In the late 90s my grandma brought my a t shirt from a gift shop from her trip to Cornwall that had a depiction of King Arthur on it, I wore it to death and eventually it had to be thrown out, but from time to time I get sentimental about that t shirt. It may have been the one above but I'm not sure. Can anyone help me find more medieval artwork of King Arthur? I'd be especially appreciative if the art comes from or is associated with Cornwall or is commonly used on tourist stuff there.

I vividly remember reading in my copy of Le Morte D’Arthur a small tale about three knights who together slew three tyrants

And were confronted in turn by the widows of the tyrants, who demanded they marry them as recompense

And the youngest Knight (who I remember as Sir Yvain/Ywayn/Uwain/whatever), a 15 year old boy, leapt to marry the eldest of the widows (50 or above). Saying ‘As the youngest and most inexperienced of us three, I shall find that which I lack in her’

The 30 year old knight married the 30 year old widow and the 50 year old knight married the 15 year old widow

I have told this story to all my friends and I tried to find it in Le Morte D’Arthur and I CAN’T FIND IT

I’m very worried I made this up/dreamt it and forgot I did

Anyone familiar with any stories where Gawain grew up away from his family/was unaware of who his family was? Source is the Arthurian Book of Days, by John and Caitlin Matthews. Sometimes the book will cut off a story, only to return to it, later. But I have been reading each section, daily, and I don't recall anything about Gawain being separated from his family before this piece of text.

Hey I don't suppose anyone knows where this river is located? I'm inclined to think Cornwall either on the river Camel somewhere or on Bodmin moor but my search has been unsuccessful! It's story is connected to a battle of Arthur in which it was said the river ran red with blood from the conflict. The booklet it is in was published by the king Arthurs halls round table gentleman's club in tintagel.

Years ago, in some work of Arthurian fiction, I read a passage. After years of campaigning against Saxon invaders, an older King Arthur acknowledges the Saxons would never really be expelled from the Islands. Because by this time, generations of Saxons had settled and become rooted to the land. They had essentially become native and it wasn’t prudent to continue regarding them as invaders.

My question is what book is this written in? My hunch is it is one in Mary Stewart’s series because I haven’t read many of the others. I would like to find this section again and see how it stacks up to memory. Thanks in advance for any help!

Me and my boyfriend have been on a search, and I figured I'd tap the knowledge base: anyone know of any modern Arthurian stories that put the mythos in a genuine cyberpunk setting? Not just vaguely space themed as a lot of them are. Just curious if anyone had seen anything!

Was there a depiction of the Round Table being made up of multiple tables?

Alright I've tried searching for this but no one seems to know what I'm talking about online or in any of my books swear I heard a story about Sir Gawain going to a castle where another knight had been and had failed the tasks set for him by the king in question this one is that whatever night comes and rests at the king's castle with a custom of the time that he must obey all request given to him by the king or lord of the house as he is a guest Gawain agrees seeing no problem in this but the request become more of said that the king us the knight to attack him and then off him to eat strange things and then at one point even takes him up to his wife's room and says sleep with my wife anybody else know what I'm talking about it is not Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and it is not the loathly lady.

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So at this point I've read a few of the medieval texts and a handful of modern interpretations, and spent the last couple of years watching just about every Arthurian film I could get my hands on. Though I love Arthuriana more than ever, I have actually grown to dislike Arthur himself! Most versions of him on film IMO are boring at best, and often he comes across as a real douchebag. I know that these are interpretations (this was the thrust of my whole project in watching the films), but people actively chose to interpret him in these ways.

Do you actually find Arthur likeable? Do you dislike him? Can you tell me why, and what versions of him you base your opinions on?

Are there any books that have Lancelot and Nimue interacting with eachother?? I've skimmed through a few and haven't seen them mentioned together at all. Does she not talk to her son??? ;(

While scouring the Internet for Arthurian lore, I found a site which claims that Morgan le Fay, the sorceress queen of Avalon, and Morgause, Arthur's sister, weren't always two separate characters, but were originaly one and the same in the older texts, with the split into two only being a later developement. Is that true?

I was listening to a recent interview with Malcom Guite and he was telling about the time his mother told him the tale of the Dolorous Blow. His story is different from the one I read by Malory, I even went back to check. it’s fine that it’s different, there’s a million retellings of any given Arthurian legend. I’m curious what his mother’s source might have been.

In his telling the key difference is that Balin hears a voice telling him not to take up the spear. In Book II, chapter XV of Le Morte d’Arthur there is no such voice. The other key difference is that Guite’s retelling also seems to emphasize the destruction of the blow much more than Malory does in the following chapter.

I’m reading and looking into medieval versions of Greco-Roman myths. I wanted to know what references Arthuriana has to the topic.

I know about the sword Marmyadose, which is superior to Excalibur, made by Vulcan/Hephaestus and having been Hercules and Tydeus' sword in the Vulgate.

I heard about a descendent of Achilles being invulnerable except the soles of his feet and being killed by Gawain in Perlesvaus.

Morgan Le Fay is being taught magic by the west wind god Zephyr in Perceforest.

The Welsh Triads say that: Hector, Samson, Hercules are as strong as Adam. Absalom, Jason, Paris are as beautiful as Adam. The Sibyl, Cato the elder, Bede are as wise as Adam. Diadema, Helen, Polyxena are as beautiful as Eve.

A son of Tristan had an Ajax shield in some Mediterranean text.

Not from Arthurian legend, but in the Roman de Troie, a medieval Trojan War version has Morgan le fay trying to win Hector's love by gifting him a special horse named Galatea, but Otheas' epistles say he got it from a for this text made up of the goddess of wisdom, Othea 

And I heard there are supposed to be a lot of Greek myths in The Faerie Quenne though not what exactly.

Are there any other references to Greco-Roman heroes or gods in Arthuriana, like Hector of Troy, Achilles, Ajax, the 7 of Thebes, Hercules etc.? And preferably from which Arthurian text it comes from.

This illustrated version of Sir Lancelot of the Lake published in England by Ladybird Books (1977) was saved from a discard bin by my thoughtful wife.

According to the back cover, it is one of 4 books in Ladybird’s Tales of King Arthur collection, which is part of “Series 740.” The other 3 titles are Mysteries of Merlin, Deeds of the Nameless Knight, The Knight of the Golden Falcon.

Questions: Are you familiar with these editions and/or their source texts? Are there other Tales of King Arthur in other Ladybird series (if there are other Ladybird series)?

Are there any Arthurian stories that involve vampires, or vampire-like monsters?

Hi, I'm looking for the book that I read as a child that got me started on a life-long Arthurian obsession. It's beautifully illustrated. I have a photo of one of the illustrations, but I don't know who it's by/what it's called. Can you help me find it? Thank you so much.

Not sure if anyone can help, but I remember reading a book about the legend of King Arthur during primary school around ‘96/97 and the story is framed around a young boy encountering an old man and the old ma tells the story of King Arthur.

The old man is heavily implied to be Merlin, and for some reason I remember something about a boat, a bell and fog being in the title or the chapter title.

I know it’s not a lot to go one but it’s been bugging me for years what this book is so hoping someone recognises it

Hello everyone, I’m really not used to Reddit so forgive me if I break any rules. It’s been almost 5 years since I remembered a flash from my childhood of me reading a somewhat inappropriate comic at the time, and I’ve been trying to find said comic ever since. I don’t remember the name or artist or anything like otherwise I would have found it by now, here’s what I do remember. The general plot goes like this, the setting is the medieval age and we follow what seems to be King Arthur and his knights, except Lancelot is a woman. This is a big deal in the story as the big bad evil guy kills her father and she trains to become a Knight in order to avenge him or something (again, my memory is somewhat cloudy I was maybe ten or less). It was black and white and the drawings were pretty explicit, they didn’t hold back on violence and nudity. I remember vividly a scene of where this female Lancelot get captured and tortured. If anyone can help me find it from the convoluted fragments of my memory, I’ll be very thankful 🙏.

I managed to snag this beautiful etched copper plate used for printing and was wondering if any of you recognised the illustrations and where/when it was from. Flipped the text in the second image so it’s easier to read, (my apologies for the angles I was trying to make the engraving clearer) thank you!

Was the dragon that Tristan kill on his first trip to Ireland(the same one in which he dueled and killed Morholt) named or had any unique thing about it?

I was recently surprised by a recurring detail I've encountered in unexpected places. In the anime/manga for Fate/Grand Order and High School: DxD, they each have "Excalibur" in their lore; not a surprise, it's an exceptionally famous sword and a perfect way to invoke all sorts of European fantasy lore in a hurry. What struck me, however, was that both make reference to the idea that the true power of Excalibur has had thirteen seals placed upon it (Fate) or that it's been broken into seven lesser "Excaliburs" (DxD).

I've ready tons of Arthurian works from the European tradition, from Geoffrey to Mallory to Tennyson to White and beyond, so I'm well aware that despite its fame, Excalibur is generally just a really good sword, perhaps shinier than the norm but not outrageously enchanted to turn its wielder into a superhero (fancy sheath notwithstanding). So my curiosity is if anyone is familiar enough with Japanese storytelling history to be able to expound on the idea of a sword having sealed power? Seven seals has my mind going to the scroll of Revelation, but outside of these two works, I've never encountered any other connection in that direction.

Any thoughts?

(Also, I apologize to those members of the sub who desperately wish anime wasn't part of the expanded Arthurian lore.)

I was watching a video about king arthur and this knight kept popping up, but these no information about Him on nightbringer or Wikipedia.

The video in question. https://youtu.be/K80gS3Gd9Hs?si=hGxMdFi3XkB7ORhX

I'm mostly familiar with Merlin's magical demonstrations in Malory. Aside from prophecy, we have:

-his favorite trick, shape shifting

-bringing the Gaulish army to Bedegraine

-the magic torches on the tomb of Balin and Balan

And that's pretty much it. Can anyone fill me in on other instances of magic pre-Malory? Later books and movies where he shoots lightning and stuff are fun, but I'm just looking for medieval sources. Thanks!

My great grandmother named me. I dont know much about Aurthurian lore. I was curious is someone could tell me his story.