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== ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' == |
== ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' == |
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[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]'s ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'' ({{circa|1136}}) borrowed heavily from the ''Historia Brittonum''. In it, [[Brutus of Troy]] follows the same route, this time starting from the island of [[Leogecia]] instead of Egypt. A few additions are made, such as defeating pirates between [[Skikda|Rusicada]] and [[Aurès Mountains|the Mountains of Azaria]], pillaging [[Mauretania]] for supplies, and encountering [[Siren (mythology)|sirens]] at the [[Pillars of Hercules]]. Instead of travelling through the River Malvam as in the ''Historia Brittonum'', Geoffrey says that Brutus passed it ({{lang|la|Porro flumen Malvae transeuntes}}) before arriving at [[Mauretania]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Gottfried's von Monmouth: Historia Regum Britanniae | editor-last=San-Marte | url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=LBw2AAAAMAAJ | pages=13, 196 | language=la, de |publisher=Eduard Anton | year=1854 }}</ref> |
[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]'s ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'' ({{circa|1136}}) borrowed heavily from the ''Historia Brittonum''. In it, [[Brutus of Troy]] follows the same route, this time starting from the island of [[Leogecia]] instead of Egypt. A few additions are made, such as defeating pirates between [[Skikda|Rusicada]] and [[Aurès Mountains|the Mountains of Azaria]], pillaging [[Mauretania]] for supplies, and encountering [[Siren (mythology)|sirens]] at the [[Pillars of Hercules]]. Instead of travelling through the River Malvam as in the ''Historia Brittonum'', Geoffrey says that Brutus passed it ({{lang|la|Porro flumen Malvae transeuntes}}) before arriving at [[Mauretania]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Gottfried's von Monmouth: Historia Regum Britanniae | editor-last=San-Marte | url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=LBw2AAAAMAAJ | pages=13, 196 | language=la, de |publisher=Eduard Anton | year=1854 }}</ref> |
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== Legacy == |
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The erroneous [[Martian canals]] were given names of mythical and real rivers, including one [[List of Martian canals#I-M|named the "Malva"]] after the River Malvam.<ref>{{cite web | author=Percival Lowell | url=http://www.wanderer.org/references/lowell/Mars/chap04.html|title=Mars. Chapter IV. Canals|access-date=21 February 2019|publisher=Wanderer.org| author-link=Percival Lowell}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:19, 4 November 2022
The River Malvam (Anglicized: Malve), also known as the Malva or Malua was a legendary river in ancient North Africa mentioned in the Historia Brittonum and Historia Regum Britanniae. In these accounts, it lies west of the Mountains of Azaria in Mauretania. Academics have identified it as the present-day Moulouya River.[1][2]
Historia Brittonum
The Historia Brittonum (c. 828) contains the earliest surviving version of the legendary origin story of the Scoti, later retold as the Irish legends of Fénius Farsaid, Scota, and Goídel Glas. In it, an unnamed Scythian nobleman living in Egypt travels with his household along the North African coast to Hispania, where they settle. The Historia Brittonum names a number of places along their route: Africa, Aras Philaenorum, Lacus Salinarum, between Rusicada and the Mountains of Azaria, through the River Malvam (per flumen malua), through Mauretania to the Pillars of Hercules, then the Tyrrhenian Sea, before reaching Hispania.[1]
Historia Regum Britanniae
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136) borrowed heavily from the Historia Brittonum. In it, Brutus of Troy follows the same route, this time starting from the island of Leogecia instead of Egypt. A few additions are made, such as defeating pirates between Rusicada and the Mountains of Azaria, pillaging Mauretania for supplies, and encountering sirens at the Pillars of Hercules. Instead of travelling through the River Malvam as in the Historia Brittonum, Geoffrey says that Brutus passed it (Porro flumen Malvae transeuntes) before arriving at Mauretania.[3]
Legacy
The erroneous Martian canals were given names of mythical and real rivers, including one named the "Malva" after the River Malvam.[4]
References
- ^ a b Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith J. (2020). "Genealogia Brittonum: the complete Historia Brittonum". Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "The Major Rivers Of North Africa". WorldAtlas. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ San-Marte, ed. (1854). Gottfried's von Monmouth: Historia Regum Britanniae (in Latin and German). Eduard Anton. pp. 13, 196.
- ^ Percival Lowell. "Mars. Chapter IV. Canals". Wanderer.org. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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