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King Arthur’s sword, better known as Excalibur, is the stuff of legend. Or is it? King Arthur is a figure of medieval literary tradition, although some people think he was an actual king who ...

The accidental discovery of seven medieval parchment fragments in a Bristol library led to a significant breakthrough about King Arthur mythology ... as as the Lady of the Lake.

King Arthur receiving his magic sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake. Hand-colored woodcut. Picture: Alamy Just last month Welsh librarians were been told to avoid holding meetings in 'racist' ...

The Lady of the Lake; Galahad; Excalibur; The Knights of the Round Table; Camelot; The Holy Grail; Merlin; King Arthur; Guinevere; Lancelot. Once upon a time, there was a land invaded by evil: ...

The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur; By Lev Grossman ... and writers have been playing around with Excalibur, Merlin, and the Lady of the Lake since the late Middle Ages.

The earliest references to King Arthur say he was a successful 'dux bellorum', or warlord. The quest to find Excalibur: Divers are searching British lakes on a mission to locate the 'magical ...