The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

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' ...

Author and licensed therapist Stacey Simmons argues against trying to force women protagonists into The Hero's Journey (THJ).

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 Lady of the Lake goes beyond traditional documentary storytelling, capturing the complexities of a story that still resonates today,” says Grulich. “Every frame is designed to ...

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.

Popular culture has long been fascinated with the legends and myths surrounding King Arthur. This is an understandable impulse, given how so many great works of literature — from Malory’s Le ...

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 ...