Erceldoune

The poem is now known to be based upon a French original, and many scholars think the name Erceldoune was arbitrarily inserted by the English translator; though Mr. McNeill, the latest editor, thinks there is a "reasonable probability" in favor of

Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Margaret Ball

His brother had consulted the infamous Thomas of Erceldoune?

Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

His brother had consulted the infamous Thomas of Erceldoune?

Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

The romance of _Thomas of Erceldoune_ is a poem in three "fyttes" or sections, which is preserved wholly or in part in five manuscripts, of which the earliest may be dated about 1435.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

Thomas of Erceldoune, Launfal, and Meroudys, are sleeping or lying beneath a tree when they see their various visitors.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

+ -- As early as the fourteenth century there lived a Thomas of Erceldoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, who had a reputation as a seer and prophet.

Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Frank Sidgwick

A poem, extant in five manuscripts (all printed by Murray as above), of which the earliest was written about the middle of the fifteenth century, relates that Thomas of Erceldoune his prophetic powers were given him by the Queen of Elfland, who bore him away to her country for some years, and then restored him to this world lest he should be chosen for the tribute paid to hell.

Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Frank Sidgwick

A third point on which fairy-lore usually insists is that the steeds of the fairies shall be white; here _Thomas of Erceldoune_ is at variance with the other poems, the elf-queen's palfrey being a dapple-grey.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

Thomas of Erceldoune his prophetic powers were given him by the

Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Frank Sidgwick

Erceldoune, who, as "Thomas Rymour of Ercildoune," is a historical character.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick