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Hellawes in the Arthurian legend, is a character in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. A sorceress, Hellawes attempted unsuccessfully to seduce the great knight Lancelot.
Myths who had set her heart on the noble knight Lancelot, Whom she had loved from afar for some seven years. Eventually, She managed to lure him into her Chapel Perilous and there she tried all the methods she knew to inspire his love for her. But it was to no avail because the steadfast and loyal knight loved one woman only, Arthur's queen, the fair Guinevere, and he had come to the chapel with but one mission in maid, which was to collect healing talismans for the wounded knight Sir Meliot. When Lancelot left with the talismans, he was completely untouched by Hellawes love and even her magical craft. The sorceress finally realized that he would never love her and she died of a broken heart.
Hellawes is a female name that may refer to:
Sorceress may refer to: