Tristan & Isolde

The myth of Tristan and Isolde begins with the childhood of Tristan who was a child of a knight named Rivalen and a maiden named Blanchefleur , the sister of a King Mark . He was raised in secret by his foster father , due to an illegitimate conception , and the early death of both his parents - his father in battle , his mother after birthing him When he was fourteen , he wound up (in different versions in different ways ) at his uncle 's court , where for four years he trained and became one of the best

and most beloved men under King Mark . In four years , his foster father found him at this court , and told the King the truth . The king loved his nephew even more , and made his newfound nephew a knight With this newfound status , Tristan killed the murderer of his father , a certain Morgan , and thus became the champion of Cornwall . After that an Irish Morholt demanded tribute from Mark , and Tristan challenged him to a battle . He won , but at the price that no one except the sister of Morholt , Isolde the Elder - who is the mother of his beloves Isolde - could heal a wound that he received . So he journeyed to Ireland under the guise of Tantris the harper , and for his music , got the queen to heal his wound , then returned to Cornwall

In Ireland , many people were jealous of the luck and glory that Tristan claimed . Especially three noblemen : Ganelon , Godwin and Denoalan , who hated him with a passsion . They placed upon him a nearly impossible task : to win the Irish princess 's hand for King Mark - and that considering that Ireland and Cornwall were enemies ! Fortunately , Tristan found a way , in a version of the classical tale of the dragonslayer 's possession of tongues . In the legend , his identity is discovered before he goes through the final stage of comparing the tongue and the head but he manages to convince the Isoldes not to kill him , but to rationally allow Isolde the Younger to become queen of Cornwall and Ireland . He passes the trial , and Isolde is sent with him - along with a love potion mixed with wine , that her maid , Brangwain , is to administer to Isolde and King Mark . However , that is not fated to be , as Tristan and Isolde accidentally share a cup of the wine and , as a result , fall madly in love with each other - a passion that neither can make abate or resist in any kind of way . Isolde loses her maidenhood to Tristan on the ship . To conceal this error , the lovers and Brangwain have Brangwain spend the first night with King Mark . Thus , Isolde was able to live well at court

However , the two lovers were unable to stop meeting , and soon , there were quite a few rumors . There were many attempts to catch them , until one time , when they were making love , a wound of Tristan 's opened , and the sheets were splattered with blood . There...