What is "olam"

Usage examples of "olam".

During this period Olam Magnus of Lyonesse, aided by Per-silian, his so-called “Magic Mirror,” brought all the Elder Isles (excepting Skaghane and Godelia) under his rule.

Styling himself Olam I, he enjoyed a long and prosperous reign and was succeeded by Rordec I, Olam II, then, briefly, by the “Galician Cuckoos,” Quarnitz I and Niffith I.

He sired Olam III, who moved his throne Evandig and that great table known as Cairbra an Mead-han, the “Board of Notables,”* from Lyonesse Town to Avallon in the Duchy of Dahaut.

When Olam III’s grandson Uther II fled to Britain (there to sire Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur, King f Cornwall), the land fragmented to become ten kingdoms: Dahaut, Lyonesse, North Ulfland, South Ulfland, Godelia, Blaloc, Caduz, Pomperol, Dascinet and Troicinet.

The royal throne, had been Evandig until Olam III moved it to Avalaon, along with the round table Cairbra an Meadhan.

I also can claim lineage from Olam, and if I were to make a great raid and take Evandig for my own, why should I not aspire to the same realm?

To spite Murgen, Desmei persuaded Olam to move his throne Evandig and the table Cairbra an Meadhan to Avallon.

His claim was angrily challenged, especially by King Phristan of Lyonesse, who insisted that Evandig and Cairbra an Meadhan were his own rightful property, wrongfully sequestered by Olam III.