The Mysterious Tale Of King Arthur's Myth

One thing that is unique about the Arthurian legend is that it has a story to set

Who was King Arthur? Most people would tell of a great King; a devoted circle of heroic knights; mighty castles and mightier deeds; a time of chivalry and courtly love; of Lancelot and Guinevere; of triumph and death. Historians and archaeologists, especially Leslie Alcock, point to shadowy evidence of a man who is not a king, but a commander of an army, who lived during the late fifth to early sixth century who may perhaps be the basis for Arthur. By looking at the context in which the stories of King Arthur survived, and the evidence pertaining to his castle Camelot and the Battle of Badon Hill, we can begin to see that Arthur is probably not a king as the legend holds.

There are countless versions of the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Most English versions are based on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, but where did these tales originate, and what different interpretations are there today? This essay seeks to examine the roots and different renditions of the various legends circulating today. The first section deals with the origins of the legend. The second section speculates on who the "real" King Arthur could have been. A comparison of several different versions, and suggestions of why they differ are given in the third section, and the conclusion presents an analysis on the ambiguity of the legend.

Magic is something everyone has heard of and yet most people don't believe. Its presence is everywhere if you read a myth about something, chances are it's going to have magic within the story. Why is that? Well, magic is something people can describe something when they don't know how it works. To explain the unexplainable. Magic is also a way for the story to create a visual inside the mythic world of the hero’s journey. In the story of King Arthur, a young 15-year-old boy is able to pull a sword out a rock nobody else could to become the next king. The Sword trapped in the rock being magically sent from God to pick out the next great leader of Britain. This magic provides an explanation to show how Arthur became king. (King Arthur pg. 423-424). The magical element in a story is usually the main conflict or the heroes saving in the myth without the magic the story would be as good.

The events that have been described in the tale of King Arthur are not linked to any authentic historical events. For example, in the myth of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, when they were searching for the Holy Grail, it was described that they found the Grail but, in reality, the Grail was nowhere to be found. It is quite extreme to believe that the King himself and his

King Arthur and the knights of the round table belong to a long line of books and stories of the Arthurian legend. Merlin, Lancelot, The lady of the lake, King Arthur, and Excaliber are all very important in the Arthurian legend. In this essay we will talk about King Arthur, the knights of the round table, and Merlin in the famous story, The sword in the stone.

Since there is absolutely no evidence of King Arthur, how did the legend begin? Nennius is the first record

In The Knight of the Cart, Lancelot sets out to rescue Queen Guinevere, who he has fallen in love with and has been captured by King Arthur’s enemy, Meleagant. He is first mentioned after he is found by Gawain, another Knight of the Round Table. Lancelot convinces Gawain to lend him one of his horses so that

    In all the long history of literature, some fictional characters have loomed above others, written about again and again by various authors of various eras. Arthurian literature is one area of fiction that has always been popular for writers to recreate in new versions, and one of the most intriguing characters of all Arthurian literature is Merlin, the magician/ prophet who aids Arthur early in his reign. As the Arthurian saga develops, so does Merlin, changing from an aloof, druidical character into a more human, magical being, though always retaining some traces of his Welsh origins.

King Arthur was the son of King Uther Pendragon. Merlyn raise Arthur in a secret place to keep Arthur safe. After King Pendragon died, Arthur pulled out the sword in the stone and became the new king. Arthur has blonde hair and green eyes. Also, he is very muscular, and he wears long tunics and mail chain. He married Guinevere and inherited the Round Table from Guinevere's father. King Arthur and the Knights of Round Table fight for the safety of their country. After making the country safe, the Knights of Round Table don't have a goal anymore, so King Arthur give the quest of finding the Holy Grail. Many knights injured and died on their way, and finally they found the Holy Grail. Although there aren't many historical record of King Arthur,

King Arthur’s magically story has been told and re-told for generations. The details of the story will change over time, but the underlying themes and messages will not. Messages like the knight’s code and chivalry can be found in all verse of the King Arthur story. Loyalty to the cause is one of the best attributes of a knight. No matter the case the knight will stay true to himself and the king.

The Arthurian Legends were an effect of the Romantic Era and resulted in abstract thinking, as well as the arts including music, painting, poetry, and writing. The birth of the Arthurian Legends came from Celtic mythology and medieval romance, while the existence of magic confirms the conception of artistic intellect. Whether or not King Arthur truly existed, his influence dramatically changed the English society and English Literature to its current form (Arthurian Legends Vol. 1).

The adulterous affair between King Arthur’s most trusted knight Lancelot, and his wife, Guinevere, is symbolic to the coming of the mischievous serpent in God’s garden as a result to an end of a perfect world. According to the influential work of Sir Thomas Malory at the end of the 15th century, there became one of the major causes of the downfall of Arthur’s Round Table. Through various parts of literature, Lancelot’s romantic character becomes known. In The Knight of the Cart (ca. 1175), by Chrûtien de Troyes Sir Lanceolt rescues Guinevere from the evil knight, Meleagent, and ultimately spends the night with the queen in her chamber. He later listens and obeys every instruction she asks Lancelot to do, such as to do his worst in the Tournament. Another major romance of which Lancelot is the protagonist is the extensive early 13th-century Prose Lancelot, a part of the Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian romances. Here, he is raised by the Lady of the Lake, and by 18 sent to Arthur’s court after realizing his royal percentage. He is given a sword by Guinevere, who knights him in a ceremony of divided loyalties. He goes to act of numerous adventures for the king to earn his reputation, but his adultery with the queen disables his legitimacy to succeed in the quest for the Holy Grail. In the last romance of the cycle, Lancelot and the

Secondly, Sir Lancelot’s charming and outgoing personality made him the perfect knight and ladies man. Often more than not, Lancelot would say a charming line and be a bit presumptuous. “I don't know about honor. But I promise you, I won't kiss you again till you ask me to.” (First Knight). Sir Lancelot was displayed physically as a strong captivating young man who damosels would be flooding with love. On top of his chivalry, Lancelot liked to keep the promises he made with any woman. “I cast me to be there, for as at this time I must ride with this damosel for to save my promise.” (Malroy). Lancelot portrayed what men should be like in today’s society, as people claim chivalry is dead but in the Medieval era, chivalry was born and spread and lost somewhere along the way. Lancelot’s chivalry went a long way as he put his life on the line to prove his love for Lady Guinevere in one of the depictions. In First Knight, Sir Lancelot completes a terrifying obstacle course with death written all over it. From swords being poked from underneath, to huge swinging axe pendulums

   King Arthur lets his past get the best of his judgement. King Arthur let Launcelot take Guinevere during her trial and did nothing to stop it, he even wanted Lancelot to take her away so that she wouldn’t