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  2. King Arthur - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. List of Arthurian characters - Wikipedia

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    King Arthur's grandson through Tom a Lincoln. Another Black Knight is an antagonist figure Blanchefleur: Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181 Percival's wife, niece to Gornemant: Bors the Elder (French: Bohort) Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century; The Once and Future King: Brother to King Ban, and an ally of Arthur's Bors the Younger†

  4. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - Wikipedia

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    The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a 1903 children's novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle.The book contains a compilation of various stories, adapted by Pyle, regarding the legendary King Arthur of Britain and select Knights of the Round Table.

  5. Merlin - Wikipedia

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    Arthur is warned of Mordred's birth and the coming fall of his kingdom Post-Vulgate Cycle (c. 1235) Merlin sets up the search for the Holy Grail by Arthur's Knights of the Round Table: Prose Perceval (after 1200) Blaise writes down the story of Merlin Prose Merlin: Entrapment of Merlin by the fairy Viviane: Lancelot-Grail (before 1235)

  6. Uther Pendragon - Wikipedia

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    The latter includes a reference to Arthur, so the marginal addition of "dragon" to Uther's name is probably justified. "The Colloquy of Arthur and the Eagle", a modern manuscript from the 16th century but believed to have originated from the 13th century, mentions another son of Uther named Madoc, the father of Arthur's nephew Eliwlod. [6]

  7. Igraine - Wikipedia

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    In the Matter of Britain, Igraine (/ iː ˈ ɡ r eɪ n /) is the mother of King Arthur.Igraine is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr), in French as Ygraine (Old French Ygerne or Igerne), in Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne—often modernised as Igraine or Igreine—and in Parzival as Arnive.

  8. Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    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 is the proof of Arthur's lineage.

  9. Historicity of King Arthur - Wikipedia

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    Former site of Arthur's purported grave in "Avalon" at Glastonbury AbbeyThe 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.