Is there any truth to the King Arthur legends? - Alan Lupack

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King Arthur has risen again and again in our collective imagination, along with his retinue of knights, Guinevere, the Round Table, Camelot, and of course Excalibur. But where do these stories come from, and is there any truth to them? Alan Lupack traces the evolution of King Arthur.
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[@arawn1061]

No mention of Ambrosius Aurelianus?

[@dishantgupta1290]

I thought caliburn was sword in the Stone and Excalibur the sword bestowed by the lady of the lake to long Arthur??

[@felixlee9645]

TED-Ed more riddles pls

[@derp3607]

Ted please do Giordano Bruno Please

[@mse5842]

King Arthur rode on his steed with Patsy along with the Knights of the Round table to seek the Holy Grail in which God has cast the quest upon. They travelled forth upon the Britons to seek the holy grail. Eventually they came upon Strange French Person who wouldnt give the Holy Grail to whom God has chosen. Upon his dissapointed, he and his knights went along their seperate ways until they met up again to fight the Strange French person. Through the hills, Tim the sorcerer, the Killer Bunny and the Cave of (I cant spell) they lost most knights but finally found the location of the holy Grail. King Arthur rallied up an entire Army of English soldiers to attack Strange French Person to retrieve the Holy Grail to God's chosen people. So they attacked the French fortress only to be stopped by the Police Department who accused them of murder and conphiscated all their weapons and troops. In the end, it would be Strange French Person who would keep the Holy Grail for him and his taunt loving friends for all time to come.

[@sithuaung2041]

King athur wanted to search the holy grail because it gave immortality. We will never know if king arthur existed but in a way, he did achieve immortality. We are still talking about him after all these years.

[@snaketooth0943]

That's a really good point

[@rodigoduterte9192]

ripper 1241 so true, some of people would literary gave their children's name "Arthur" to commemorate him

[@idkwayta1722]

The holy grail was added by the poet, author

[@jackharper4274]

You mean her?

[@janmichaelcjamisola]

Run away!

[@fatimah3017]

*in a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man, his name, MERLIN*

[@thundertaker14]

I was just about to comment that xD

[@snowwhite8143]

fatimah YES THANK YOU

[@OSDisco]

What's it from?

[@iceblazer8256]

Garden of Avalon

[@CorvetteEnthusiast]

YES

[@schizoidboy]

This sure gives an example of how far fan-fiction can go. The story got started by someone, possibly based on someone real and just became something that had a life of its own because people kept on adding to it.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

yes , and half of it is ironically based on Charlesmagne Legends.

[@RadityaNugraheni2405]

I think so! 1000 years old fan-fiction, nothing can beat that.

[@sadiewest7021]

@@phantasosxgames8488 if you look though a lot of legends have similarities. If you look at the hero’s story in different cultures for example, you’ll see nearly the same cycle in pretty much all of them.

[@ye3053]

@@RadityaNugraheni2405 its kinds like how people portray sherlock Holmes and add little bits to his background.

[@kellydalstok8900]

That’s how a nobody in first century Israel grew out to become the son of a god.

[@glamgirl854]

Imagine being such an amazing author that your stories literally makes the world question whether they're fact or fiction, that's legendary status

[@lohithreddy6629]

true

[@shafqatishan437]

I don't think king Arthur is just a made up story or belongs to one author. He definitely existed but most of the legends are exaggerated and changed.

[@saurabhsolanki3437]

@@shafqatishan437 you just proved his point😁

[@badkate1711]

@@saurabhsolanki3437 no pay attention 🤦

[@Zqppy]

There are literal Records of Multiple King Arthurs from Wales

[@Norsketrutt]

My god his voice is soothing and chill!

[@DJ-ei4ox]

Ikr!

[@kallebuchholz2156]

I scrolled down, to read, if somebody already wrote that. It haven’t take long. Lol.

[@Norsketrutt]

Bobby Derran I think they simply are on rotation, not gone for good :)

[@kimyongin1987]

I'm tired after all of my daily hassles, but the narrator's voice is so healing and soothing. It's so relaxing 😆

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

Great accent too

[@TheZanzaroni]

Can you imagine how simple "but he was no Arthur" could have been to the guy writing it, but how important it must be to the one who discovered it years later?

[@neutronalchemist3241]

The reference to Arthur in the Gododdin is probably a later addition (the oldest copy we have is of the 13th century), of the same time of the Historia Brittonum (not to be mistaken with the later Historia Regum Britanniae), where there is the first datable reference (around 828 AD) of Arthur as a warlord that lived in 6th century and won many battles against the Saxons. Other Welsh fairy tales had been embellished the same way, with the main characer being said to be related to Arthur in some way.

[@MTC008]

​@@neutronalchemist3241if arthur was ever a real person he would had been likely a chieftain warlord of a tribe group in england rather than being a king of a monarchy kingdom

[@nothanks1239]

I always figured it was a myth. But, I live in Cornwall, not far from the ruins of 'camelot' nor far from the area he supposedly acquired excalibre. And despite knowing it's not real, it still brings so much magic and wonder to the world.

[@nothanks1239]

@@RavenclawLad I think that's exactly it. Always be a child part of me that just wants some magic in life 😆 Scotland is a beautiful place though.

[@VITAS874]

Do you find sword ? 😉

[@nothanks1239]

@@VITAS874 I no find sword 😆

[@renascitur7051]

@@nothanks1239 ROFL I NO FIND SWORD

[@lupohutchington269]

Well technically it could exist in a parallel dimensions or universe. Also it could be real but extremely exaggerated. Like the legend of great men.

[@wijcik]

Could "Arthur" be a title that we have turned into a name? Just a thought.

[@Thermopylae66]

Very likely.

[@jacobandrews2663]

@@Thermopylae66 Makes me think of how "Jarl" or "Earl" are names in their own right today. So i would say that is a very smart observation.

[@ZecaPinto1]

Arthur means bear

[@Thermopylae66]

@@ZecaPinto1 really?? In what language?

[@ZecaPinto1]

@@Thermopylae66 in the language of its origin. Welsh

[@ArnoldTeras]

Sigh...if only we but had a time machine. So many stories and ancient secrets could be ours to unravel and behold.

[@solus2074]

And so that we will know the last words of Einstein

[@jonathankeen8836]

And the secrets of the library of alexandria

[@grimchee3892]

*And to be convicted as witches and die* _I’m kidding 😅_

[@zoetropo1]

We have parchments.

[@gonzalesmartin1910]

Your Right Maybe we NEED IT!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Definitely all true, I've seen documentary footage of the knights who say "ni".

[@Wilson-qf9sg]

Do they demand a shrubbery?

[@AlexBallMusic]

One that looks nice. And not too expensive.

[@timothyalvis6654]

Alex Ball As long as they don't say that dreaded word.

[@stripe143yellow9]

I liked the part with the holy hand grenade

[@Brandonhayhew]

I liked the part that peasant say that "strange womans laying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis form a system of government? "

[@FunFilmFare]

So the Arthurian legends were just one big fanfiction collab !

[@valhatan3907]

Yes it is, 😂 I've spend time researching about *Arthurian "Legend"* just to find out half of the characters in it were fictional. Or rather was real, but adapted as fictional.

[@yohansanchitha1018]

@@valhatan3907 so was there no Arthur no merlin just fictional come on man

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

I mean its impossible to figure out. Maybe there were original records of Arthur's and his companions existing and the sword and the wizard could've been just a metaphorical meaning. Maybe the celts at that time knew this coz their ancestors told them,but there were no official records. We can't know for sure.

[@bens.8787]

@@valhatan3907 Typing questions in Google and reading Wikipedia don't equal a valid research at the slightest. Publish your paper instead of claiming you've done an actual research.

[@valhatan3907]

@@bens.8787 LOL When I and other people say "doing research" they are not necessarily always doing it to publish a paper, sir. Maybe they're doing "research" for fun, or just to write a novel that include the said topic. Then why they need to publish a paper for doing that? It seems you didn't think about any of those possibilities don't you.

[@user-fp3yc9hm6m]

Poet in 2021: “Dickbutt.” Historians in 3032: “Though records of this era are incomplete due to the nuclear war that followed, it is widely believed that Dickus Buttockus, king of America in the early 21st century, sent his knight sir Dancelot out on a quest for the Holy Grill.”

[@sheetaldeshpande8061]

😂

[@hunterofdarkness8329]

It was said that the grill was a powerful artifact which can grill any type of meat and gives it a juicy flavor with a strong aroma

[@paulag2172]

Awesome 😎

[@SuAva]

Sir Dancelot and the Holy Grill xD

[@scarlyt1017]

Lmfaooo

[@Linuck]

"Let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place."

[@eragon1510]

Right

[@nayyarrashid4661]

Could have very easily translated into cameltoe

[@gazman1238]

It's a lovely life in Camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam-a-lot.

[@vyceros7062]

@@gazman1238 We're the Knights of the Round Table!

[@tintonbagustriyoko8676]

Cumelot

[@Ra-hu3sg]

You know Arthur is legendary when you see Hollywood movies showing 400CE England as a glorious place.

[@feynstein1004]

Yeah I don't think the Transformers franchise is a good place to reference...anything.

[@Ra-hu3sg]

Feynstein 100 I think at the time some other arthurian-themed movie was also out wherein they wore medieval knight armor.

[@feynstein1004]

+Ra Ahaha my bad, mate. I thought you were talking about Transformers: The Last Knight.

[@GameyRaccoon]

Please just say AD. Like it or not that's what our calendar is based on. If it wasn't for Christianity, western civilization wouldn't exist.

[@donttrytokillme1231]

@@GameyRaccoon The debate between bc/ad and bce/ce is pretty much pointless. Just let people call it what they want.

[@Warrka4]

Imagine being so interested in a random throw away reference that you accidentally create a legend so big it's never forgotten.

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Look at Atlantis. It was only an off handed comment by Aristotle which grew into a huge myth

[@hunterofdarkness8329]

@@Mxyzptlksac Almost forgot that place existed. But that myth will soon end after some technology advancement but I still see no end for the great legends of King Arthur

[@Zqppy]

There are multiple sources from the time.

[@georgehugh3455]

There very well could have been numerous source materials when the 1170 AD edition of Arthurian legend got going. A lot (of destruction) has happened since then.

[@TuanAnhNguyen-en9bx]

Ah yes, Camelot. That brings memories... EXCALIBUR... GALATINEEE

[@ozymandio5050]

RHONGOMYNIAD

[@blazeasu]

CLARENTO BLOOD ARTHURR

[@marcbernardo8728]

Ptsd

[@vincentxu8217]

I feel you. I could only beat one boss every three days.

[@gp2779]

I’m gonna counter it with EYE OF THE EURYALEEEEE

[@emmaxx1987xx]

I'm from Monmouth, and Caerleon is very near my home. We used to go on school trips to see the Roman amphitheatre that is there and I remember learning all about Arthur and being so captivated by the story. A lot of Welsh history comes from story telling and I love how with each new telling it gets embellished, adding magic, dragons, the sword and then it's passed on through generations and we can still enjoy it today. I like to think that there is truth in the roots of stories, and that there was indeed a man called Arthur who fought battles near the place where I grew up.

[@marianafernandeznajle2729]

I wish I could go and visit this place!

[@zoetropo1]

Alan Rufus visited Monmouth around when the Priory was founded. Geoffrey, Gaimar and Wace all admired Alan for his great feats of arms. Alan was a noble Breton descended in male-line from a 9th century salt merchant and courtier with a Welsh name, Ridoredh of Gwened.

[@downinthevalley9757]

OK not really related but this comment is beautifully written, like this was poetry

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

That's my point. The people at that time knew about Arthur but there just wasn't enough paper record. It was passed as oral since they didn't knew how to write.

[@pathumus8093]

I'm a direct descendent from Bleddyn. Whom you may know. The name is much associated with early Welsh royalty, Bleddyn ap Cynfyn being an 11th Century prince in Gwynedd (North Wales), and Bleddyn Fardd, who flourished circa 1268, was one of the princes' poets. It is recorded that "At the Survey (Domesday Book, 1086), Alan, son of Flaald, obtained the manor and castle of Oswaldstrey (Oswestry) in Shropshire, which belonged to Meredith ap Blethyn, a Welshman or Briton, by gift from William the Conqueror". Arthur was a real man, a real king. Of course over the years the story has been elaborated upon.

[@settrasurfs1780]

In the comments 50% Anime references 50% Monty Python References

[@chxrbb_dxllhouse5403]

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries

[@LinhHa-gx5js]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@JohnClarkGaming]

50% Merlin references

[@diablotry5154]

1% tales of arcadia references 1% marvel references

[@cjpreach]

"50% Anime references - 50% Monty Python References" Neither of which I am a fan. But Arthur is groovy cool.

[@vizzini4079]

Wait hold up... when does King Arthur become a servant and fight Gilgamesh?

[@3Illyas]

After her/his fight with Mordred her/his son/daughter. She/He died I guess???

[@skilledwarman]

@@3Illyas yes actually. they don't make that part very clear in the Fate series, but in the legends Arthur was mortally wounded by Mordred (sometimes his son, sometimes a nephew depending on the version) and eventually died after Excalibur was returned to the lake

[@ishanishah3340]

Is that the viking creation myth

[@GG-vr8zz]

@@ishanishah3340 nope, its japanese creation myth

[@samuraijosh1595]

@@ishanishah3340 Anime.

[@ekoi1995]

0:16 Thomas Malory - Le Morte D'Arthur 15th century 1:26 The Gododdin - Gwawrddur was skilled slaying his enemies 2:01 1130 - Geoffrey of Monmouth ∟2:13 The history of the Kings of Britain ∟2:27 he cobbled together fragments of myth and poetry to compensate of almost complete lack of offical records ∟2:48 Caledfwlch and Caerleon ∟3:03 Merlin - Myrddin 3:21 Latin to French - Wace 1155 CE ∟3:34 Round Table 3:45 Chretien de Troyes ∟3:55 Lancelot and Gawain ∟4:06 Love Triangle ∟4:08 Holy Grail 4:39 Caerleon to Camelot 4:41 Caliburnus to Excalibur

[@MTC008]

if arthur did actually existed, he would had been likely a germanic tribe leader only not a king or leader of a kingdom, but he will have a nation but it is only a group of primitive tents basically a tribal kingdom of the germanic people so he will be a tribe chief of a germanic primitive tent village

[@shortfuse875]

"We have the Holy Hand Grenade!" "Yes of course! The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!"

[@smallbird2049]

Yes

[@jrsultan3040]

Yes

[@ShinSennju]

shalt thou count to three, no more, no less.

[@CuriosityCulture]

The power of poetry is real. I just wish I felt this way in high school English class!

[@oof-rr5nf]

I know I did at least for Robert Frost's "Two Roads" and Shakespeare's "Nor Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments" (also, Julius Ceaser - does that count?) and Samuel Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Oh, and "Ozymadias" by Percy Shelley. I had to look up the full titles and authors' names, lol.

[@oof-rr5nf]

@Ronit Narendra Dhanphole 🤘👊

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Better teachers and better examples could have had me interested sooner.

[@rajeshsharmajaipur]

@Ronit Narendra Dhanphole CBSE is the best thing India ever did in Educating it's young generation.

[@rajeshsharmajaipur]

@@oof-rr5nf Also Vikram seth

[@instantramen4588]

Nobody: Type moon: Yeah he would make a great waifu

[@shirayukinobunaga9424]

Also Type Moon: He made such a good waifu that we decided to give out the male form as well

[@maracabo1176]

Actually it was suposed to be a male hero and the game was with a female heroine But then they fought about Shirou and re did everything to focus on him and his vision of heroism, and the gender swap was suposed to be a 1 time thing Times didn't ended up as planed

[@maracabo1176]

@Joshua Sweeney Its a game company that made a series called Fate, it has a bunch of heros os history and mythology and some of them become waifus

[@ninjaluc79]

@@maracabo1176 Back when Fate was made in 2004, otome games (Visual Novels for female audiences) didn't sell that well and probably still don't today, so a visual novel with a male Arthur and a female protagonist would not have made it to primetime. The decision to swap their genders, i.e., a female Arthur and a male protagonist, turned Type Moon and Fate into the commercial juggernauts they are today.

[@electrocuti]

Love ur pfp

[@paulsunday7688]

The narrator's voice & accent, are ideal for a story teller. And that music in the end is epic. I just love this video

[@raffyandaindrajaya5171]

I love the narrator voice ever since the Macbeth video

[@PTNLemay]

What exactly is his accent?

[@XXRolando2008]

bretesh

[@mattdavies8272]

northern welsh

[@jvaldez97]

It sounded to me like a British/Indian hybrid

[@jacqueskibu]

SoulAsasin Jr. it’s definitely Welsh

[@szhou2513]

If King Arthur is real then why haven't I still got him after spending 240 quartz?

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Steven Zhou Which mean he’s fake! After all, some hag in the body of water distributing sword is not a base for a government institution.

[@abhigyakoirala6075]

Clear data and restart it, youll get Arthur for a few minutes

[@NotiShounen]

Use summon tickets to call forth King Arthur. Or maybe he is terrified of Gudako. That's why?

[@financialproblems9308]

1% ssr gacha rates that’s why

[@mando9518]

Wht game

[@Zorn-Arc-Hohlheit]

Shoutout to the Fate franchise for making me hooked to Myth and historical characters.

[@fallenaeon7084]

​@Ainz was it because of the women you smashed in different timelines when you were a highschooler? 🥹

[@TheDataman2]

I always find it amusing when Arthur is used as an example of a mythical, medieval king of England. It's ironic because he was historically made famous in the earlier Old welsh poems, as he led the Britons in their battles to defend Albion against the invading Saxons (modern day English). So not an English King, but rather their worst enemy! Also, shocking pronunciations of the welsh words Caledfwlch and Caerleon!

[@georgehugh3455]

Of course the Saxon kings gave way to the Normans, etc., and now I think the Germans are in charge, no?

[@chrissmith3587]

We shouldn’t really describe the invading Saxons as the modern English, Modern English and the “anglo-saxons” were a mix of people, including the Britons of the Roman and post Roman periods. To the English, Arthur is one side of a war our ancestors fought

[@shelbynamels7948]

the pronunciations may be shocking, but at least he kept is tongue intact 😆😅🤣

[@n1ppe]

Were they shockingly bad or shockingly good pronounciations?

[@viviblue2329]

Short more accurate story “there was once a person whose name might’ve translated roughly into Arthur. He was a skilled military man and he and his men fought the invaders of the isles. The end”

[@mariojorge68]

Or were the invaders of the isles

[@zoetropo1]

Vivi Blue: And defeated them. That’s crucial. As is the fact that they then married the widows and daughters of the men they’d slain, and employed the poorer Anglo-Saxon women as nannies, thus ensuring that the English language would prevail. (Gildas facepalms.)

[@deriejohns9809]

His name was Rio Thamus...I think

[@TheStantriX98]

Lucius Arturius Castus

[@zoetropo1]

Dedrie Johnson: Riothamus, a personal friend of Sidonius Apollinaris. Jordanes called him ‘King of the Britons’. Gregory of Tours and Cassiodorus also provide information. So he is a well-attested historic figure.

[@user-yv2ss8sh9n]

Still waiting for Merlin season 6, they have a whole script ready. Just need the producers on board

[@Batman-ro9mj]

Probably never gonna happen, although I do wish.

[@lucky_clover_4]

I finished watching it on Netflix a few days ago... I don’t think I’ll ever get over the ending

[@bigbruhenergygobrr]

@@lucky_clover_4 this is everyone in the Merlin fandom, dont worry

[@RandomAsianKid-mv6zq]

Is this actually

[@mikosbookstore166]

I finished it years ago when it first came to tv and I’m STILL not over it.

[@vincentxu8217]

"Art thou my Master?"

[@catmom1322]

I'm a firm believer that the Camelot story--all versions--are equally accurate & will believe that for the rest of my life. It's one of my favorite stories & whenever I see an Arthurian story of any kind, I have to read it.

[@crashoppe]

strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. you cant expect to wield extreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. if i went around saying i was an emperor just because some moistened bink had lodged a scimitar at me they'd put me away. - Dennis from the holy grail

[@jellyboy00]

Japanese even turned Arthur in to a women and made her fall in love with a high-school teenage LOL

[@kimjiro4591]

Sabeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@rollin340]

Arguably the most well known and successful version of any of his legends. We live in an interesting time, don't we?

[@jedimasterpickle3]

@@rollin340 I mean, I love Fate, but I'd wager that Monty Python is more well-known than Fate/Stay Night.

[@Invic_Silver]

@@jedimasterpickle3 Probably only among older audience.

[@wijcik]

@@Invic_Silver Probably. I have never heard of Fate but I'm in my thirties. I'm not up on what the teens and twenty-somethings know. I will admit, also not a fan of anime. Surprised no one has mentioned BBC's Merlin on here or the fantastic Mists of Avalon from the '90's. So many versions of this tale!

[@adamosborne685]

We all know that Arthur lives inside the heart of every man who knows his name 👑

[@zoetropo1]

Adam Osborne: and in the hearts of many who know what he stands for, even if they don’t know his name.

[@kokosama9953]

Artoria pendragon.

[@redarrow2036]

Glory to the King of Knights 💪

[@wwb16]

king of the britons

[@notdumbrella6399]

@@kokosama9953 Certainly lives in our heart

[@weltschmertzz]

I love the tone of his voice and slow pace! It's relaxing and like therapy.

[@bluecat6902]

But Excalibur isnt Caliburn. Arthur pulled Caliburn from the stone but he acquired Excalibur from the lady of the lake. If im not mistaken

[@SevilleOrange]

different tellings about the same sword

[@agenti4734]

Yeah but history actually fricked things up. They were initially one in the same if I am not wrong. But then historians messed up the names and now you got two swords

[@katherinelai567]

I'm curious where you're getting this confidence from lol

[@Batman-ro9mj]

They’re used interchangeably all the time

[@MicheleGardini]

yes, they had this problem to make one from two, and that's how we had the idea for swiss knife.

[@nettle8605]

**BBC Merlin theme song starts playing**

[@hannahquintua]

Ohhhhh

[@hannahquintua]

In a land of myth, and a time of ma-

[@lavidaemo3291]

Gic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man(about to finish my rewatch, I watched it when I was 5 and have never gone past season 2, and I only have 2 episodes left, I'm not ready to break my heart 😭)

[@pickledeggs_1545]

Da da da dadadaaaa da

[@barbaro267]

YESSSS

[@stenrod2383]

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[@azizanputra]

Did you heard that??. . . . Look look, Iam being oppressed!

[@RoScFan]

Is that from a movie or something?

[@a.vandenhoek4636]

Yes, I believe it's from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

[@azizanputra]

@@RoScFan yes from the movie monty python and the holy grail.

[@arthurbriand2175]

Even today creating a supernatural aura to your ascension to power is a surprisingly effective way to legitimize any claim to supreme power.

[@terragthegreat175]

If you want a version of the Arthurian canon that puts the stories back in the period they originated from (the British Dark Age c. 500 AD) then read Bernard Cromwells 'Warlord Chronicles'. By far the best version of the Arthur myths. It's more historical fiction than anything and is packed with so much character and tension I don't think I'll ever be able to look at any other version of the stories again.

[@user-pq4fc1mc7q]

With random French names, very authentic. Feels a bit of a cheat to use names from the romances to draw in an audience, because that's THE enduring tradition, only to have nothing in common with the stories associated with those names

[@tormentedzeus2755]

Its amazing how a then probably very ordinary poem changed so drastically and became a legend through centuries of miscommunication, misinterpretation and imagination. For all we know Arthur at that time might have been the same as today, a mystery exaggerated by poets at those times. Whatever it maybe, it hardly matters anymore, but its still nice to have a fantasy concocted by several individual's unique imagination made into a great legend.

[@Zqppy]

King Arthur is clearly established in the history of Wales, as king of Gwent and Glamorgan

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@Zqppy I agree, definitely a welsh/celtic origin

[@taliaflor]

I just so want to hear an audiobook narrated by this guy!

[@themangix357]

Arthur's holy hand grenade, the Knights of Ni, and his answer to the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

[@StoatoftheSouth]

But is it an African or European swallow?

[@gwynwilliams4222]

All of the history of king Arthur can be found in Welsh history Arthur was real. The problem is that so many historians who had no knowledge of Welsh language messed around with it and now people think he was fiction and English. He was the king of glamorgan and us Welsh know this to be true

[@davidsenra2495]

The origin of the Arthurian legend is obviously Celtic, as it developed from the fight of the romano-britons against the anglo Saxons. But over the centuries, everything was so embellished to the point it's impossible to distinguish fact from fiction nowadays. Oral history will always do that. If someone called Arthur did exist, and I believe that's very possible, his life was very different from the tale we have nowadays.

[@welshinc5782]

I love that the reason we link Merlin to Arthur is because Monmouth wrote a book about Myrddin that didn't do well so he included in The Kings of Britain and put it right next to Arthur bits. It's basically filler because it recounts some stuff that happens and because Monmouth changed the order of some historical events has Merlin talking about things that haven't happened yet in the past tense.

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

All I know is Saber from Fate Stay Night was awesome.

[@stephenthomson3120]

Artoria Pendragon, the true identity of King Arthur.

[@forgethefrostdragonslayer162]

She is awesome

[@kwenisama]

The best version of Arthur!

[@pyroromancer]

Super soaker champion kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYKll2iIrs-Biqs

[@smooveayy]

And that Excalibur from Soul Eater is annoying af

[@i3encici738]

Truly, a video that Fate and Morty Python fans can enjoy...

[@rudi_xie6139]

No just the fate series and monty python fan tho what about King Arthur and mythology fans

[@faridasheini782]

this man's voice and accent makes the story all the more interesting. Other worldly

[@oceanman4403]

"yeah, King Arthur is my waifu"

[@spassocane3821]

*man of culture spotted*

[@hunterofdarkness8329]

Man over here spitting straight facts

[@ekn_38]

Oh man...Now I suddenly have the urge to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[@FelixHdez]

that profile pic tho, Love that game, still waiting for the 2nd one when its ready.

[@arafattouhid4465]

man,this *Adrian Dannatt* dude got some serious voice..it's just mesmerizing.

[@dustyk103]

I think it would’ve been nice if you’d mention the battles like Badon and Camlann in the early 6th century AD that Arthur was supposed to have led. Also, The story of Lancelot and Guinevere love triangle seems to have been derived from the story of Tristan and Isolde.

[@user-pq4fc1mc7q]

That "love triangle" (arranged marriage with infidelity) is derived from many things. Tristan, Diarmuid and Grainne, Arabic influences, Guinevere's earlier lovers. Affairs are a super common theme in medlit which is funny because this is the origin of romance.

[@ichigahara]

Wow the anime adaptation of fgo Camelot arc is looking great

[@wetershinobi4111]

You mean the live action and 5 books?

[@minhtran7431]

no

[@everydaydoge40]

EKUSUUU...KALIBAAAAAAAA

[@tedisonpadoru9129]

Caaaaalibuuuurn

[@DJ-ei4ox]

Yahhhhhhh hahaahha

[@007MrYang]

SABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@mikostubborn]

KALIBAAAAAAAAA

[@wall-nut9917]

SEIBAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@huntonpeck]

What, no killer rabbits?

[@notsureiL]

No holy hand grenade.

[@glishev]

@@notsureiL Of Antioch, please.

[@TidusDowthelas]

No but the Questing best is where that Myth stemmed from.

[@chara98dreemurr43]

And also they didnst say that he was actualy an girl

[@theobolt250]

A vorpal bunny? Yeah 😂

[@austinsuran6921]

I just wanted to comment on what a great KZbin channel this is, I love the way you guys bring the stories to life🙏

[@ValleyRider02]

Welsh history is steeped in myths and legends. Wales is such a mystical and magical country! It feels so ancient and is well worth a visit.

[@Finnbobjimbob]

Most of this story takes place in England?

[@tomk.williams1186]

​@@Finnbobjimbob Geoffrey of Monmouth was Welsh the original poems were Welsh .. king Arthur was written to protect the original Britons (Welsh) against the English

[@stenrod2383]

Bedevere: What makes you think she is a witch? Peasant: Oh, she turned me into a newt! [Bedevere gives him a disbelieving look] Bedevere: A newt? [Silence] Peasant: Well, I got better. Peasant Crowd: Burn her anyway!

[@ethancheung2696]

There are ways of telling if she is a witch

[@vincentrodrigo3246]

hahahaha nice

[@derek1680]

Stenrod BURN AT THE STAKE

[@bleubol]

LOOOL MONTYYYYY

[@Brandonhayhew]

Bloody Peasant!

[@TheDataman2]

Lancelot, Gawain, the green knight ect were all invented by french writers and added to the story much later. If you want the original sources, read the welsh poetry on arthur

[@enrajbroin]

Lancelot, yes, Gawain and the Green Knight no. Gawain comes from the Welsh Gwalchmei and the Green Knight was an English addition, not a French one. It is also not completely certain how old the poetry from the Mabinogion is, as the book itself was published after Monmouth's version of Arthur, but yeah it is probably older.

[@gaspardbonnehon8758]

If you want the original sources, sure. If you want the stories that actually became legendary on account of being so good, read the French and French-inspired sources. Arthur's legend wouldn't be the same without the English and French additions. There's a reason these stories are remembered.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@gaspardbonnehon8758 To be fair, the subject of the video is to what extent the Arthur legend is based in fact, which is presumably why the original comment suggested reading "the welsh poetry on arthur."

[@georgehugh3455]

Some might consider reading the original sources if you Welsh eventually got a grip on the use of vowels, separating out consonants, and reigning in the w's E.g. "wnco mwnco" = him over there - Really?

[@thenablade858]

Lancelot was a French addition, almost like a Mary Sue (he even steals Arthur’s wife) but Gawain was originally in the Welsh myths (Welsh name) and the Green Knight is the subject of a Middle English poem.

[@farhani29]

Your voice adds to the drama of the story. Marvelous!

[@osianowen17]

Did you know the legend of King Arthur came from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@lauriejanes6511]

GamerKing0504 Really? Do you know where and from whom it began? I’ve always been fascinated.

[@lauriejanes6511]

Anglia Alba Thank you - never heard the word Brythonic - will look it up.

[@gwynwilliams4222]

@Anglia Alba the name welsh was created by the English but the people were cymru who later are called welsh the name change but the people are the same Britons welsh or cymru it'd all the same so king Arthur was welsh

[@gwynwilliams4222]

@Anglia Alba king Arthur was born in south Wales he was king of glamorgan. 400 years later the English king wanted to rule Wales so they tried to claim Arthur was born in Cornwall so he had God on his side but it was all lies they paid a Welsh lord money to say this his name was gerard of Wales. King Arthur had nothing to do with Cornwall or England

[@zoetropo1]

Anglia Alba: Layamon?

[@grandthanatos]

I actually started researching King Arthur earlier this year, and was really surprised by how Arthur evolved. It made for a decent post on my blog, and inspired a story about Arthur I wrote a couple months ago that I hope to get published someday. Fingers crossed that will happen at some point.

[@ShifuCareaga]

Did you read Wilson & Blackett?

[@grandthanatos]

@@ShifuCareaga I don't think so.

[@ShifuCareaga]

@@grandthanatos Please do. And Robert MacCann. you can see their interviews on the YT, btw. search wilson and blackett king arthur. But their books are next level research. Their work is summarized in Adrian Gilbert's "The Holy Kingdom"

[@aiber3303]

4:13 *"A GRRRRAIIILLL!!??"*

[@samarvora7185]

You know much that is hidden, o Tim.

[@theobolt250]

Wait! I've got one. Somewhere lying around. 😜

[@StarBoundFables]

Thanks for the amazing edutainment, Ted-Ed 🙏🏼 This was spectacularly narrated and animated. I read about the Star Wars authors of their High Republic era having been inspired partially by Arthurian tales

[@anormaldudewhowasattackedb9864]

EXUUUUUUCARIBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@avirel5584]

King Arthuria Pendragon❤

[@SagePqantom]

Avirel PERIODTTTTT 🥺🥺

[@aap_chutiye2]

People die when they are killed

[@aweebandacomicfan9090]

@@aap_chutiye2 just becouse you are correct doesn't mean you are right

[@aap_chutiye2]

a weeb and a comic fan The archer class is really made up of Archers

[@kim-cu4se]

THE ADVENTURES OF MERLIN (Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Katie McGrath...ect)

[@downinthevalley9757]

ah the good old days

[@hannahquintua]

Ah yes, my favourite series. Ending was terrible. Thank God for that one fanmade season six script.

[@oscaradolfosandovalrojas6237]

Read the comic "Once & Future" by Kieron Gillien and Dan Mora. It's a horror/dark fantasy story based on the Arthurian legend and many other mythical figures from British folklore.

[@Sarappreciates]

Nice video. I like how concise these videos are. It takes almost no time to get right into it.

[@aparnadasgupta1872]

Ah.. my favorite legend, King Arthur. And the fact that I love literature is just making this video extremely ideal for me. Bravo, TED-Ed!

[@owlbme]

Watch Merlin on Netflix, it's quite entertaining :)

[@justaguythatlikesanime4247]

Second I saw this video I just wanted to go to in the comments to see if anyone else watches Merlin on Netflix you're right I love it I watched it like 10 times each season season 10 times so I've watched the show 10 times

[@margaretbonassar709]

Yesss Merlin is amazing

[@kayaeki]

Put it on my list

[@azwrathfrost]

yup this in on my mind right now 4:04

[@RomarioDev]

merlin tv series is a 10/10 show i even making a game about king arthur :DDD

[@jackboyd9055]

This channel gives us new knowledge and it is direct to the point, keep it up guys❤️

[@xrailgungamer1129]

EXCALIBAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!! - *Saber*

[@rubyred9404]

i love your videos! they’re educational and entertaining !

[@annefrommoors9847]

if you really want something educational on this subject, go to kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHmqd2mritR8qrc instead of this 5 min of extremely brief summary and childish drawings

[@nalbakri]

Great video. I do agree that Celtic legends influenced much of the story of King Arthur. French legends played a part too though. Charlemagne is said to have also had 12 knights (or paladins in King Karl's stories) who sat around a round table who stories say went off to perform great deeds of daring do such as in the poem, The Song of Roland. Though seeing that it was penned around the same time as Geoffrey of Monmouth's work I guess it's equally fair to say that the Paladin's could have been based on Arthur's Grail Knights.

[@zoetropo1]

nalbakri: the oldest surviving form of the Song of Roland is the ‘Norman French’ edition of the 11th/12th century. It contains cameos by Geoffrey of Anjou, Richard of Normandy and Eudon of Brittany - actual historic figures of the era it was composed in.

[@lsjt8924]

I love the illustrations! Very cleverly done! Thanks :)

[@arldoran]

Great work. Still, I would wish to hear a bit from Lucius Artorius Castus too. This would make a more fullfilled story of King Arthur.

[@nonetheworse]

Playing Fate Game Order game and this pop up. I really like the video!

[@cramerfloro5936]

I'm currently reading the Mabinogion. There are some hints and stories about him there as well

[@cramerfloro5936]

Ton ton well, je became very popular also in England, right after he (probably) lived, because he resembled the resistence against the Saxons.

[@catrinm3427]

Ton ton thank you! Someone finally said it!

[@auroranight6559]

the Mabinogion is the very first mention of Arthur. I am not pleased that the video left this out.

[@craigmoyle2924]

The mabinogi if understood correctly is a how to get there encrypted map of the treasures of wales which includes the ark of the covenant and the true cross of christ all hidden in south and west wales

[@Laurelin70]

@@auroranight6559 The Mabinogion came after Gododdin.

[@philjamieson5572]

What an excellent piece this is. Great work. I'm pretty sure I recall, decades ago, reading a translated part of the ancient Welsh, 'Annals Cambria' which mentions King Arthur. Some have said the Arthurian references were added in later (poss 10th C), but I don't think there's any proof of that.

[@pastasauce8919]

I wish they release the Soundtrack from this video. Really good stuff.

[@wawahamdan1159]

I hope you can do on Malacca's legend of Taming Seri, a magical weapon owned by Hang Tuah, the warrior of Malacca. The fact that this weapon actually exists (Taming Sari became part of the Perak royalty's regalia) makes me so curious to know more whether the magical aspect of it is more than just a tale or not.

[@wawahamdan1159]

@Cult of DECC that's why it's a legend? Which part of my comment that you don't get huh 😅😅

[@wawahamdan1159]

@Cult of DECC again, which is why I said it's a legend? Simply interested to know the story behind how the weapon was perceived as magical by the local community. I never said that it got some real, pure magic lmao. Which part of my comment regarding how the weapon is a legend that you don't get eh? 😅 King Arthur is a legend. Chinese got their own magical creatures (which of course, a legend too). Greek got their gods and goddess (another myth). Why are you so pressed about a person wanting to know more about another legend?

[@watchila]

Amazing channel! I also particularly loved the narrator on this one and his accent. Great moment, thank you all.

[@thedukeofswellington1827]

A perfect introduction to the difference between history and heritage. The significance and power of historiography and the national epic

[@charlotteillustration5778]

I love the animation, it works very well with the narration.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Thank you! I would gladly watch a full hour version of this. I love this in-depth history and the distinction of fact from fiction.

[@SuicideBunny6]

I love this drawing style! Great work, Pat Smith!

[@jeffreychurch2018]

Britain had around 40 different tribes around that era, a few had chieftains with names that could be translated as Arthur. To compound the problem, there was a Roman who is is mentioned in Roman archives as Arcturus, Dux Bellum Britannica, Arthur, Warlord of Britain. Then to take confusion farther there was a Celtic god whose name would translate out to Arthur.

[@abdullahkhanabd2139]

Beautiful voice!

[@ipeaceful6]

Wonderful animation and great storytelling. I had no idea this was how the tale of King Arthur was conceived.

[@joegarcia0]

Such an interesting topic! Great video as always

[@KimKim-pp5fn]

probably the best short and very interesting story about arthur

[@carlosgranados3911]

ITHACA was a legend until DISCOVERED. l wouldn't be surprised if, sooner or later, they FIND the tomb of the GREAT KING ARTHUR and that of all the MEMBERS of the ROUND TABLE. My full respect. You've been this awesome channel over TEN YEARS.

[@zubaidazaman7078]

(Merlin theme song plays in head )

[@hannahquintua]

Ah yes!!!! Also, idk if you already know but there's this fanmade season six called Kingdom Come

[@xXx_adri2_xXx]

Wonderful Legend, wonderful animation, wonderful voice, thank you so much !!

[@pray__careforhumanity.2357]

Best wishes for all of the ancestors. 🙏🏽 Thanks for everything. 🙏🏽 Praying for the best for our ancestors.. 💕 💕

[@troygaspard6732]

T.H. White's The Sword in the Stone, remains one of my favorites of the King Arthur cannon.

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

_(Arthur theme song starts playing in head)._

[@precool1048]

PowahSlap Entertainmint HEY! WHY IS IT THAT I ALWAYS SEE U IN THE COMMENTS NOW AND THEN! ARE YOU THE NEXT JUSTIN Y.?

[@ethancheung2696]

We’re knights of the round table, We dance when we are able, We do routines and chorus scenes With footwork impeccable. We dine well here in Camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.

[@disconsolate3235]

WHY R U ALWAYS EVERYWHERE?!!?

[@chariethe]

Everyday when you’re walking down the street, everybody that you meet Has an original point of view And I say HEY! What a wonderful kind of day Where you can learn to work and play And get along with each other You got to listen to your heart Listen to the beat Listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street Open up your eyes, open up your ears Get together and make things better by working together It’s a simple message and it comes from the heart Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Well that’s the place to start (to start) And I say HEY! What a wonderful kind of day Where you learn to work and play And get along with each other (Repeat chorus)

[@levnekov]

ITV: Monty Python + Fate references

[@rosagaldamez]

Es una historia magnífica, yo disfruto de todos los personajes del libro 📖

[@kitkatlover9799]

beyond chuffed to hear a Welsh accent and hear stories of my home