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King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain .
The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe; The Medieval Quest for Arthur by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton; The Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1985) The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650 John Morris; King Arthur: The Making of the Legend by Nicholas J. Higham; King Arthur: Myth-Making and History by ...
Le Morte d'Arthur (originally written as le morte Darthur; Anglo-Norman French for "The Death of Arthur") [1] is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore.
Detail of The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (completed 1898), by Edward Burne-Jones.Shown in the center is Arthur lying on his deathbed. King Arthur's messianic return is a mythological motif in the legend of King Arthur, which claims that he will one day return in the role of a messiah to save his people.
King Arthur is the chief subject of the Matter of Britain, along with stories related to the legendary kings of Britain, as well as lesser-known topics related to the history of Great Britain and Brittany, such as the stories of Brutus of Troy, Coel Hen, Leir of Britain (King Lear), and Gogmagog.
Gareth (Welsh:; Old French: Guerehet, Guerrehet) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He is the youngest son of King Lot and Queen Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, thus making him Arthur's nephew, as well as brother to Gawain, Agravain and Gaheris, and either a brother or half-brother of Mordred.
Arthur's grandfather, father to Uther Pendragon, Constans, and Ambrosius Aurelianus Constantine† Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae, Le Morte d'Arthur: Arthur's nephew and successor to his throne, Cador's son Culhwch: Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century Cousin of Arthur's in early Welsh legend (King) Cynric of Wessex