page_title: Sebile
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Sebile / Origins
context_page_description: Sebile, alternatively written as Sedile, Sebille, Sibilla, Sibyl and other similar names, is a mythical medieval queen or princess who is frequently portrayed as a fairy or an enchantress in the Arthurian legends and Italian folklore. She appears in a variety of roles, from the most faithful and noble lady to a wicked seductress, often in relation with or substituting for the character of Morgan le Fay. Some tales feature her as a wife of either King Charlemagne or Prince Lancelot, and even as an ancestor of King Arthur.
context_section_description: The character of Sebile has her earliest roots in the Ancient Greek figure of the priestess prophetess known as the Cumaean Sibyl. This Classic motif was later transmuted into a Christianized character named Sibyl in the Christian mythology of the Early Middle Ages.
caption: The Cumaean Sibyl by Domenichino (17th century)
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