Arthurian tales
Knights of roundtable
Stories about King Arthur, the legendary British ruler, and his Knights of the Round Table.
The tales center on Arthur's court at Camelot and include quests for the Holy Grail, the wizard Merlin, the sword Excalibur, and the love triangle between Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot.
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- CamelotLegendary British royal seat
- ExcaliburMythic British blade
- magic swordSupernatural weapon for combat
- Holy GrailLegendary cup from scripture
- Fisher KingArthurian wounded grail keeper
Lady of the Lake · Avalon · chivalry · Morgan le Fay · Mordred · forbidden love · Sir Lancelot · Glastonbury · betrayal · Merlin · prophecy · Sir Gawain · Green Knight · tragic destiny · Sir Galahad · Guinevere · Chrétien de Troyes · knights
Arthurian taleshistorical record
Preserved account of past
primary sources · Anglo-Saxon Chronicle · Domesday Book · historiography · eyewitness accounts
Arthurian taleskitchen sink realism
Drama of everyday hardship
social realism · slice of life · journalistic writing · picaresque
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