king arthur
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Notes on the Arthur Legend, including Brocilliande, and Celtic MythologyTRANSCRIPT
KING ARTHURKING ARTHUR
THE ONCE AND FUTURE KINGTHE ONCE AND FUTURE KING
SUPERSTITIONSUPERSTITION
• ARTHUR IS NOT DEAD• HE AND HIS KNIGHTS ARE INSIDE THE TOR
AT GLASTONBURY• EVERY CHRISTMAS THEY RIDE OUT TO
PROTECT THE COUNTRY AND MAKE EVERYTHING SAFE FOR THE BIRTH OF THE CHRIST CHILD
• OTHERS BELIEVE HE BECOMES A RAVEN, THE MOST PROPHETIC OF ALL BIRDS AND THE CELTIC WAR GODDESS (THE MORRIGAN)
SAINT MICHAEL’S TOWER ON GLASTONBURY TOR
AN ISLAND DURING ARTHUR’S TIME
GLASTONBURY ABBEY
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA’S
THORN BUSH
THE GRAIL WELL
LEY LINESLEY LINESTHE VORTICETHE VORTICE
DION FORTUNE AND THE DION FORTUNE AND THE GOLDEN DAWNGOLDEN DAWN
the psychic force field used against Hitler
THE COTTAGE USED BY THE
GOLDEN DAWN DURING
WW II
STANDING
STONES
MARKING
LEY LINES
ARTURUS REX DUX BELLORUMARTURUS REX DUX BELLORUM
• HISTORICAL ARTHUR
• SAXON WARS
ARTHURARTHURTHE ENGLISH HERCULESTHE ENGLISH HERCULES
• DOUBTFUL BIRTH
• PAINFUL LIFE (12 VICTORIES
AGAINST THE SAXONS)
• VIOLENT AND WOEFUL DEATH
SOURCE OF ENGLISH LEGENDSOURCE OF ENGLISH LEGEND
• MORTE D’ARTHUR• THOMAS MALORY• 8 BOOKS
1. THE BIRTH AND CROWNING OF ARTHUR
2. THE INVASION OF FRANCE AND ROME
3. LANCELOT
4. GARETH
5. TRISTAM AND ISOLDE
6. QUEST FOR THE GRAIL
7. ROMANCE OF LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE
8. WAR
OTHER SOURCESOTHER SOURCES
• MIDDLE ENGLISH PROSE MERLIN• FRENCH PROSE, LANCELOT• A LOST ENGLISH POEM• FRENCH PROSE, TRISTAN• QUEST DE SAINT GRAAL• WELSH MABINOGIAN• HISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAEHISTORIA REGUM BRITANNIAE• DE EXCIDIO ET CONQUESTU BRITANNIAEDE EXCIDIO ET CONQUESTU BRITANNIAE
BROCELIANDEBROCELIANDE
GOOD FAERIES OF
THE WELL
EVIL FAERIES OF THE MOUNTAIN
THE PRINCESS WAS IMPRISONED IN A TALL TOWER IN THE CENTER OF THE FOREST.
NO CARE WAS TAKEN TO BLESS THE ONLY WINDOW WITH GOOD FAERIE WATER.
THE EVIL FAERIES’ CHANCE HAD FINALLY COME.
THE OLD WOMAN HEAVED THE BABY INTO THE ANCIENT WELL.
MERLIN, THE FAERIE PRINCE OF BROCELIANDE
VORTIGERN PENDRAGON
EVIL KING WHO DELIVERS THE KINGDOM
TO THE SAXONS IN
HIS ATTEMPT TO GAIN
ALLIES IN HIS BID TO
BECOME HIGH KING
UTHER
DISPOSSESSED MAN
WHO LEADS AN ARMY
OF MALCONTENTS
GOOD AND RIGHTEOUS GORLOIS GOOD AND RIGHTEOUS GORLOIS
DUKE OF CORNWALLDUKE OF CORNWALL
AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, IGRAINEAND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, IGRAINE
MERLIN COMES TO THE WORLD WHEN MAUGANTIUS THE FALSE
ADVISES VORTIGERN TO SACRIFICE A BOY, AND USE
HIS BLOOD TO MIX WITH THE MORTER; THEN HE MAY RAISE
A GREAT KEEP TO PROTECT HIM FROM BATTLE.
VORTIGERN PENDRAGON IS IMMOLATED IN HIS KEEP
GORLOIS SURRENDERSGORLOIS SURRENDERS
MERLIN CONJURES A CHILDMERLIN CONJURES A CHILD
• MERLIN'S SPELL
UTHER AND IGRAINE
UTHER RIDES OUT
MERLIN COLLECTS HIS PRIZE
A CHILD FOR A NIGHT OF LUST
IGRAINE WILL NOT LEAVE THE WINDOW…SHE DOES NOT EAT OR SLEEP AWAITING THE RETURN OF THE BABY
MORGANA, HER DAUGHTER TRIES TO COAX HER BACK TO THE WORLD AND FAILS
UTHER PROMISES TO FIND THE BOY
NATURE VERSUS NURTURENATURE VERSUS NURTURE
• MERLIN EXPERIMENTS WITH THE RAISING OF ARTHUR
• WILL THE BOY’S TAINTED PENDRAGON BLOOD RULE HIS DESTINY
• CAN HIS NUTURING SAVE HIM?
• THE BOY IS RAISED BY HECTOR, A COUNTRY KNIGHT
TOURNAMENTTOURNAMENT
• HECTOR TAKES HIS SON KAY AND YOUNG ARTHUR TO THE EASTER TOURNAMENT
• KAY IS ENTERING THE LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME
• ARTHUR IS HIS SQUIRE AND FAILS TO SAFEGUARD KAY’S EQUIPMENT
• THE BOY PULLS THE SWORD OF PENDRAGON FROM THE STONE SO HIS FOSTER BROTHER WILL NOT LOSE HIS CHANCE
A BOY BECOMES KINGA BOY BECOMES KINGBY DRAWING THE SWORD OF BY DRAWING THE SWORD OF
PENDRAGON FROM THE STONEPENDRAGON FROM THE STONE• THE SWORD IN THE STONE
FOR EVERY KING, A QUEENFOR EVERY KING, A QUEEN
THE DAUGHTER OF LEODOGRANCE OF CAMELIARDTHE DAUGHTER OF LEODOGRANCE OF CAMELIARD
CARLISLE
CAMELOT
A ROUND TABLEA ROUND TABLE
NO MAN IS GREATER THAN ANOTHERNO MAN IS GREATER THAN ANOTHER
THE ORKNEY FACTIONTHE ORKNEY FACTION
• CHILDREN OF MORGANA, ARTHUR’S HALF SISTER
• GAWAIN• AGGRAVAIN• GARETH AND GAHERIS• MORDRED PENDRAGON• PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY MERLIN
AND ARTHUR FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF IGRAINE
THE EMPTY SEATSTHE EMPTY SEATS
• ONE FOR THE ADVISOR• ONE FOR THE QUEEN’S
CHAMPION• ONE FOR THE GRAIL
CHAMPION, THE SEAT PERILOUS
KING PELLINOREKING PELLINORETHE ADVISORTHE ADVISOR
• PELLINORE LEARNS ABOUT COMMON LAW• WARRIOR KING• MADMAN WHO HAS LOST HIS FAMILY AND
KINGDOM• QUESTING BEAST• BRILLIANT STRATEGIST• BELIEVES THE KING SHOULD BE ABOVE
THE LAW• SOMETIMES THE FATHER OF PERCEVAL
LANCELOTLANCELOTQUEEN’S CHAMPIONQUEEN’S CHAMPION
• KING BORS AND QUEEN ELAINE
• SEIGE AND BIRTH
• THE BOY IS RAISED BY THE QUEEN OF THE GOOD FAIRIES
• SENT TO FIND A KING STRONG AND GOOD ENOUGH TO SERVE
• THERE MUST BE A DUEL
LANCELOT DIVIDES THE TABLELANCELOT DIVIDES THE TABLE
• THE CHALLENGE
EXCALIBUREXCALIBURTHE SWORD OF THE DRAGONTHE SWORD OF THE DRAGON
• DELIVERED TO ARTHUR BY NIMUE, LADY OF THE LAKE
• SHE IS MERLIN’S GREATEST WEAKNESS…HIS HUMAN SIDE LOVES HER
• SHE IS THE HANDMAIDEN OF THE DRAGON WHO IS SENT TO TEST ARTHUR AND HIS RESOLVE
• LATER, SHE WILL BE USED TO DESTROY MERLIN
LANCELOT LEAVES CAMELOT
• ELAINE, THE LADY OF SHALOTT
• ELAINE OF PERILOUS
• A BEWITCHED MARRIAGE
• DREAMS AND WASTING
• THE HERO RETURNS TO HIS HEART
• GUINEVERE AND ELAINE FORCE HIM TO CHOOSE
DIRE DECISIONDIRE DECISION
ELAINE OF PERILOUSELAINE OF PERILOUS
• ELAINE GIVES BIRTH TO A SON
• GALAHAD, THE PERFECT
• HE IS EXPOSED TO ALL THAT IS GOOD AND ALL THAT IS EVIL
• HE CHOOSES TO BE GOOD
• GALAHAD IS THE SEAT PERILOUS
• THE GRAIL KNIGHT
SLANDER AND STRIFESLANDER AND STRIFE
• AGGRAVAIN AND MORDRED EXPOSE LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE
• THE QUEEN STANDS TRIAL• LANCELOT ESCAPES TO JOYOUS GARDE• GUINEVERE IS SENTENCESD TO BURN• LANCELOT AND HIS COUSINS ARRIVE TO SAVE
HER• UNARMED GARETH AND GAHERIS ARE KILLED• BLOOD FEUD ENSUES BETWEEN LANCELOT AND
GAWAIN
ARTHUR WITHERSARTHUR WITHERSAND THE TABLE SPLITSAND THE TABLE SPLITS
• MORDRED RIDES TO THE NORTH WITH SOME OF THE KNIGHTS
• THE STORY DIVIDES AT THIS POINT
• SOME VERSIONS SEND ARTHUR TO WAR IN FRANCE WITH LANCELOT
• OTHERS START THE GRAIL SEQUENCES THEN MOVE TO WAR IN FRANCE
LOSS OF THE ADVISORLOSS OF THE ADVISOR
• PELLINORE IS LOST WHILE ON GRAIL QUEST
• HE SAVES NIMUE FROM THE BLACK KNIGHT• SHE RETURNS TO CAMELOT AND TESTS
ARTHUR• WHEN SHE MEETS MORGANA, SHE
BECOMES VIVIAN• VIVIAN AND MORGANA IMPRISON MERLIN IN
EITHER A CRYSTAL CAVE OR AN OAK TREE
CARBONEK
THE QUEST OF THE QUEST OF THE GRAILTHE GRAIL
•A SEPARATION OF MAN FROM THE GROUP
•THE SACRED JOURNEY WITHIN ONESELF
•THE GRAIL IS A METAPHOR FOR THE HUMAN BODY CONTAINING THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE FOUR HALLOWSTHE FOUR HALLOWS
SPEAR
SWORD
PATEN
GRAIL
THE GRAIL PROCESSIONTHE GRAIL PROCESSION
OBSERVED BY PERCEVAL AT CARBONEK
• A SQUIRE WITH A BLEEDING LANCE
• TWO SQUIRES WITH TEN-BRANCHED CANDELABRAS
• A MAIDEN WITH A BLOODY PLATE, SOMETIMES WITH A HEAD FLOATING IN THE BLOOD
• THE MAIDEN WITH THE GRAIL
THE GRAIL SWORDTHE GRAIL SWORD
• TREBUCHET
• SHATTERED WHEN IT STRUCK GOON DESERT
• TIP WEDGED IN FISHER KING’S GROIN
• MAKING IT WHOLE AND HEALING THE KING IS PART OF THE QUEST
• THE KNIGHT MUST SUCCESSFULLY FACE DOUBT
GAWAINGAWAIN
•THE HAWK OF THE MAY
•THE MARION KNIGHT
•WORTHY OF THE GRAIL, BUT FLAWED
•DEVOTION TO WOMEN IS HIS MAJOR FLAW
•HE IS IMPETUOUS
PERCEVAL, THE PERCEVAL, THE GRAIL KINGGRAIL KING
•POSSIBLY THE SON OF PELLINORE…HE TOO IS OFTEN LOST
•RAISED BY MOTHER IN THE WOODS…HE IS THE INNOCENT FOOL
•FIGHTS UNTRAINED FOR ARTHUR AND IS KNIGHTED
•MEETS THE FISHER KING AND FAILS TO ASK, “WHAT IS THE GRAIL, AND WHOM DOES IT SERVE
•WANDERS 5 YEARS, SUFFERS MANY TRIALS
•FINALLY ASKS THE QUESTION AND HEALS THE FISHER KING
GALAHADGALAHADTHE
PERFECT KNIGHT
***
HE IS THE ONLY ONE
WORTHY TO CARRY THE
GRAIL
***
THE GRAIL IS CARRIED TO HEAVEN BY A HAND AFTER THE DEATH OF GALAHAD
ACCORDING TO THE
QUESTE, HE CARRIES THE
GRAIL TO CAMELOT, TAKES HIS
SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND HEALS THE
KING
MALORYMALORY
• THE USUAL CHOICE CHANGES
• THE GRAIL KNIGHTS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL ARE GALAHAD, PERCEVAL, AND BORS
• BORS RETURNS TO CAMELOT ALONE, WITH THE HOLY GRAIL
FINAL BATTLEFINAL BATTLE• FINAL BATTLE
• MORDRED ATTACKS CAMELOT WHILE ARTHUR IS LAYING SEIGE TO LANCELOT’S CASTLE
• MORTALLY WOUNDED GAWAIN DIES ON THE JOURNEY BACK TO ENGLAND
• A TRUCE IS CALLED BETWEEN ARTHUR AND MORDRED
• SNAKE BITES A KNIGHT WHO RAISES HIS SWORD…ITS FLASH CALLS THE SIDES TO BATTLE
• ARCHETYPAL BATTLE BETWEEN FATHER AND SON
DEATH OF ARTHURDEATH OF ARTHUR• ARTHUR'S LAST MOMENTS
• BEDEVERE IS THE LAST MAN STANDING
• ARTHUR ASKS THAT HE RETURN EXCALIBUR TO THE WATER
• WHEN HE FINALLY DOES AS THE KING ASKS, A HAND RISES AND SNATCHES THE SWORD FROM THE AIR
• MYSTICAL QUEENS ARRIVE IN A BARGE AND TAKE ARTHUR AWAY TO THE ISLE OF AVALON…
WHERE HE WAITS FOR ENGLAND TO NEED HIM AGAIN….HE IS THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING!