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 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:37 am
Being King Arthur I'd like to know how much everybody knows about Arthurian legend.
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:55 pm
Almost nothing. I watched The Sword in The Stone when I was little.
That's almost all though.
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:35 am
I know a fair amount. It's more of a legend than a myth however, King Arthur more than likely did exist however probably was not a king. Other than that the rest of the characters were probably added in later. For instance Lancelot was added in by Chretien de Troyes in his story "Lancelot: Knight of the Cart". Before him was Geoffrey of Monmoth (I can't spell so these spellings could be wrong) who added in characters such as Merlin.
The story of Lancelot and Guinevere's love affair destroying the kingdom (as Chretien de Troyes wrote about the love affair, however it was in more of a positive light) was written much later in huge manuscripts, these however were written when the church was more predominant. These documents were also when the quest for the grail became the quest for the *holy* grail.
If you have any questions about King Arthur or the legend feel free to ask, I'm by no means an expert, however I know a fair deal on it.
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:06 pm
Wow. I'm impressed.
You know the legend and the history behind it.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:18 am
Beware the Jabberwock I know a fair amount. It's more of a legend than a myth however, King Arthur more than likely did exist however probably was not a king. Other than that the rest of the characters were probably added in later. For instance Lancelot was added in by Chretien de Troyes in his story "Lancelot: Knight of the Cart". Before him was Geoffrey of Monmoth (I can't spell so these spellings could be wrong) who added in characters such as Merlin.
The story of Lancelot and Guinevere's love affair destroying the kingdom (as Chretien de Troyes wrote about the love affair, however it was in more of a positive light) was written much later in huge manuscripts, these however were written when the church was more predominant. These documents were also when the quest for the grail became the quest for the *holy* grail.
If you have any questions about King Arthur or the legend feel free to ask, I'm by no means an expert, however I know a fair deal on it. I do too I just wanted to see if any body else did.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:24 pm
All I know is in high school they had us read "Le Morte d'Arthur," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and the "Prose Tristan," and the teacher lectured about which real guy historians think was probably Arthur, and how the Arthurian Cycle developed over the years. And my favourite story of the three was Gawain and the Green Knight, because it was funny sweatdrop
So mostly, I know very few actual stories about King Arthur, and a lot of scattered names of authors that contributed to the Arthurian Cycle. It's actually kind of a pity that we didn't spend more time on Arthurian legend, but we had to move on to Beowulf or Chaucer or something like that.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:43 am
Eol the Dark Elf All I know is in high school they had us read "Le Morte d'Arthur," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and the "Prose Tristan," and the teacher lectured about which real guy historians think was probably Arthur, and how the Arthurian Cycle developed over the years. And my favourite story of the three was Gawain and the Green Knight, because it was funny sweatdrop So mostly, I know very few actual stories about King Arthur, and a lot of scattered names of authors that contributed to the Arthurian Cycle. It's actually kind of a pity that we didn't spend more time on Arthurian legend, but we had to move on to Beowulf or Chaucer or something like that.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, though is related to the Athurian legends, as it contains the characters is really not as prodominant. As it was created around the end of the middle ages/beginning of the renissance and was the last real work about chivalry. Set of course to the background of the black plague. The Pearl Poet isn't really considered a huge Arthurian writer however, as all of the stuff surrounding Arthur had already been created by other people. What was different about him was how he brought Gawain to the forefront, as Gawain was usually a supporting character.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:24 pm
Beware the Jabberwock Eol the Dark Elf All I know is in high school they had us read "Le Morte d'Arthur," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and the "Prose Tristan," and the teacher lectured about which real guy historians think was probably Arthur, and how the Arthurian Cycle developed over the years. And my favourite story of the three was Gawain and the Green Knight, because it was funny sweatdrop So mostly, I know very few actual stories about King Arthur, and a lot of scattered names of authors that contributed to the Arthurian Cycle. It's actually kind of a pity that we didn't spend more time on Arthurian legend, but we had to move on to Beowulf or Chaucer or something like that.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, though is related to the Athurian legends, as it contains the characters is really not as prodominant. As it was created around the end of the middle ages/beginning of the renissance and was the last real work about chivalry. Set of course to the background of the black plague. The Pearl Poet isn't really considered a huge Arthurian writer however, as all of the stuff surrounding Arthur had already been created by other people. What was different about him was how he brought Gawain to the forefront, as Gawain was usually a supporting character.
Yeah, I think I saw a show on the history channel on that..
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:20 pm
I took a medieval studies course here in university and we focused a lot on King Arthur. XD I still have all the notes from that course, as well.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:16 pm
That's cool. I don't know much about those kinds of legends, probably since I've been too busy with japanese mythology, my speciality when it comes to myths.
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:11 am
I believe in the legend rather then what historians think "really" happend.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:18 pm
Deltalord I believe in the legend rather then what historians think "really" happend.
The legend hasn't remained static, not to mention that even today there are many different versions of it.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:25 pm
I know he blew up a bunny with a granade
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:15 pm
REM Sleep I know he blew up a bunny with a granade
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:31 am
not just any holy hand grenade. "The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" wink
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