Garel von dem blühenden Tal (
English: Garel of the Blooming Valley) is a medieval
Arthurian romance composed by
Pleier around 1230-40. It appears to have been written in contradiction to
Stricker's
Daniel von Blumenthal. It consists of 21,310 lines in rhyming couplets; the beginning is missing.After a journey, King Arthur receives a declaration of war from King Ekunaver. Garel
von Blumenthal leaves Arthur's court in order to raise troops for the war. On the way various adventures befall him, amongst which he lays siege to the castle of Sir Eskilabon, who had taken several knights prisoner, and frees many prisoners from the power of two giants. By killing the gruesome monster Vulganus he wins the hand of the beautiful Laudamie. Garel then gains a victory over Ekunaver before Arthur even arrives with his army. His success is celebrated in a banquet at the Round Table, before which he marries Laudamie.
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[Arthurian] An Arthurian knight who conquered the land of Kanedic whose king, Ecunaver, had announced his intention of attacking Arthur. Garel married Queen Laudame of Anfere.