Dagonet
Sign in to saveDagonet (also known as Daguenet, Daguenes, Daguenez, Danguenes, and other spellings) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, introduced in Lancelot-Grail Cycle. His depictions and characterisations variously portray a foolish and cowardly knight, a violently deranged madman, and ultimately (since the Prose Tristan) the now-iconic image of King Arthur's court jester.
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Dagonet (also known as Daguenet, Daguenes, Daguenez, Danguenes, and other spellings) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, introduced in Lancelot-Grail Cycle. His depictions and characterisations variously portray a foolish and cowardly knight, a violently deranged madman, and ultimately (since the Prose Tristan) the now-iconic image of King Arthur's court jester.
==Medieval literature== His first appearance is in the early 13th-century Vulgate Cycle. Known there as Daguenet the Fool (or the Coward) in the Vulgate Lancelot or Danguenes the Craven of Carlion (Caerleon) in the Vulgate Merlin, he is a hapless, dimwitted knight mocked by others. In one episode, he notably "captures" and actually rescues (inadvertently) the hero Lancelot by finding a horse carrying the unconscious knight, and triumphantly leading them to Queen Guinevere. His epiteth "the fool" (le fou) is not used to indicate his profession.
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