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Avalon (/ ˈævəlɒn /) [note 1] is a mythical island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth 's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur 's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann.
Avalon, Grail Castle. The Holy Grail (French: Saint Graal, Breton: Graal Santel, Welsh: Greal Sanctaidd, Cornish: Gral) is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous healing powers, sometimes providing eternal youth or sustenance in ...
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. [2] The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument. [1][3] The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology, particularly in myths linked to King Arthur, and has ...
Definition. Type section. Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada 46°37′55″N 53°11′25″W / 46.63194°N 53.19028°W / 46.63194; -53.19028. The Avalon assemblage was the first of the three Late Ediacaran biotic assemblages, spanning from c. 575 Ma to c. 560 Ma. It was followed by the White Sea assemblage, although temporal ...
Online Etymology Dictionary. The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
Crustal fragments of this former microcontinent underlie south-west Great Britain, southern Ireland, and the eastern coast of North America. It is the source of many of the older rocks of Western Europe, Atlantic Canada, and parts of the coastal United States. Avalonia is named for the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland.
Avalon Peninsula. The Avalon Peninsula (French: Péninsule d'Avalon) is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is 9,220.61 square kilometres (3,560.10 sq mi) in size. [1] The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of Newfoundland's population, according to the 2016 Canadian census.
Brasil (mythical island) Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil and several other variants, [2] is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean [3] west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it becomes visible but still cannot be reached.