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Carnwennan – King Arthur's dagger. Galatine – Gawain's sword granted by the lady of the lake said to make the wielder invincible under the sunlight. Pridwen (also Wynebgwrthucher) – The shield of King Arthur. Shares its name with the boat he sailed on to reach Avalon. Rhongomiant – King Arthur's Spear. The Sword with the Red Hilt - used ...
Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Its first reliably datable appearance is found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
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 .
Rhongomyniad, or Rhongomiant (variously translated as "Slaying Spear," "Cutting Spear" or "Striking Spear"), was the spear of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends. Unlike Arthur’s two other weapons, his sword Caledfwlch and his dagger Carnwennan, Rhongomyniad has no apparent magical powers.
The following is a list and assessment of sites and places associated with King Arthur and the Arthurian legend in general. Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try ...
Carnwennan ("Little White Hilt") was the dagger of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends. In Culhwch and Olwen, Arthur names it as one of the few things in the world which he will not give to Culhwch. Later, he uses it to slay the witch Orddu, the daughter of the witch Orwen, by slicing her in half. [1]
Gallos portrays a figure 8 ft (2.4 m) tall in a cloak, resting on a sword and wearing a crown. [4] The figure at Tintagel Castle is only partly rendered, with open gaps left in the sculpture through which the viewer can see the landscape beyond, giving a spectral appearance. [6] The sculpture has become a popular attraction at the castle site. [7]
He connects it with the Builg, an ancient people of Ireland (he identifies a subgroup of the Múscraige called the Dál Caladbuilg), as well as Middle Welsh: Caledfwlch, the Welsh name of King Arthur's sword Excalibur. [6] Other sources connect similarly named swords with the legends of Arthur, Cú Chulainn, Fergus mac Léti and Fergus mac Róich.