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Mordred or Modred (; (ウェールズ語:Medraut), Medrod, etc.) is a character in the Arthurian legend, known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur fatally wounded. Tradition varies on his relationship to Arthur, but he is best known today as Arthur's illegitimate son by his half-sister Morgause, though in many modern adaptations Morgause is merged with the character of Morgan le Fay. In earlier literature, he was considered the legitimate son of Morgause, also known as Anna, with her husband King Lot of Orkney. His brothers or half-brothers are Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth. The name (from either Old Welsh Medraut, Cornish Modred, or Old Breton Modrot) is ultimately derived from Latin ''Moderātus''.〔Cane, Meredith. Personal Names of Men in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany 400-1400 AD, University of Wales Ph.D. thesis, 2003, pp. 273-4.〕 ==Historicity== The first surviving mention of Mordred (here called ''Medraut''), occurs in the ''Annales Cambriae'' entry for the year 537:〔Lupack, Alan (translator). ("Arthurian References in the 'Annales Cambriae' ). Camelot Project at the University of Rochester. Retrieved December 1, 2006.〕 :''Gueith Camlann in qua Arthur et Medraut corruerunt.'' :"The strife of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut fell." The ''Annales'' themselves were completed between 960 and 970, though their authors drew on older material.〔Ashe, Geoffrey (1991). "Annales Cambriae". In Lacy, Norris J. (Ed.), ''The New Arthurian Encyclopedia'', pp. 8–9. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8240-4377-4.〕 Mordred was associated with Camlann even at that early date, but as Leslie Alcock points out, this brief entry gives no information as to whether he killed or was killed by Arthur, or even if he was fighting against him; the reader assumes this in the light of later tradition.〔Alcock, ''Arthur's Britain'', p. 88.〕 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「Mordred」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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