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Thomas of Erceldoune

American  
[tom-uhs uhv ur-suhl-doon] / ˈtɒm əs əv ˈɜr səlˌdun /

noun

  1. Thomas the Rhymer, c1220–97?, Scottish poet.


Thomas of Erceldoune British  
/ ˈɜːsəlˌduːn /

noun

  1. called Thomas the Rhymer. ?1220–?97, Scottish seer and poet; reputed author of a poem on the Tristan legend

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A third legend centres in Thomas of Erceldoune.

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The Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune, printed from five manuscripts.

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Ossian in the Tir na n'Og — The Island of Happiness — The Mermaid — Thomas of Erceldoune — Olger the Dane — The Sleeping Hero — King Arthur — Don Sebastian — The expected deliverer — British variants — German variants — Frederick Barbarossa — Nameless heroes — Slavonic variants.

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Thomas of Erceldoune, a personage less shadowy than some of those commemorated in this chapter, is known to have lived in the thirteenth century.

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It has nothing like the vision of Thomas of Erceldoune; the waters about the magic island are tame and shallow; the castle beyond the Bridge of Dread is loaded with the common, cheap, pedantic "hyperboles," like those of the Pèlerinage or of Benoit's Troy.

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