Note: Author's note: "The legend of Tristan is of Celtic origin. Many versions were developed in Europe from the ninth to twelfth centuries C.E. and written down from the twelfth century on. I have based my composition on [translations of] the following sources: [citations omitted] Béroul's The Romance of Tristan (12th century C.E., Anglo-Norman); Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan (13th century C.E., German); The Saga of Tristan and Isond (13th century C.E., Norse); and Joseph Bédier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseult (19th century C.E., French)."