Editing Lady of the Lake (section)

== Lake ==
[[File:Tryfan and Llyn Ogwen - geograph.org.uk - 1264952.jpg|thumb|left|[[Llyn Ogwen]] as seen from the slopes of [[Pen yr Ole Wen]] in 2008]]

A number of locations are traditionally associated with the Lady of the Lake's abode.<ref name="gulgasht">{{cite magazine |title=A literary walk in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park |date=24 September 2014 |magazine=The Great Outdoors |others=Shields, Damian (photographer) |url=http://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/news/loch-lomond-and-the-trossachs-a-literary-walk-in-the-park |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925190513/http://www.gulgasht.com/europe/literary-walk-loch-lomond-trossachs-national-park.html |archive-date=September 25, 2014 }}</ref> Such places within Great Britain include the lakes [[Dozmary Pool]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fairbairn |first1=Neil |last2=Cyprien |first2=Michael |year=1983 |title=A Traveller's Guide to the Kingdoms of Arthur |publisher=Historical Times |isbn=978-0237456566 |language=en |url=https://archive.org/details/travellersguidet00fair |url-access=registration}}</ref> and [[The Loe]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Collyer |first=Peter |year=2003 |title=Encompassing Britain: Painting at the Points of the Compass |publisher=Adlard Coles Nautical |isbn=978-1904050025 |language=en}}</ref> in Cornwall, the lakes [[Llyn Llydaw]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Phillips |first=Graham |year=2016 |title=The Lost Tomb of King Arthur: The search for Camelot and the isle of Avalon |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1591437581 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVkoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT65}}</ref> and [[Llyn Ogwen]]<ref name=":0"/> in Snowdonia, [[River Brue]]'s area of Pomparles Bridge<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bord |first1=Janet |last2=Bord |first2=Colin |year=1995 |title=The Enchanted Land: Myths and legends of Britain's landscape |publisher=Thorsons |isbn=978-1855384071|language=en}}</ref> in Somerset, and the lake [[Beeswing, Dumfries and Galloway|Loch Arthur]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Begg |first1=Ean C. M. |last2=Rich |first2=Deike |year=1991 |title=On the Trail of Merlin: A Guide to the Celtic Mystery Tradition |publisher=Aquarian |isbn=978-0850309393|language=en}}</ref> in Scotland.

In France, Viviane is also connected with Brittany's [[Paimpont forest]], often identified as the Arthurian enchanted forest of Brocéliande, where her lake (that is, the Lake of Diana) is said to be located at the castle [[Château de Comper]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Château & lac de Comper - site légendaire Brocéliande |website=Destination Brocéliande en Bretagne |url=https://www.broceliande-vacances.com/decouvrir/incontournables/foret-broceliande/legendes/sites-legendaires-arthuriens/chateau-lac-comper/}}</ref> The oldest localization of the Lake is in the ''Lancelot en prose'', written around 1230: the place where Lancelot is raised is described there as to the north of [[Trèves-Cunault]], on the [[Loire]], in the middle of the (now extinct) forest of [[Beaufort-en-Vallée]] (the "Bois en Val" of the book).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/histoiredanjou/docs/article_lancelot_beaufort_lescahiersdubaugeois|title=La légende de Lancelot du Lac en Anjou|author=Georges Conrad|website=issuu.com|date=2 April 2012 }}</ref>
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