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Avalon (/ ˈ æ v ə l ɒ n /) [note 1] is an 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: ... [2] In this form, it is ... The most commonly accepted etymology derives it from Latin gradalis or gradale via an earlier form, cratalis, ...
Avalon; Etymology of the country Brazil's name: Brazil § Etymology; Name of Brazil; Irish mythology in popular culture; Inisheer; Tech Duinn, a mythological island to the west of Ireland where souls go after death. Great Ireland, a similarly west-of-Ireland place, Irish myths of which are believed to have influenced the Vikings.
Avalon Studios, a film and television studio, located in Avalon, New Zealand Avalon Waterways , an American ship and river cruise line owned by Globus Chateau Avalon , Kansas City, Kansas, US, a luxury hotel and bed and breakfast
—Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Universe, 393b Pliny the Elder, in the fourth book of his Natural History likewise calls Great Britain Albion. He begins his chapter on the British Isles as follows, after describing the Rhine delta: Ex adverso huius situs Britannia insula clara Graecis nostrisque monimentis inter septentrionem et occidentem iacet, Germaniae, Galliae, Hispaniae, multo maximis ...
The name may derive from Mori-genos or Mori-gena, meaning "sea-born. [1] The name has also been rendered as Muri-gena [2] or Murigen. [3]The name may also be cognate with the Irish Muirgen, an alternate name of Lí Ban, a princess who was transformed into a mermaid when her city was flooded.
Sir John Woodroffe (1865–1936) – also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon – was a British Orientalist whose published works stimulated a far-reaching interest in Hindu philosophy and Yogic practices. While serving as a High Court Judge in Calcutta, he studied Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy, particularly as it related to Hindu Tantra.
Avalonnectes was first described and named by Roger B. J. Benson, Mark Evans and Patrick S. Druckenmiller in 2012 and the type species is Avalonnectes arturi.The generic name is derived from Avalon, an island from the legend of King Arthur, often identified with Glastonbury, near Street, and from Greek nectes, meaning "swimmer".