murky depths of the Lady's Lake. She returned once more as one of the three Queens to escort her King to Avalon.

You may want search under one of her other names and you'll get more information. More people seem to call her Viviane rather than Nimue.

[SilentDreams]

Here is a sample of an article at Pantheon.org: (http://www.pantheon.org)

One of several ladies known as the Lady of the Lake or the Dame du Lac. There are many variants on her name from text to text - Viviane, Eviene, Niviene; other places she is Nimue or Nina (as in Wordsworth).

I wasn't sure about the copyright policy so to be safe I only posted the first paragrah.

If you want to read more click *here* (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nimue.html) to read the rest of the article. I hope this helps!

[Temwa]

I've heard somewhere that She was a child goddess of some sort. Does anyone have any info on that?