Guinglain (Legendary character)
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Bel Inconnu (Legendary character)
Fair Unknown (Legendary character)
Gingalain (Legendary character)
Gingalin (Legendary character)
Gliglois (Legendary character)
Libeaus Desconus (Legendary character)
Viduvilt (Legendary character)
Wieduwilt (Legendary character)
Wigalois (Legendary character)
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found: Work cat.: Renard, de Beaujeu. Le bel inconnu, 1991.
found: Arthurian encyclopedia:p. 448 ("Renaut de Beaujeu, author of Le Bel Inconnu ... Gauvain's son, Guinglain, ... is assigned the task of liberating the daughter of the King of Wales, transformed into a serpent by two enchanters ...")
found: The knight without boundaries, 2021:ECIP t.p. (Annegret Oehme) galley (While Wieduwilt (more commonly known as German Wigalois or Yiddish Viduvilt) might not be famous, his father Gawein is one of the quintessential knights of King Arthur's Round Table)
found: Wikipedia, viewed October 6, 2021(Sir Gingalain (Guinglain, Gingalin, Gliglois, Wigalois, etc.), also known as Le Bel Inconnu, or The Fair Unknown, is a character from Arthurian legend whose exploits are recorded in numerous versions of a popular medieval romance. His nickname differs depending on the version and language; he is known in English as Libeaus Desconus. He is the title character in Le Bel Inconnu, a poem composed by Renaut de Beaujeu sometime between the mid-1180s and 1230 and in the (destroyed) 13-century manuscript) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingalain
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2021-10-06: new
2021-10-29: revised
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