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King Arthur requests the cauldron from King Odgar, but Diwrnach refuses to give up his prized possession. Arthur goes to visit Diwrnach in Ireland, accompanied by a small party, and is received at his house, but when Diwrnach refuses to answer Arthur's request a second time, Bedwyr (Arthur's champion) seizes the cauldron and entrusts it to one ...
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 ...
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 .
A 5,000-year-old Neolithic chambered tomb in England, called Arthur’s Stone, is named for Camelot’s King Arthur. Little is known about the historic site, which has prompted archaeologists to ...
The Holy Grail features prominently in Jack Vance's Lyonesse Trilogy, where it is the subject of an earlier quest, several generations before the birth of King Arthur. However, in contrast to the Arthurian canon, Vance's Grail is a common object lacking any magical or spiritual qualities, and the characters finding it derive little benefit.
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.
Llywelyn's coronet (Welsh: Talaith Llywelyn) is a lost treasure of Welsh history. It is recorded that Llywelyn ap Gruffudd , Prince of Wales and Lord of Aberffraw had deposited this crown ( Welsh : Talaith ) and other items (such as the Cross of Neith ) with the monks at Cymer Abbey for safekeeping at the start of his final campaign in 1282.
Arthur Leigh Allen remains the only named suspect in the Zodiac Killer investigation. Allen, who died in 1992 at age 58, was a Navy veteran, former schoolteacher and convicted sex offender.