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issendai.livejournal.comI'm looking for a particular obscure Arthurian story that I read long ago in the Index of Proper Names in French Arthurian Prose Romances, and was wondering if you Arthurian scholars could help me. It's part of the French Arthurian cycle. I haven't read so much as a summary in about ten years, so the details are sketchy and any of them could be wrong:
A sorceror fell in love with a woman, who was not only married, but faithful. To have her, he turned her husband into a horse, a hawk, and a hound on three successive nights. When he was found out, another sorceror turned him into a mare, a hawk, and a bitch for one year apiece. He had three sons from that time, all exquisite examples of their breed of animal, who were given to someone else to hunt with.
What's the correct version of this story, and what are these people's names?
(Note: This is not the story of Gwydion, although it's similar.)
A sorceror fell in love with a woman, who was not only married, but faithful. To have her, he turned her husband into a horse, a hawk, and a hound on three successive nights. When he was found out, another sorceror turned him into a mare, a hawk, and a bitch for one year apiece. He had three sons from that time, all exquisite examples of their breed of animal, who were given to someone else to hunt with.
What's the correct version of this story, and what are these people's names?
(Note: This is not the story of Gwydion, although it's similar.)
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