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๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Arthurian Legend

British mythology of King Arthur, Excalibur, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table

Britain 500 Myths & Epics

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Legend of King Arthur, Merlin the wizard, Knights of the Round Table and the Holy Grail

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Earliest references in Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth (1138)

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Inspired thousands of works: Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1859), T.H. White's The Once and Future King, Monty Python

Excalibur โ€” Arthur's magical sword โ€” could only be drawn by the rightful king of Britain

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๐Ÿ‰ Myths & Epics

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๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Britain

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British mythology of King Arthur, Excalibur, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table