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King Arthur, Merlin, Lady of the Lake, Morgan, Bedivere, Griflet, Gawain. Function. Proof of Arthur's divine right, magic weapon, ritual item. Affiliation. Avalon. Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword in the stone that ...
The weapon was dubbed ”Excalibur” after the mythical sword King Arthur pulled from a stone. For the past 30 years, the sword’s origin and age have remained a point of confusion — until now.
King Arthur. King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a leader of the post-Roman Britons in ...
King Arthur, Lady of the Lake, the nine sisters, Melusine. Avalon (/ ˈævəlɒn /) [note 1] is a mythical island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth 's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur 's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being ...
Battle of Camlann. The Battle of Camlann (Welsh: Gwaith Camlan or Brwydr Camlan) is the legendary final battle of King Arthur, in which Arthur either died or was fatally wounded while fighting either alongside or against Mordred, who also perished. The original legend of Camlann, inspired by a purportedly historical event said to have taken ...
The following is a list and assessment of sites and places associated with King Arthur and the Arthurian legend in general. Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try ...
The historicity of King Arthur has been debated both by academics and popular writers. While there have been many claims that King Arthur was a real historical person, the current consensus among specialists on the period holds him to be a mythological or folkloric figure. [1][2] The first definite mention of Arthur appears circa 828 in the ...
The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain (Welsh: Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain) are a series of items in late-medieval Welsh tradition. Lists of the items appear in texts dating to the 15th and 16th centuries. [2] The number of treasures is always given as thirteen, but some later versions list different items, replacing or combining ...