The Legend & History of King Arthur

Tuesday 27th August 2024 10:29 am

The subject of many literary and cultural endeavours, for example Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelite artists to name but a few the legend or "quaint history" of the elusive "King Arthur" rivals that same fabulist concoction known as "Robin Hood" or "William Shakespeare"-all of which are endorsed by leading institutions as irrevocably TRUE! But what real evidence is available to substantiate such a fictional hero as being part of British or for that matter French and Italian history. Qudos Academy investigates the known facts from the period 500 CE to the end of the Medieval period to establish what is really archaeological and mythical.

The Knights of the Round Table
https://qudosacademy.org/2024/06/13/the-knights-of-the-round-table/

King Arthur & the Holy Grail:
https://qudosacademy.org/2024/06/12/king-arthur-the-holy-grail/

The Sword in the Stone:
https://qudosacademy.org/2024/06/13/the-sword-in-the-stone/

Merlin the Magician:
https://qudosacademy.org/2024/06/13/merlin-the-magician/

King Arthur Holy Grail The Round Table Camelot Knights of the Round Table Medieval Literature in Europe

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Comments

leonidas

Mon 2nd Sep 2024 10:20

Aside from requesting the British museum to restore the Elgin Marbles to Athens, yes "We want our marbles back!" cultural appropriation or simply theft is still endorsed by institutions of the United Kingdom. But more significantly fraudulent narratives appear to haunt the literature of King Arthur especially from the Welsh Triads in the 18th century:
https://pendragonry.wordpress.com/

leonidas

Fri 30th Aug 2024 12:31

Thank you for your comment on this particular blogpost. It seems that the legend of "King Arthur" actually owes a great deal to Greek history or mythology if we examine the records available. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Arthurian episode actually has a Greek origin and is synonymous with the history of Alexander the Great supposedly the son of Phillip of Macedon and his wife Olympiades but in reality he was the magical child of a mysterious or adulterous union of Olympiades (Phillip’s wife) and a Magus from Egypt, Just as Uther Pendragon is aided by Merlin the magician by transforming himself into a "dragon's breath" to gain access to the Cornish Queen Igerna similarly Nectanebus who transformed himself into a serpent (Ammon) then sexually deceived Phillip’s wife and so, magically impregnated, gave birth to a miraculous and powerful ruler of the ancient world. Cultural appropriation is rife in the Arthurian strand and the story of the birth of a “Magical Child” born of an illicit sexual union is not new but belongs to the ancient past (eg: Apuleius, “Golden Ass”).

M.C. Newberry

Tue 27th Aug 2024 10:37

I tend to prefer "Hit and myth". All nations and cultures have their own to fall back on. Greece has been a memorable source from way back.

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