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Brocéliande is the name of a legendary forest in France that first appears in literature in 1160, in the ''Roman de Rou'', a verse chronicle written by Wace.〔« Mil chent et soisante anz out de temps et d'espace/puiz que Dex en la Virge descendi par sa grace/quant un clerc de Caen, qui out non Mestre Vace/s'entremist de l'estoire de Rou et de s'estrasce/qui conquist Normendie, qui qu'en poist ne qui place/contre l'orgueil de France, qui encor les menasce/que nostre roi Henri la congnoissë et sace. »〕 Brocéliande is a notable place of legend because of its uncertain location, unusual weather, and its ties with Arthurian Romance, most notably a magical fountain and the tomb of the legendary figure Merlin.〔Lupack, Alan. ''The Oxford guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend'', (New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA, 2007), page 437.〕 ==Location== Early source works provide unclear or conflicting information on the exact location of Brocéliande; different hypotheses exist to locate Brocéliande on the map. *According to Wace, Brocéliande is in Brittany. In modern times, Brocéliande is most commonly considered to be Paimpont forest in Brittany. *Some scholars think that Brocéliande is a mythological place and has never existed.〔Pelan, Margaret, "L'influence de Wace sur les romanciers français de son temps", p. 56, cité par A.-Y. Bourgès〕 *Jean Markale notes that while the forest itself is legendary, it is part of the "remainder of the immense forest that covered the entire center of Brittany until the High Middle Ages."〔Markale, Jean ''Merlin: Priest of Nature'', (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1995), page 121.〕 He goes on to point out that the notion of a magical forest in France has its roots in the writings of Lucan who describes a numinous, magical forest full of ominous happenings in Gaul.〔Markale, Jean ''Merlin: Priest of Nature'', (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1995), pages 120-121.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brocéliande」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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