 Excalibur, as imagined in the poster art for the 1981 movie of the same name. Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur. In Welsh Arthurian legend, the sword was called Caledfwlch. Image File history File links Poster art from the 1981 movie Excalibur. ...
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This movie poster for Excalibur showed a striking image of Arthurs son and nemesis, Mordred, clad in his armor and helmet. ...
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King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ...
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The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ...
Arthur's swords
In surviving accounts of Arthur, two originally separate legends of his sword's origin have been retained. The first is the "Sword in the Stone" legend, first reported in Robert de Boron's Merlin, in which Excalibur can only by drawn from the stone by Arthur, the rightful king. The second version is found in the Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin and was taken up by Sir Thomas Malory. Here, Arthur receives the sword from the Lady of the Lake after breaking his first sword. At his death, he tells a reluctant Sir Bedivere (Sir Griflet in the Post-Vulgate) to return Excalibur to the Lake. Excalibur was the sword in the stone which was mostly used by King Arthur. ...
Robert de Boron (also spelled in the manuscripts Bouron, Beron) was a French poet of the 13th century, originally from the village of Boron, in the département of Montbéliard. ...
Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys; also known as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, and Merlyn) is the personage best known as the mighty wizard featured in accounts of Arthur of Britain starting with Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae. ...
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In an Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake gave King Arthur the sword known as Excalibur. ...
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- "The sword was called 'Excalibur', which means, 'cut steel'. Early tradition (by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace and Layamon), called the sword 'Caliburn'; a magical sword from Avalon. The tale of Arthur drawing the sword out of the rock first appeared in Robert de Boron's French verse tale, called Merlin. But the English author, named Sir Thomas Malory (and in the French Suite du Merlin ('Prose Merlin'), c. 1240), wrote that the sword that Arthur had pulled out of stone was not Excalibur; in fact, Arthur broke his first sword in the fight against King Pellinore. Shortly after, Arthur then received a new sword from the Lady of the Lake, which was explicitly called Excalibur. Malory distinguished the sword Arthur pulled out of a rock from the sword he received from the Lady of the Lake, and it was the second sword that was the true Excalibur." (Timeless Myths, "Legend of Excalibur" see link).
Malory records both versions of the legend in his Le Morte d'Arthur, and confusingly calls both swords Excalibur. The film Excalibur attempts to rectify this by having the Lady of the Lake only repair the sword after it is broken. Jump to: navigation, search The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...
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Robert de Boron (also spelled in the manuscripts Bouron, Beron) was a French poet of the 13th century, originally from the village of Boron, in the département of Montbéliard. ...
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In an Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake gave King Arthur the sword known as Excalibur. ...
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History In Welsh legend, Arthur's sword is known as Caledfwlch. In Culhwch and Olwen, it is one of Arthur's most valuable possessions. It is used in that romance by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron. Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. ...
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Caledfwlch is thought to derive from the legendary Irish weapon Caladbolg, the lightning sword of Fergus mac Roich. Caladbolg was also known for its incredible power, and it was carried by some of Ireland's greatest heroes. Jump to: navigation, search In Irish mythology Caladbolg (hard-belly?) is the sword of several early Irish heroes, most importantly Fergus mac Róich from the Ulster Cycle. ...
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Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain is the first non-Welsh source to speak of the sword. Geoffrey latinizes Caledfwlch to Caliburn or Caliburnus, and continental writers altered the name further to Excalibur when his influential pseudo-history made it to continental Europe. The legend was expanded upon in the "Vulgate (i.e. vernacular, in this case Old French) Cycle, also know", an Arthurian cycle written c. 1230 - 1250, that was very influential in the development of the Arthurian romances. The Vulgate Prose Merlin and the later continuation called Suite du Merlin provide fresh details of the early life of Arthur. There the sword is called "Escalibor". The Lady of the Lake in Sir Thomas Malory's Book of Balin calls the sword "Excalibur, that is as to say, as Cut-steel." Geoffrey of Monmouth was a clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British history. ...
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