Arthurian+Legends

Arthurian Legends Brittany, Victoria, and Justin

 Important Characters Guinevere Guinevere is a surpasingly beautiful and desirable women that is married to King Arthur. She is frequently abducted in Romance with other Kings, sometimes she dies at the vengeful hands of Lancelot. Some stories she has died as a prisoner. She was buried at Meigle where her memorial can still be seen. Despite this her bones were not found when they discovered the grave of Arthur in 1191. Merlin Merlin first appears as a prophet, but later he gradually turns into a magician, prophet, and adviser, that is active in all phases of the administration of King Arthur's Kingdom. His prison or burial place is said to be beneath Merlin's Mound. Ambrosius Aurelianus was the second son of the Emperor Constantine. His father was exicuted and his brother was murdered. Because of those actions Ambrosius and his brother Uther were taken to the court of their cousins, Budic I of Brittany. He grew up here but he always planned to retuen and clain his rightful inheritance.

Nimue  Nimue was also known as the lady of the lake. She is the foster-mother of Lancelot and raised him in the waters of her lake. Merlin met the lady of the lake and fell in love with her. She wanted to learn all of his powers and magical tricks and he agreed too. She would record his prophecies and she was as well as his lover. Over the years though her magial skills got so powerful that it outshone Merlin and she imprionsed him in the Glass Tower. King Arthur had taken the sword (the exalibur) and she finally got it back when Arthur was wounded at the Battle of Camlann and the sword went back into misty waters.

"King Arthur: History & Legend." //Britannia.com - British History Travel//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. . (BM, VH, JJ)
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Items and their significance The Round Table  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">The round table was given to Arthur as Guinevere's dowry when they were married. The Table became the place where the Knights gathered and symbolized equality, unity, and oneness. The table was made round to signify that everyone was equal and no one had power over the others.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Excalibur: The Sword <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">The Excalibur was a beautiful sword that was given to king Arthur by the Lady of the Lake. This sword was extremely powerful and at the end of the tale, it was thrown back into the lake, where it came from.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">The Holy Grail <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Holy Grail is generally considered to be the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and the one used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch his blood as he hung on the cross. Which in the Legends was used for much of Arthurian Tradition hinges on the Quest for the Grail.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> **Citation:** "Items of Arthurian Tradition | King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table." //King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table | History, Legend and Everything in Between//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. <http://www.kingarthursknights.com/items/default.asp>. (BM, VH, JJ)



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Arthur was son of the British King. He proved himself to be a mighty king and warrior when he pulled the sword out of a stone. Merlin the kings magister, helped him alot. Arthur was the possesor of the excalibur which was given to him by the lady of the lake. He had several enemies, the worst of which was his sister and his nephew, they both wanted his throne. Two of his greatest knights, were Sir Tristam and Sir Lancelot. Both of them were involved in tragic love unions. Arthurs nephew was the bitter enemy of Sir Lancelot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0XCxr3Wgok&feature=related (VH)

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">J. L. Weston, tr., //Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's Morte d'Arthur// (8 vol., 1907; repr. 1971); N. J. Lacy et al., ed., //The Arthurian Encyclopedia// (1987). (VH,JJ,BM)
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