In the Welsh tale of Peredur, Angharad Golden-Hand is a lady of King Arthur's court.
[3] In Thomas Hughes's play The Misfortunes of Arthur, Angharad is depicted as Queen Guinevere's sister.
Angharad dissuades Guinevere from suicide, which the Queen is contemplating after learning Arthur is returning to Britain to fight the treacherous Mordred.
[5] Garner claimed to have used the name in the belief that it derived from a lost Welsh tradition or story.
[6] Angharad Golden-Hand is thought to be the subject of a lady's cameo image featured on the corner elevation of the former Clarence Hotel in Pontypridd, Wales.