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Yvain and the Lion
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Region: France
Time Period: 1168
References in Literature: Yvain, ou le chevalier au lion
Sources: Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs, Vol 2, pg 779.

"In the French romance of Cretien de Troyes, Yvain, ou le chevalier au lion ... After he rescues it from a flight with a dragon, Yvain adopts the lion as his companion"

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