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  Elaine (legend) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elaine the Peerless was the niece of the Lord of the Fens and wife of Persides the Red of the Castle of Gazevilte.
Elaine of Garlot is the daughter of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, and Igraine.
Elaine of Benoic was the wife of King Ban and the mother of Lancelot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elaine_(legend)   (453 words)

  
 Elaine González: Chocolate Legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Anyone searching for the true meaning of chocolate must inevitably turn to México for answers, for it is there that chocolate has always held a privileged place in the culture of its people.
According to legend, Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent god, assumed human form, descended to earth, and presented the ancient people of México with a gift from the garden of Paradise: the cacao tree.
If you are looking for the true meaning of chocolate, you will find it in the markets and villages and in the eyes and faces of the Oaxaqueños, who are the guardians of its soul.
www.elainegonzalez.com /legacy.php   (1545 words)

  
 Elaine - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
My three year shopping bender When Elaine found herself trapped in a loveless marriage, she thought retail therapy was the answer.
Elaine's close curtain call Until now, ELAINE PAIGE has never talked about her secret battle against cancer.
As she reveals to REBECCA HARDY, it gave her a new outlook on a life that has taken her from a hippy commune to the leading lady of musicals including 11 years spent waiting in vain for lover Tim Rice to leave his wife
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-elaine.html   (371 words)

  
 THE ROMANCE READER reviews: Knights of the Round Table: Lancelot by Gwen Rowley
Elaine herself appears to be a compilation of two different Elaines from the Arthurian legend: Elaine of Astolat and Elaine of Corbenic.
Elaine brings a breath of hope into his life, but he’s afraid he cannot hold onto it.
Elaine initially sees Lancelot as a means to get out of her desperate situation.
www.theromancereader.com /rowley-lancelot.html   (630 words)

  
 The Elaines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elaine of Corbenic: In Malory, Elaine is identified as the mother of Galahad.
Elaine of Astolat: Probably best known from Tennyson's Lady of Shalott, this cursed damsel falls in love with Lancelot and dies of grief when he does not return the affection.
Elaine: Lancelot's mother and the wife of King Ban according to the French traditions.
uidaho.edu /student_orgs/arthurian_legend/ladies/elaines/elaines.htm   (344 words)

  
 Sir Lancelot (Launcelot)
Son of King Ban of Benoic (anglicized as Benwick) and Queen Elaine, he is known as Lancelot of the Lake (or Lancelot du Lac) because he was raised by Vivien, the Lady of the Lake.
His knightly adventures include the rescue of Queen Guinevere from the evil Méléagant, a failed quest for the Holy Grail, and a further rescue of Guinevere after she is condemned to be burned at the stake for adultery (with him).
Another Elaine (Elaine of Corbenic) tricks him - apparently he thought she was Guinevere - into sleeping with her (and begetting Galahad).
www.arthurian-legend.com /more-about/more-about-arthur-6.php   (1941 words)

  
                  I am half sick of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elaine the fair maid of Astolat deals with Elaine's unrequited love for Sir Lancelot who is already in love with Queen Guinevere and who swore to never wed.
In some versions of the story, Elaine cares for Lancelot after he is injured in a jousting tournament and after Lancelot is healed she asks him to marry her only to have him refuse her proposal.
In almost every version of Elaine's story Lancelot leaves Elaine because he knows that he can never give her the kind of love that she seeks when he is already in love with another.
fan.dark-fairy.net /shadows   (671 words)

  
 Elaine Stritch News
Tony Award winner Elaine Stritch, who received raves for her At Home at the Carlyle cabaret act, opened her new show At Home at the Carlyle.
On Tuesday, September 12, it was a parade of old school elegance and glamour at the opening night of Elaine Stritch's return engagement at the CafA Carlyle on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Elaine Stritch has returned to the Cafe Carlyle for a second go-around after her triumphant cabaret debut last year in the swank room located...
www.topix.net /who/elaine-stritch   (722 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Avalon High: Books: Meg Cabot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a new student, Elaine stumbles onto an impossible truth: some of her classmates are reincarnations of people from Arthurian legend.
Elaine "Ellie" Harrison is fuming over her parents choice to take a sabbatical from their professor duties at the beginning of the school year, just in time to make Ellie's life take a complete 360.
Elaine and Ellie) who has these Arthurian-obsessed professors for parents who named her after Elaine of Astolat, the Lady of Shallot, who was in love with the famous knight Lancelot who loved Elaine until he fell for Queen Guinevere instead, so the Lady of Shallot commited suicide.
www.amazon.com /Avalon-High-Meg-Cabot/dp/0060755865   (3960 words)

  
 20000-NAMES.COM: Female Arthurian Legend Names, page 1 of 1--meaning, origin, etymology
She was the daughter of King Felix, sister of King Mark of Cornwall, mother of Sir Tristan, and wife to Rivalen, Lord of Armenye.
: Arthurian legend name from the German poem Parzival in which she is a messenger of the Grail who condemns Percival.
She is also known as Elaine the Fair and Elaine the White.
www.20000-names.com /female_arthurian_legend_names.htm   (1533 words)

  
 Mystical-WWW - Arthurian A 2 Z - E
On realising this to be her situation Elaine is said to have ordered that her body be placed in a boat and taken down river to Arthur's court at Camelot, and that on her dead body there was to be a letter telling of her love for him.
According to Arthurian legend Elaine de Corbenic was the daughter of 'King Pelles, The Grail King', sister to 'Eliazar' her brother.
The story of the two brothers has been likened to the legends of 'Arthur' (See Arthur), who is known as 'the once and future king', and therefore to return from Avalon/exile to regain the throne and raise Britain again as one nation under his leadership.
www.mystical-www.co.uk /arthuriana2z/e.htm   (2543 words)

  
 Elaine González: Chocolate Artistry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elaine González is an author, educator, and internationally known chocolate artist who appears regularly at chocolate festivals, trade shows, and food conferences captivating audiences with her demonstrations of chocolate wizardry.
Elaine’s teaching career spans more than 25 years.
Elaine’s passionate interest in chocolate’s historical roots in Mexico is legendary.
www.elainegonzalez.com   (227 words)

  
 Galahad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He is the bastard son of Sir Lancelot and Elaine (legend)#Elaine of CarbonekElaine of Carbonek, and is renowned for his gallantry and purity.
He is perhaps the knightly embodiment of Jesus in the Arthurian legends.
Galahad's conception comes about when Elaine, daughter of the Grail King Pelles, uses magic to trick Lancelot into thinking she is Guinevere.
www.artistopia.com /galahad   (946 words)

  
 Six Blades - Chronicles of Elaine
The human residents of Tirol were well known for red and thick beards and fighting spirit but this young man barely had hairs in his chin.
No legend tells if he met the ice giant but they tell that he brought the lightning to Maodighomhnaig who fulfilled his promise.
In every tale and legend, the young Gale is described as a mighty warrior who carries a shiny sword on his belt.
blades.netppl.fi /english/tarinat/elaine/elaine-gale.html   (543 words)

  
 Annotations
However, determined to marry him, Elaine drugged Lancelot's wine and tricked him into sleeping with her by pretending she was the Queen, thinking that this would force Lancelot into marrying her.
Elaine spent her entire life pining over Lancelot and eventually died of heartbreak.
She was floated down the river on a funeral barge, as was common practice for the bodies of royalty.
barney.gonzaga.edu /~cherr/Annotations.html   (541 words)

  
 PHF | Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2004)
This feature-length documentary paints a delightfully candid portrait of Broadway legend Elaine Stritch, both on stage and off.
ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY is an intimate portrait of the Broadway legend onstage and off.
"Elaine Stritch is a larger-than-life character who never fails to dazzle a theater audience," notes Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary and Family.
www.phfilms.com /index.php/phf/film/stritch   (461 words)

  
 GameSpot:Video Games PC Xbox 360 PS3 Wii PSP DS PS2 PlayStation 2 GameCube GBA PlayStation 3
"Elaine might be the only damsel in distress in a game who is actually more adept at rescuing herself than the game's hero (no offence to Mr.
"Elaine was one of the strongest people in the game and was one of the most entertaining.
From the time she was turned into gold to the time she held the mask party and kicked Guybrush out of her house, she was always amusing.
www.gamespot.com /features/tenspot_readers_females/page6.html   (541 words)

  
 The Taming of the Shrew: Pennebaker & Co. Capture Elaine Stritch
The Taming of the Shrew: Pennebaker and Co. Capture Elaine Stritch
Thought they both cringe at the suggestion that this is Elaine Stritch's "Truth or Dare," it does feature Stritch performing signature songs like "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "I'm Still Here," while also grapples with everything else that goes into putting a show together.
Pennebaker adds, "Elaine's one-woman-show is such a complete thing that the only thing you can do is make a movie out of it, which is not what we really know how to do.
www.indiewire.com /people/people_040601penne.html   (1976 words)

  
 EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
The legends surrounding King Arthur probably grew out of the struggles of a Celtic chieftain and his warriors in southwestern England against invading Saxons during the 6th century.
The first appearance of Galahad, the son of Lancelot and Elaine who becomes the perfect knight, is in medieval romance in the thirteenth-century Vulgate Cycle.
Use the resources of the Labyrinth website to introduce students to the vast historical period embraced by the King Arthur legend, stretching from the 5th century, when he may have lived, to the 15th century when Sir Thomas Malory gave the story its most influential form in Le Morte D’Arthur.
edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=235   (3527 words)

  
 Elaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Exploits of Elaine, 1914 film serial in the genre of The Perils of Pauline
Elaine Riddick Jessie, woman who underwent forced sterilization
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same human name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elaine   (87 words)

  
 Legend of Excalibur
Though, this sword had appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, called it Caliburn, as the fabled sword that was a gift from Avalon, it wasn't until in the later legend that Excalibur was a sword given to him by the Lady of the Lake.
The Legend of Excalibur is only part of alternative account about the early life of King Arthur.
Arthur had another two half-sisters who were named Elaine, who married Nentres of Garlot and became the mother of Galeshin; and of Morgan le Fay, the sorceress, who married Urien and became the mother of the hero Yvain (Owain).
www.timelessmyths.com /arthurian/excalibur.html   (7640 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
My name is Elaine Berry, and I am the creator of Legend.
And finally, I decided that Legend could be a series.
"Legend: Maybe I'm a Hero" and all of its characters, locations, etc are (c) Elaine Berry.
members.tripod.com /elaine_legend/home.html   (153 words)

  
 Romance Books, Legend Love
Well, the Lady Elaine would solve this problem, he need not worry himself about the origins of this girl.
He had wanted brothers and sisters, but after the death of his mother, his father had remarried Lady Elaine, and he knew it was not to be.
The Lady Elaine had made it clear that she would not be bothered by the birthing of children for the elder Lord of Braunwythe she'd had one child from a previous marriage and stated plainly that one was enough.
www.angelfire.com /al2/kjshouse/legendlove.html   (2206 words)

  
 Let's talk about ME...
Although her roots are deeply embedded in country music, Elaine has a lot of rock-a-billy in her soul.
Some of her favorite singer/songwriters are Dwight Yoakam, Wynonna, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, so it's no wonder where she gets her storytelling style.
Elaine's involvement with ACS extends back to 1998 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.elainepetty.com /bio.htm   (192 words)

  
 HBO: Elaine Stritch at Liberty - Synopsis
In addition to "Elaine Stritch at Liberty," Elaine Stritch's stage credits include "Company," "The Little Foxes," "Bus Stop" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" She has also appeared extensively in movies and on TV.
Elaine Stritch's performance was taped by Iambic Productions at the Old Vic in London and directed by Andy Picheta.
ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY is produced in association with the BBC, Iambic Productions, Ltd., Creative Battery, Zip LLC and Pennebaker-Hegedus Films; supervising producer, John Hoffman; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
www.hbo.com /docs/programs/elaine/synopsis.html   (578 words)

  
 Metroland Online - Theater
Fans of the HBO show, which expands upon Stritch’s 2-year-old solo show with backstage scenes and historical footage from her years in show business, might be struck with how much livelier Stritch is live.
Stritch’s smile still dazzles, and the ingenue’s teasing promise is still faintly evident, even if the stories and the occasional verbal hesitations reveal a performer long past her ingenue years.
Her personal asides, especially those regarding her experiences with fellow New School student Marlon Brando, brought out a kittenish aspect in Stritch 60 years after Brando’s failed attempt at seducing her, and when Stritch announced that she was looking for her next husband, there was no shortage of hands raised.
www.metroland.net /back_issues/vol_27_no26/theater.html   (362 words)

  
 LATW: Audio Theatre Collection
"Elaine Stritch, ideal as the scrappy Lilly, and Bruce Davison, fine as her able foil, perform most of the scenes.
Elaine Stritch, Bruce Davison, Claudette Nevins, Raphael Sbarge, Samantha Bennett
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch stars as literary legend Lillian Hellman in this beguiling account of Hellman’s tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar-nominee Bruce Davison.
www.latw.org /audio/detail.aspx?title=Cakewalk   (182 words)

  
 Sony Pictures Television - Seinfeld
When Elaine throws a big party to reward her staff, whatever respect she's gained is lost when everyone sees her horrible dancing --something Jerry has known for years but refused to discuss.
Sensing something has changed at work, Elaine warns an employee against getting involved with George after she meets him at the party.
When Elaine says he's not so bad after all, she jeopardizes the bad boy image that George is cultivating.
www.sonypictures.com /tv/shows/seinfeld/calendar.phtml?ChoosenTitle=199   (257 words)

  
 Legend
As legend has it, in the 1920's, a European aristocrat named Armando Deschanel thought he had found the love of his life.
The legend promises everlasting love to those who meet at sunset on this beach.
If you're intrigued by the Deschanel's, just go to Elaine's where the legend is alive in the photographs covering the walls and in the owner's many stories.
www.fortunecity.com /lavendar/diaz/955/legend.html   (335 words)

  
 Houstonvoice.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch brings her Tony award-winning, one-woman show to HBO with magnificent results.
The same can be said for Elaine Stritch when she performs Stephen Sondheim’s “I’m Still Here,” a song about surviving the travails of show business.
It opens her one-woman show, “Elaine Stritch: At Liberty,” which premieres on HBO at 8 p.m.
www.houstonvoice.com /2004/5-28/arts/television/tv.cfm   (601 words)

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