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Tag Archives: king arthur
Cole Mining
While we know that Old King Cole was a merry old soul with a love for music, whether he actually existed is a matter of some debate. There are records of a few different British rulers named Coel, dating back … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, British, Comics, England, History, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Robert Rankin, United Kingdom
Tagged bill willingham, coel hen, constantine, fables, geoffrey of monmouth, king arthur, merlin, mother goose in prose, old king cole, the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse, the toyminator
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The King of Fishful Thinking
In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King was the guardian of the Holy Grail, but I wasn’t sure how he came by his aquatic nickname until I looked it up today. Since he was severely wounded in either the legs or … Continue reading
Posted in British, Mythology, Welsh
Tagged bran the blessed, fisher king, holy grail, holy spear, joseph of arimathea, king arthur, king pelles, mabiongion, maimed king, sir bors, sir galahad, sir perceval
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Blow Me to Bermuda!
I’m sure I’m not the only one whose introduction to the Arthurian mythos was through Disney’s The Sword in the Stone. This film was based on the book by T.H. White, which described King Arthur’s youth and made the often … Continue reading
A Smithering Smith
I’d heard good things about the Fables comic series, so I checked out the first volume from the library. The one I found was a deluxe edition including the first ten issues, and hence the Legends in Exile and Animal … Continue reading
Posted in British, Comics, Mythology, Norse
Tagged beowulf, daedalus, excalibur, fables, king arthur, volund, volundr, wayland the smith, wayland's smithy, weyland the smith
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Fiddling Around with Fidchell
When I first started making game-related posts, Chris mentioned an old Celtic game called Fidchell. Looking for information on it, I found that it was mentioned in a lot of old stories, but how the game is played and what … Continue reading
Posted in Board Games, Celtic, Games, Mythology
Tagged chess, fidchell, king arthur, lugh, mabinogion, tafl, tain bo cuailnge
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Tales of the Gwyn Reaper
I was a bit stumped for ideas for a mythology post for this weekend, but then I remembered I’d been meaning to write about Gwyn ap Nudd, Welsh Lord of the Dead. Picture by Thalia Took I’ve already mentioned him … Continue reading
Posted in British, Celtic, Mythology
Tagged creiddylad, fairies, gwyn ap nudd, gwythyr ap greidawl, king arthur, lludd, nudd, twrch trwyth, tylwyth teg, wild hunt
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It’s a Round, Round Table
We all know about the Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur’s fierce warriors, initiators of chivalry, hunters of the Holy Grail, and able to take out Sephiroth with no trouble at all. But did the Knights really exist? I … Continue reading
Posted in British, Christianity, Final Fantasy, History, Mythology, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games
Tagged annales cambriae, camelot, chivalry, chretien de troyes, elaine of escalot, excalibur, final fantasy vii, fisher king, geoffrey of monmouth, green knight, holy grail, judas iscariot, king arthur, king ban of benoic, king bors, king constantine of britain, king leodegrance of cameliard, king lot of orkney, king pellinore, king uther pendragon, knights of the round table, lady of the lake, last supper, merlin, monsters, monty python and the holy grail, morgan le fay, questing beast, robert de boron, sephiroth, siege perilous, sir agravain, sir bedivere, sir bors, sir ector, sir gaheris, sir galahad, sir gareth, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir gromer, sir grummore grummersum, sir kay, sir lancelot du lac, sir mordred, sir perceval, sir thomas malory, t.h. white, the once and future king, the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle, wace
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Wizardly Education in the Dark Ages
One of the most memorable parts of Disney’s animated version of The Sword in the Stone is the wizards’ duel between Merlin and Madam Mim. If you read The Once and Future King, however, you’ll find no hint of this … Continue reading
Posted in Arabian, British, Cartoons, Harry Potter, Mythology
Tagged arabian nights, blaise, bleise, disney, dom-daniel, galapas, king arthur, king uther pendragon, madame mim, magic, maugraby, merlin, robert de boron, satan, t.h. white, the once and future king, the sword in the stone, wizards, zatanai
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The Wizard of Oz and the Wizard of England
The Arthurian legends have had a profound effect on British fantasy, and some of that has carried over to the United States as well. Merlin, especially, seems to make a lot of appearances in recent fantasy fiction, having been everything … Continue reading
Posted in British, Characters, Harry Potter, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz
Tagged gina wickwar, john dough and the cherub, king arthur, king richard coeur de leon, kinglet of phreex, margaret berg, merlin, merry go round in oz, morgan le fay, nebbie, ozma, pastoria, piers anthony, robin brown, ruth plumly thompson, sir gareth, sir hokus of pokes, sonny burns, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, toto of oz, wizard of oz, xanth
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