The Singing Sword is the primary weapon of the fictional character Prince Valiant, a Knight of the Round Table in the service of King Arthur. The character of Prince Valiant was created by Hal Foster in 1937. The Knights of the Round Table were those men awarded the highest Order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search Harold Rudolph Foster (August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - July 25, 1982) created the comic Prince Valiant. ...

The Singing Sword's first appearance in Prince Valiant lore was in the "Ilene Abducted" comic strip story that was first published in 1938. In this story, the original owner of the sword is Prince Arn of Ord, Valiant's rival for the beautiful maid Ilene. The two men put aside their differences when their beloved is kidnapped by Viking raiders on her way to Ord. Arn gives Valiant the charmed sword so that he can hold off their pursuers while Arn rides ahead to free Ilene. The pair continue to work together to rescue Ilene, but their efforts prove futile when they discover she was killed in a shipwreck. Arn permanently gives the Singing Sword to Valiant after this adventure and the two part as friends. Jump to: navigation, search Prince Valiant In the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a comic strip created by Hal Foster. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Jump to: navigation, search The name Viking is a borrowed word from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search In British usage, a shipwreck is the remains of a ship after it has sunk or been beached as a result of a crisis at sea. ...

On October 20, 1991, the animated television series The Legend of Prince Valiant offered its own version of the Singing Sword's origins in an episode entitled, appropriately enough, "The Singing Sword." In this episode, Prince Valiant follows his best friends Arn and Rowanne back Bridgeford and learns that they've been captured by the ruthless Baron Duncan Draconarius. They're sentenced to be executed as part of the baron's plot to keep Camelot a secret from his subjects. Rowanne's father Cedric loans Valiant the Singing Sword to aid him in overthrowing the baron. According to Cedric, the sword was forged with the same metal that made Excalibur and will be safeguarded by his family until its true owner appears. The sword "sings" during Valiant's duel with Duncan Draconarius - this indicates that he's a just, pure-hearted man and the sword's destined owner. The sword sings a second time when Valiant's best friend Arn wields it while liberating a monastery. Prince Valiant sees this as a sign that Arn is ready for knighthood and uses his sword to dub his friend Sir Arn of Camelot. Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Legend of Prince Valiant is an animated cartoon based on the Prince Valiant comic strip created by Hal Foster. ... Camelot is the name of the stronghold of the legendary King Arthur, from which he fought many of the battles that made up his life. ... Excalibur, as imagined in the poster art for the 1981 movie of the same name. ... Jump to: navigation, search A duel or duel of honour is a formalised type of armed combat in which two individuals participate. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...