 | Thomas Price - 1854 - 430 σελίδες
...which by the French Romancers might .easih be modified into Viviane, is repeatedly referred to by tb Bard in his vaticinations. It also seems probable,...signifies a female who appears and disappears,* and, aUc. as the word bears some resemblance in sound to Sibylla, thai the Bard, by a confusion of terms... | |
 | John Stuart Stuart-Glennie - 1869 - 184 σελίδες
...Merlin Sylvestris, we shall find that the female personage of this name, which by the French romances might easily be modified into Viviane, is repeatedly...also as the word bears some resemblance in sound to Sybilla, that the bard, by a confusion of terms and ideas, not uncommon in early writers, coined this... | |
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Viviane of the romances of chivalry and who acts so conspicuous a part in those compositions ; although it is true there is not much resemblance betwixt the two names. But, if we look into the poems of Merlin Sylvestris, we shall find that the female... 