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Rewriting this post because I've read more books!

Who is Mordred's mother? This is a list of ancient books I read and the parentage of Mordred.

HISTORIA BRITONUM: No Mordred.
ANNALE CAMBRIAE: There is Mordred/Medraut but there is nothing about his parents.
HISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAE: Mordred is the son of Anna and Lot. Anna is Arthur's sister.
CHRETIEN DE TROYES: No Mordred. But we have a Morgana and no telling about her children.
CULHWICH AND OLWEN: Nothing of Mordred, Morgause or Morgana.
LANCELOT-GRAIL: I've read a modernization and Morgause was Mordred's mother.
ALLITERATIVE MORTE ARTHURE: Reading it : D I'll let you know.
MORTE d'ARTHUR: Mordred is the son of Morgause and Arthur


And now the modern books. In this color  the books with Morgana as the mother; in red the book with Morgause as Mordred's mother and dark blue for everything else.
Also, I would love to write something similar about Bedivere and the idea of Bedivere-as-the-original-Lancelot so if you have some informations or titles of books with Bedivere as the main character, please, write to me.
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I hope it's okay to post this here... I thought that fans of Arthurian legend might like to know that I'm working on a (slightly megalomaniac) comics project about Sir Gawain :-). Sketched pages (not final ones - I'm working on those, but I'm painfully slow) are being posted on my LJ. Feel free to have a look :-). Since I'm essentially posting drafts, I'm always looking for constructive criticism.

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And ther by ordenaunce of the quene ther was set a quest of ladyes on Syr Gauayn. And they iuged hym foreuer whyle he lyved to be with all ladyes, and to fyghte for her quarels, and that euer he shold be curteys, and neuer to refuse mercy to hym that asketh mercy.
- Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur (1485)


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Ygraine, Gorlois and Uther. This is where our story starts.

The Darkest Hour
The Darkest Hour 1-3, The Darkest Hour 4-6, The Darkest Hour 7-9, The Darkest Hour 10-12, The Darkest Hour 13-15, The Darkest Hour 16-18, The Darkest Hour 19-21, The Darkest Hour 22-24, The Darkest Hour 25-27, The Darkest Hour 28-31, The Darkest Hour 32-35, The Darkest Hour 36-40, The Darkest Hour 41-44, The Darkest Hour 45-47, The Darkest Hour 48-50, The Darkest Hour 51-53, The Darkest Hour 54-57, The Darkest Hour 58-60, The Darkest Hour 61-64, The Darkest Hour 65-66, The Darkest Hour 67-69, The Darkest Hour 70-73, The Darkest Hour 74-75, The Darkest Hour 76-81, The Darkest Hour 82-84, The Darkest Hour 85-87, The Darkest Hour 88-90, The Darkest Hour 91-92, The Darkest Hour 93-97, The Darkest Hour 98-101, The Darkest Hour 102-103, The Darkest Hour 104-108, The Darkest Hour 109-111, The Darkest Hour 112-114, The Darkest Hour 115-119

The Sword of Kings
The Sword of Kings 1-4, The Sword of Kings 5-11


Part II: Sunrise

Family history catches up with a little red-haired boy.

Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters 1-3, Brothers and Sisters 4-6, Brothers and Sisters 7-9, Brothers and Sisters 10-12, Brothers and Sisters 13-15, Brothers and Sisters 16-18, Brothers and Sisters 19-21, Brothers and Sisters 22-24, Brothers and Sisters 25-27

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EDIT August 2011: New version

Who is Mordred's mother? This is a list of ancient books I read and the parentage of Mordred.

HISTORIA BRITONUM: No Mordred.
ANNALE CAMBRIAE: There is Mordred/Medraut but there is nothing about his parents.
HISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAE: Mordred è figlio di Anna e Lot. Poiché c'è Lot presuppongo che Anna sia Morgause anche perché Morgause è effettivamente conosciuta come Anna Morgause in altri testi. Inoltre Anna è sorella di Artù.
CHRETIEN DE TROYES: No Mordred. But we have a Morgana and no telling about her children.
CULHWICH AND OLWEN: Nothing of Mordred, Morgause or Morgana.
LANCELOT-GRAIL: I've read a modernization and Morgause was Mordred's mother. I'm not sure about his father.
ALLITERATIVE MORTE ARTHURE: Reading it : D I'll let you know.
MORTE d'ARTHUR: Mordred is the son of Morgause and Arthur


And now the modern books. In this color  the books with Morgana as the mother; in red the book with Morgause as Mordred's mother and dark blue for everything else.

Exiled from Camelot
Corbenic

The mists of Avalon
Down the long wind
Mordred, bastard son
Warlord Chroncles by Cornwell (Mordred is Uther's son but he dies at the beginning. He has a son named Mordred. So there are two Mordred)
Knight Life (?? maybe)
Queen of Camelot
The book of Mordred (Hanratty)
Idylls of the Queen
The round table by Howard Pyle (I'm not sure)
Mordred's Curse
Mordred's Gift

Firelord (for the information thanks to
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I amMordred (Springer Nancy)
Steinbeck's version
The wicked day and the Merlin trilogy by Mary Stewart

Sword at sunset (Mordred is the son of Arthur and Ygraine, but Ygrain is the daughter of another Ygraine, Arthur's mother.)
The winter prince
The once and future king

Camlud Chronicles di Jack Whyte (Mordred is the son of Arthur and Uther's daughter, but I can't remember her name)
Dark ages of Britain (?)

And the moies...
Camelot (1967) + Camelot musical- Broadway
Doctor Who's episodes
A connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court ('89)

Excalibur
Merlin- the return
Merlin (1998)
Mists of Avalon

Merlin (BBC) - telefilm (we know nothing of his parents)
Merlin and the book of Beasts (we know nothing of his mother)
The knights of the round table (1953) (Mordred is Morgana's husband)


22 recent/modern books with 14 Morgause (with one 'maybe'), 3 Other and 5 Morgana (with 2 'maybe').
And 10 film/telefilm with 3 Other, 1 Morgause and 6 Morgana.

And now we may see when those books were written.
The mists of avalon (1979)
Firelord (still not sure about Mordred's mother) (1980)
Knight Life (still not sure about Mordred's mother) (1987)
Dark ages of Britain (1988)
Mordred, bastard son (2006)


And the movies:
Excalibur (1981)
Connecticut Yankee (1989)
Doctor Who (1989)
Merlin (1998)
Merlin the return (2000)
Mists of Avalon (2001)


Every book and movie is after the publication of The Mists of Avalon.
Please, help me! Are there any other books/movies with Morgana as Mordred's mother before the 1979?

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