Guinevere: Four Fathers for a Phantom Queen

… Today's episode is about Queen Guinevere herself: the one woman formally and certainly designated as Arthur's queen. I’m calling it Guinevere: Four Fathers for a Phantom Queen.

The original version of Guinevere’s name was Gwynhwyfar, which renders as “White or Blessed Spirit, Specter, or Demon” in Proto-Brythonic. It has also been suggested thatGwyn or Gwen may have been a title linked to the throne…