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==== Mythological figure ==== | ==== Mythological figure ==== | ||
- | King Arthur is a medieval mythological figure who was the head of the kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. It is not known if he existed in real life, although it is thought that he may have been a military commander with ties to Rome who successfully stopped the Saxon invasion between the 5th and 6th centuries [([[https:// | + | King Arthur is a medieval mythological figure who was the head of the kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. It is not known if he existed in real life, although it is thought that he may have been a military commander with ties to Rome who successfully stopped the Saxon invasion between the fifth and sixth centuries. [([[https:// |
==== The History of the Britons ==== | ==== The History of the Britons ==== | ||
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==== Le Morte D' | ==== Le Morte D' | ||
- | Thomas Malory was the first to provide English prose telling of the legend in "Le Morte D' | + | Thomas Malory was the first to provide English prose telling of the legend in "Le Morte D' |
==== Popular legend ==== | ==== Popular legend ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Several narrative lines ==== | ||
+ | The stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are not coherent whole but form several partially independent narrative lines. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | Uther Pendragon reunites Britain after years of battles. In union with Igerna, he conceives Arthur, whom he gives to Merlin. Arthur grows in obscurity, as the foster son of Sir Hector. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Not just Arthur ==== | ||
+ | Independent series of Arthurian Legends form legends related to the history of Merlin, Tristan, and Isolde or Sir Lamorak. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== The Holy Grail === | ||
+ | A very important major narrative line is related to the search for the Grail. Courtly and Celtic culture give way here to Christian and Gnostic influences. Only a few knights (Bors, Galahad, Parsifal) corresponding to the new ideal of the holy knight can fulfill the Grail mission. With the fulfillment of the Grail mission, the Arthurian era becomes a thing of the past. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== The Mists of Avalon ==== | ||
+ | Marion Zimmer Bradley' | ||
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+ | ==== The Lady of Shalott ==== | ||
+ | Alfred Tennyson' | ||
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+ | === Three musical dramas by Richard Wagner ==== | ||
+ | Three musical dramas by Richard Wagner are based on Arthurian legends: Lohengrin (1848), Tristan and Isolde (1859), and Parsifal (1882). [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Monty Python and the Holy Grail ==== | ||
+ | Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a 1975 British film, is based on the Arthurian legends. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Pre-Raphaelite painting ==== | ||
+ | Arthurian motifs were a popular theme in Pre-Raphaelite painting. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Series of woodcuts ==== | ||
+ | Aubrey Beardsley created a series of woodcuts for Thomas Malory' | ||
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