Regardless of the specific version, Merlin is unable to counteract Viviane because of his foresight ; because of such an ability and the " truth " it holds, he decides to do nothing for his situation other than to continue to teach her his secrets until she takes the opportunity to entrap and entomb him in a tree, a stone or a cave.

He splits her into two characters ; Viviane is a deceitful villain who ensnares Merlin, while the Lady of the Lake is a benevolent figure who raises Lancelot and gives Arthur his sword.

Various characters assume the title of the Lady, including Viviane, Niniane, Morgan le Fay ( called " Morgaine " in this version ), and Nimue, a sympathetic and tragic young priestess who falls in love with the Merlin but is duty bound to seduce and lure him to his death – following which she drowns herself.

He is married to Viviane Wade.

The epic is focused on the lives of Gwenhwyfar, Viviane, Morgause, Igraine and other women who are often marginalized in Arthurian retellings.

As a child, she is taken to Avalon by High Priestess Viviane, her maternal aunt, to become a priestess of the Mother Goddess and witnesses the rising tension between the old Pagan and the new Christian religions.

* Igraine is the wife of Gorlois and later Uther, the younger sister of Viviane, and the mother of Morgaine and Arthur.

She is destined by Viviane and Taliesin to betray her husband, seduce Uther and produce the saviour of the Isle ( her son King Arthur ).

He is an extremely gifted warrior and admired for his very handsome appearance, but has a lifelong fear of his mother Viviane.

* Morgause is Morgaine's aunt, the younger sister of Viviane and Igraine.

* Viviane is — for the most time — the High Priestess of Avalon.

She is a priestess who reluctantly becomes Lady of the Lake after Viviane is slain and Morgaine declines to take her place.

Niniane is not as powerful or as politically astute as either Morgaine or Viviane, and Niniane is painfully aware of her shortcomings as Lady of the Lake.

Viviane Reding ( born 27 April 1951 in Esch-sur-Alzette ) is a Luxembourg politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.

The most recent winner is Viviane Araújo from Brazil.

Its current President is Ms. Viviane Guybet and its two Vice-Presidents are Ms. Martine Delaleuf and Mr. Michel Averseng.

Cessair is a heroine in the mythology of Ireland, and Vivien Fay suggests Viviane and Morgan le Fay, both from Arthurian legend.

Once jealousy over a woman, Gina, ( Viviane Romance ), gets mixed up with the venture, there is little left to save.

Different writers and copyists give her name variously as Nimue, Viviane, Elaine, Niniane, Nivian, Nyneve, Evienne and other variations.

There, Viviane learns her magic from Merlin, who becomes enamored of her.

The new century has seen the rise of Viviane Ndour, who got her first break as a backing vocalist to Youssou Ndour with Super Etoile.

Viviane was killed by her son Balan's foster-brother, Balin.

* Marion Zimmer Bradley in her novel The Mists of Avalon made Morgause the sister of Igraine and Viviane and the aunt of Morgaine ( Morgan le Fay ).

In her first term as European Commissioner Viviane Reding pushed through the Erasmus Mundus expanding the cooperation between universities and university students of the European Union and the rest of the world.

Viviane Reding who has been known for consistently fighting for an open Internet-and particularly in 2010 resisting attempts by her colleague Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to censorship sites and block internet access and in 2012 over the ACTA discussion-favoured that amendment leading to the defeat of three-strikes policies such as those promoted in France with the Hadopi law.

He ’ s only marrying her to get back at Viviane, for which Maylee doesn ’ t think so and Madea agrees with Vianne.

Without the others ' knowledge, César has pocketed a diamond ring as a gift for his mistress Viviane, a chanteuse at Grutter's club.

* Viviane of Avalon: A musical work for soprano and orchestra by Ezequiel Viñao and Caleb Carr

Morgaine and Viviane give him the magic sword Excalibur, and with the combined force of Avalon and Camelot, Arthur drives the invasion of the Saxons away.

Viviane Reding has also put in practice a fundamental rights culture across the European institutions and their policies.

As a result of the action taken by Viviane Reding in the defense of the rights of citizens, national governments of the Member States of the European Union were obliged to put in place national strategies and concrete plans for the integration of Romani people and to report on their implementation annually.

During their 2011-2012 Carnegie season, Orpheus will collaborate with violinists Gil Shaham and Viviane Hagner, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, oboist Albrecht Mayer, and mandolinist Chris Thile.

* 1912 – Viviane Romance, French actress ( d. 1991 )

In the Lancelot-Grail and later accounts, Merlin's eventual downfall came from his lusting after a huntress named Niviane ( or Nymue, Nimue, Niniane, Nyneue, or Viviane in some versions of the legend ), who was the daughter of the king of Northumberland.

** Viviane Romance, French actress ( b. 1912 )

The Lancelot-Grail Cycle provides a backstory for the Lady of the Lake, " Viviane ", in the prose Merlin section, which takes place before the Lancelot Proper, though it was written later.

On its coming into force with the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009, Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding proposed that Commissioners should swear to uphold all EU treaties and the Charter.

However Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security, wrote to the director of the FRA slamming the idea on cost and dignity grounds and instructing him to cancel the project.

In France, it was heralded by Guillaume Apollinaire with L ' Enchanteur Pourrissant Rotting Enchanter ( 1909 ), a poetic dialog between Merlin and Viviane, and L ' Hérésiarque et Cie. ( 1910 ), a collection of short stories written between 1899 and 1910, dealing with a variety of fantasy themes such as magic, invisibility, etc.

One reason is, of course, that the new scepticism has been willing to maintain the general picture of the invasions as portrayed in the traditional sources.

For example, arrow 17 in Figure 3 portrays the proximal radial epiphysis for boy 34, whereas the same epiphysis for girl 2 is portrayed by arrow 18 in Figure 4.

The theme of angst is portrayed in Mahler's Symphony No. 6 (" The Tragic ") and in Alban Berg's poignant Violin Concerto dedicated, " To the memory of an angel ".

Several biographical programs have been made, such as the 2004 BBC television programme entitled Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures, in which she is portrayed by Olivia Williams, Anna Massey, and Bonnie Wright.

Poirot has dark hair, which he dyes later in life ( though many of his screen incarnations are portrayed as bald or balding ), and green eyes that are repeatedly described as shining " like a cat's " when he is struck by a clever idea.

Alongside Hercule Poirot, she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.

Most modern Pueblo peoples ( whether Keresans, Hopi, or Tanoans ) assert the ancient Pueblo did not " vanish ", as is commonly portrayed in media presentations or popular books, but migrated to areas in the southwest with more favorable rainfall and dependable streams.

Elfhame or Elfland, is portrayed in a variety of ways in these ballads and stories, most commonly as mystical and benevolent, but also at times as sinister and wicked.

The Dodo, who in this adaptation of the book is named Uilleam and is portrayed by Michael Gough, bears a down of brilliant blue and is one of Alice's advisers, who also took first note of her identity as the true Alice.

* In the 2003 miniseries Helen of Troy, Agamemnon is portrayed by Rufus Sewell.

* In the 2011 video game Warriors: Legends of Troy, Agamemnon is portrayed as a power-hungry tryant and is the main antagonist.

Agathon is portrayed by Plato as a handsome young man, well dressed, of polished manners, courted by the fashion, wealth and wisdom of Athens, and dispensing hospitality with ease and refinement.

After a close reading of the Thesmophoriazousae, the historian Jane McIntosh Snyder observed that Agathon's costume was almost identical to that of the famous lyric poet Anacreon, as he is portrayed in early 5th-century vase-paintings.

According to biblical scholars, the Torah's genealogy for Levi's descendants, is actually an aetiological myth reflecting the fact that there were four different groups among the levites – the Gershonites, Kohathites, Merarites, and Aaronids ; Aaron – the eponymous ancestor of the Aaronids – couldn't be portrayed as a brother to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, as the narrative about the birth of Moses ( brother of Aaron ), which textual scholars attribute to the earlier Elohist source, mentions only that both his parents were Levites ( without identifying their names ).

It could be that Ayckbourn had written plays with himself and his own issues in mind, but as Ayckbourn is portrayed as a guarded and private man, it is hard to imagine him exposing his own life in his plays to any great degree.

In the 2003 film Hitler: The Rise of Evil, British actor Robert Glenister plays Drexler, although Drexler is portrayed without his trademark spectacles and moustache.

Usually, Anubis is portrayed as the son of Nephthys and Set, Osiris ' brother and the god of the desert and darkness.

By the time the Gospels of Luke and Matthew were written, Jesus is portrayed as being the Son of God from the time of birth, and finally the Gospel of John portrays him as the pre-existent Word () as existing " in the beginning ".

The character is portrayed as demonstrating a number of traditional Japanese virtues, but ultimately falls prey to his own human flaws.

Baldr's death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th century Iceland ic manuscript.

) Amestris has often been identified with Vashti, but this identification is problematic, as Amestris remained a powerful figure well into the reign of her son, Artaxerxes I, whereas Vashti is portrayed as dismissed in the early part of Xerxes's reign.