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When will you add the links to the music you use in the description? The vid is 10/10. I was lazy to find the whole videos you had made on Arthurian legends, this helped a lot. Thank you
Morgana actually redeems herself in some versions and even helps Arthur towards the end. In some versions she even saves his life at one point by bringing him to Avalon to be healed. In at least one version of the story that I know of she is the one who tells him about Guinevere and Lancelot, not because she wants to cause discord but because she feels obligated to tell her brother the truth
@@Razyrazer yes but Arthur was a follower of Christ in many stories and his legends are considered to have spread traditional Christian beliefs to far reaching parts of the world. Arthur himself(in classic stories) would agree with your statement. So I would agree that Arthur would be very helpful right now to unite people under a codified morality
Merlin is absolutely not the inspiration for Gandalf, Tolkine hated Arthurian myth and went out of his way to reject its influence, believing it to be a French imposition into English culture. He believed that Arthurian myth had essentially supplanted and erased much of the original Anglo Saxon myth that had been part of early English culture, and that Beowulf was one of the last fragments of a much larger mythological cannon that had once existed. Gandalf is specifically inspired by Odin from Norse mythology, and even more so by Väinämöinen from the Finnish Kalevala epic. Tolkien went out of his way on multiple occasions to distance himself from Arthurian myth and corrected speculation of Arthurian influence in Lord of the Rings made in his presence several times. It was specifically a pet peeve of his that people kept bringing up King Arthur when talking about Aragorn, and Gandalf= Merlin would probably be the same.
Would Aragorn be more analogue to someone like Sigurd or Siegfried? (More so one the former with the reforging of Gram) And I can see Gandalf being analouge to Odin considering that Odin was connected to crows and Gandlaf is referred to as Stormcrow in the Two towers
@@marseldagistani1989 Yes, though Tolkien did delineate between Saxon and Scandinavian myth, he also recognized the overlap. Beowulf was his hero of most specific fascination, but he also translated the Volsung Saga into his Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun with particular passion. He was also deeply fascinated with Sinfjotli, Sigurd's half brother. Tolkien had also clearly read the Kalevala, as Turin Tambar bears many close parallels to the anti hero Kullervo, while the scene of his death is almost a one for one match, with Kullervo and Turin both possessing a black magical sword, which they speak to asking it to slay them, to which the sword speaks answering that it will gladly do so.
@@justacheese34yearsago28 The Fall of Arthur is an unpublished poem of his. Bear in mind though that Tolkien had a very long career, it is only natural for him to try his hand at Arthurian myth at some point.
Wow I can tell you’re very knowledgeable and passionate and I really appreciate you sharing this! I did not know any of that. How fascinating to think about the larger canon of great works from that time that we may unfortunately never rediscover
The land was in conflict and turmoil by nearby kings who did not want a lad on the throne. Arthur wore a breastplate, a golden dragon helmet, the shield called Priwen and a lance named Ron.
They could make such a good multi series Netflix show of the Arthurian legends! The stories have a mixture of all, love, war, magic, tradegy and comedy they could make one that would rival game of thrones
I like John Steinbeck's translation of the Arthurian legends. Unfortunately, he died before finishing it. He was struggling with how to handle the Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot triangle and that's where his translation ends....with Arthur at a decision point regarding how to deal with the other two people in the triangle. Totally missing is the whole Mordred business, too.
Wasn't the most popular interpretation about Niniane and Merlin's relationship was that Merlin is the one who chases Niniane and then he was betrayed by her after he taught her some great magics in order to gain her love? Never heard of this one, so it's interesting to say the least.
Considering theres no evidence he actually existed......its a great story though...they believe he is a few knights/heroes mixed. But I'd rather believe its true!!!!
U should probably mention that there are many equally canon versions of some of these characters and that these versions differ greatly in how they depict some characters. Morgana for example isn't always evil, Merlin has multiple disciples in some versions and he seduces some of them too. There's lots of differences in the arthurian legends. I personally love Le Morte d'Arthur.
It's almost as if he knew her fate already in my opinion and hoped maybe she could deter from it, if taught correctly. Morgan is powerful, we can only imagine how much stronger Arthur's reign would have been with her by his side.
@@ashleybattle8483 In some versions she redeems herself and I think joins the fairies who transport Arthur to Avalon and she spends the rest of her life there
Many times over the years he fell victim to the lure of women's deception spells. Into their traps for more magical incantations through the lure of love he often fell.
I’m getting Witcher vibes when learning about the Lady of the Lake. The lady of the lake also exists in the Witcher universe and she is the protector of the sword called the Aerondight which is basically the Excalibur of the Witcher universe/realm.
Arthur is Welsh, he fought against Saxons, I always find it interesting how terms like "Bretons/Britons" and "Brythonic" are used to disassociate our history and anglocise it in the process. Also before any soy bois come at me Arthur is first talked about in Old Welsh poems when saxons were first invading and Brythonic is the mother language to Welsh/Cornish/Cumbric)
@@lumpyspacecadet no because at that time Wales and England were a collection of Welsh petty kingdoms known as Prydain, that's where the name Britain comes from (during roman occupation)
@Seth White The term Briton was used to describe Welsh, Cornish and Cumbric people before it was repurposed by the English and made into the "British Identity", on top of that you refer to the anglicised story of Arthur, not the original Welsh stories in which the Holy grail version is based. The old celtic stories of the black cauldron that resurrected the dead predating the anglicised story by centuries. Also on top of that the reason why we wouldn't have called ourselves Welsh at the time is because "Welsh" is an old Saxon word meaning foreigner, it was used as an insult back then so we would have said either Cymry which meant countrymen or British as that's what the Romans called us. Nice try though 👍🏻
@@lumpyspacecadet no he was the king of britain because the welsh owned most of britian at that time and he fought the invading anglo saxons who drove the wlesh out of england and into cornwall and wales
Never realized Guinevere dad gave him the round table. Some accounts say Morgan is deformed , but Hollywood likes to depict her as really hot. Maybe Vivian juz has mood swings.
Personally I have a sort of interest in Lucius Tiberius/Hiberius, the Emperor... or sometimes Procurator... but mostly Emperor of Rome. He is very much Saracen-coded and probably based on Crusader perceptions of the Byzantines as being too friendly with the Saracens. But he is a significant part of early Arthurian mythos, his war against Arthur takes up a lot more space in Geoffrey then Mordred.
Coming of age in those times was not eighteen but around twelve or thirteen. It was post Roman medieval Britain not twenty first century America (which hadn't been discovered at that time).
There's already a TV series about king Arthur and his followers, called 'Merlin' it's by BBC and I definitely recommend it if your interested in old Arthurian legend!
Theres some brilliant books i believe a trilogy written on the subject with brilliant writing and story telling....I think Bernard Cornwell is the author . Well worth a read.
The movie "Excalibur" is the best one to well understand this story. Check it out you all that are curious about King Arthur story, you wont regret it, its a great movie.
Kidnapped child prince Lancelot matures much faster than humans naturally would. 3 years pass in the human world, for Lancelot at 26, a tall strapping lad he stood. He was raised mystically by the castle owner, Viviane The Lady Of The Lake. It's this spellbound casted upbringing that causes him to never give only take. Lancelot's bloodlines are full of components to knighthood like bravery and skill. Many of his family, will be at the table with him, go into battle to fight, and be killed!
I love Merlin and Arthur's stories! I read the novel The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart and was fascinated by how she wrote it. A story about Merlin and his adventures while caring for the young Arthur.
Fate Stay Night franchise and Excalibur were the best adaptations of King Arthur. Artoria, a gender bend version of King Arthur, is a well written character.
I wish there was more media that would really expand the character of Morgana. She was a villain, but her story and role in the downfall of the Round Table is one of the most interesting set of tales in mythology
She doesn't need to be a villain. Unless you're making Arthur a villain too. They're supposed to be chilling together? I would like to see her with her correct antagonist. Her and Guinevere hating each other because of some knight they've both forgotten about but also neither being in the wrong or right.
Do the Maths who stood to gain the most from Prince Arthur's death, Henry VIII more over Some of Arthur's Cousins had to be killed so only The line of Henry VII could succeed to the throne at that time to convince the Spanish Crown to give Princess Catherine in Marriage to Arthur the Crown Prince.
I wonder if the similarities between Mordred and Bad King John and Arthur and Richard The Lionhearted are intended by the storyteller. While John never openly rebelled against Richard, He did try to seize the throne while Richard was on Crusade and Richard like Arthur had to cut his foreign expedition short in order to return to England and take his throne back from John as Arthur had to recover his from Mordred. While John was ruthless and machiavellian, Richard was despite his bloodlust in battle which he sinfully loved, a Just and Chivalrous King. He was also.Good enough to recognize that his love of battle was sinful and the only way he could atone for this was by crusade. Ideally this appealed both to his piety and his battlelust. Richard was often seen as impetuous and moved to great extremes of love and war but he was also possessed of wisdom though he is rarely credited with it. Having no heir of his own, he did not execute his brother John as he did not want the plantagenet line to die or be usurped upon his death since he had no legitimate heir. This act of sparing his brother John and upon his death bed making him heir to The English throne though in hindsight seems a disaster since John became Bad King John , it did save the plantagenet line for centuries more and John's Bad rulership led directly to the barons asserting their own power in Magna Carta which in later times became the basis of the rights of all englishmen under common law coming from judicial rulings citing magna Carta as it was the only documented bill of rights of any kind in the world at that time and the common law in its more common unwritten form where common tradition is cited and is the basis of the power of precedent in the courts of all the English speaking peoples. So in a sense Ricbard sparing his brother and later making him his heir led direct to The British Empire and The Great Republic( The United States). Sometimes it takes an evil tyrant to force the change that leads to a free society. I got way off topic there but my point was there seem to be alot of similarities between Richard I and John The Bad. Derp.
A bit simplistic, but serviceable to people unfamiliar with Arthurian Romances. The three ladies of the lake from the myth cycle (Vivian, Nyneve and Nimue) are merged into a single person in this, ignoring Nyneve's beheading by Balin. Duke Galehaut is completely ignored, his role in arranging the dalliance between Lancelot and Guenivere. Great knights, Gareth, Sir La Cote Mail Tale, Tor, Ywaine le chevalier au lion, Gawain, Lamorak de Gales, Balin the knight of two swords, and even Arthur's brother Kay are ignored. Even antagonists like Meliagaunce, The King of a Hundred Knights and Sir Brian of the Isles and Agravain are skipped entirely. So, all in all, not bad for introducing an Arthurian neophyte, but disappointing in it's lack of depth to anyone who's read a healthy portion of Mallory or Chretien de Troyes' works compiling the myth cycle and really short of the Vulgate Compendium.
Oddly the sword obi Wan gives to Luke is the very same weapon that Darth Vader used to slaughter the Jedi remaining in the Jedi temple including the younglings. I think family guy pointed out the oddity of this obviously now cursed weapon having been uses for such dark deeds, being passed on to Luke and not destroyed.
It depends on the version but the version I like the most then the sheath prevents the wearer to be inflicted with wounds and Excalibur to be a very good/magical sword.
If you've never read them, you should check out The Nightside book series by Simon R Green. He does some really interesting things with Arthurian characters.
Morgan is Arthur's half - sister Mordred is son of Arthur That mean, both morgan and arthur did something? I don't understand why mordred became son of king
In earlier legends, Mordred wasn't Arthur's son but (if there was any relationship between them) his nephew. Mordred being Arthur's son is a somewhat "modern" interpretation of the myths. (And for that matter, Morgan wasn't always Arthur's sister either, that's a merge of two different characters)
Mordred was never the son of morgan le fay only modern interpretations have them as mother and son with Morgan teaching Mordred how to be evil and stuff in the actual Arthurian legend Mordred was the son of Arthur and Morgause(who was also his half sister ew) but Morgause is often replaced by Morgan in a lot of stories so thats probably where the confusion comes from
Gawain and Tristan are the most common MCs in the whole of the Matter of Britain BY FAR so I find it hilarious how sidelined they are today. Especially Tristan, he's usually off in Cornwall hogging all the Iseults why is he the main character in the most Arthurian texts? He doesn't even go here??
@Leanne um, no. The earliest records, that of a 15 year old clan chief never mentions his betrayal. that didn't start til the french got involved. And the french have always been weird.
@Leanne there are accounts if Arthur before Monmouth, can't think of the guys name, he was an archaeologist, wrote the book in the late 90s. He sites a lot of evidence and records, ling before Geoffrey of Monmouth was born, things from within a hundred years of Arthur's time. If I ever find the book I'll send you a link. It's dry reading, but great
so when do they start fighting the primordial Mesopotamian God Tiamat, gilgamesh, karna, arjuna, cu chulainn, medea, gorgons, their evil selves and every other historical and mythological hero?
Wasn't Galahad The Pure the legitimate son of Lancelot by his Qife who commited suicide when she heard lancelot had abandoned her and Galahad to be with Guenivere after they both adulterously broke their marriages? Wasn't it Galahad who fulfilled some prophecy that Arthur believed lancelot fulfilled only to see the truth later after lancelots betrayle.
No Galahad is certainly ILLEGITIMATE. Lancelot and Elaine are not married in medieval texts. He sleeps with her believing he's sleeping with the queen. Later authors, often writing for children, tried to sanitize the stories and present Guinevere as a faithful wife (but not Iseult for some reason, probably because no ones cares about Mark). Lancelot needs a new love interest so no readers are suspicious of the close relationship between the queen and her knight, so he is married off to a reformed Elaine and it's all very consensual and there's no affairs or at least no carnal ones
@@leanne2448 Well in the story I read he was not illegitimate. Lancelot had abandoned his wife and son to serve Arthur and done so specifically to gain proximity to Arthur's wife. Lancelot wife comits suicide and this causes Lancelot to leave Guinevere until a sentence of death is passed upon her and he comes out of self exile once to save her. She spends the rests of her days in a convent an he as a rabid sort of mendicant obsessed with Penzance. Galahad serves Arthur late in the kings life and is the only Knight who is pure enough to touch the holy grail though Percival is allowed to see it but not touch it. Were Galahad a bactard he wouldn't be Galahad The Pure and he would never have become a knight or been invited into Arthur's court or been able to fulfill The Grail prophecy. I disagree about him emphatically.
@@leanne2448 and furthermore how would his being single sanitize his sleeping with his queen and cuckolding his King?! That's just not a very good argument. His adultery with the queen would be horrible no matter his own marital status.
@@robertalpy9422 When I said "sanitize" I was referring to the removal of the Guinevere-Lancelot affair in children's literature... I don't know which version of the story you're commenting on but it's not one I've encountered. The traditional version is as I recounted. Earliest versions of the character he was a bastard.
another great series that has to to with King Author is the Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising it would make a great movie series IF IF Hollywood left the story and the characters alone. Fat Chance
You know that Bretons and Britons are different people right? The Bretons are Celts that migrated to France making modern Brittany. Arthur of legend was king of the Britons of what is now England, Wales, and depending on source around half of Scotland. Calling Arthur King of the Bretons is just really confusing.
fun fact: there is actually a king arthur grave in england, if the legend are true, then its problably one of those graves where it has no body the just make the funeral.
Vivien is the French version, Nimue is the old Breton version, which the French ripped off and introduced characters like Lancelot which weren't part of the original legend.
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When will you add the links to the music you use in the description? The vid is 10/10. I was lazy to find the whole videos you had made on Arthurian legends, this helped a lot. Thank you
Please cover Robin Hood next!
@@Ghostrider8004 . . .
Please tell me about Arthur's nephew hywel he is supposedly my ancestor he sat at Arthur's table .
Very nice videos, you need a little sound correction for the speaker, a better sound experience.
"Tis but a scratch"
- black knight during the duel against King Arthur
Just a flesh wound.
A scratch?! You’re arm’s off!
@@scottydu81 No it isn't!
@@MrImastinker What’s that then?!? 💪
@@scottydu81
...I've had worse.
Morgana actually redeems herself in some versions and even helps Arthur towards the end. In some versions she even saves his life at one point by bringing him to Avalon to be healed. In at least one version of the story that I know of she is the one who tells him about Guinevere and Lancelot, not because she wants to cause discord but because she feels obligated to tell her brother the truth
I believe the version where Morgana and Arthur had a secret love affair even knowing they are half sibling
This is her oldest legend before the Christians got to her
UK can really use Arthur if he's still waiting.
If he's not already their then things are going to get alot worse so when he shows up he will save all.
The queen’s not going to be pleased about his return
Jesus > king arthur
@@Razyrazer yes but Arthur was a follower of Christ in many stories and his legends are considered to have spread traditional Christian beliefs to far reaching parts of the world. Arthur himself(in classic stories) would agree with your statement. So I would agree that Arthur would be very helpful right now to unite people under a codified morality
@@docholliday9741 eh I thought Arthur is pagan
Merlin is absolutely not the inspiration for Gandalf, Tolkine hated Arthurian myth and went out of his way to reject its influence, believing it to be a French imposition into English culture. He believed that Arthurian myth had essentially supplanted and erased much of the original Anglo Saxon myth that had been part of early English culture, and that Beowulf was one of the last fragments of a much larger mythological cannon that had once existed.
Gandalf is specifically inspired by Odin from Norse mythology, and even more so by Väinämöinen from the Finnish Kalevala epic. Tolkien went out of his way on multiple occasions to distance himself from Arthurian myth and corrected speculation of Arthurian influence in Lord of the Rings made in his presence several times. It was specifically a pet peeve of his that people kept bringing up King Arthur when talking about Aragorn, and Gandalf= Merlin would probably be the same.
Would Aragorn be more analogue to someone like Sigurd or Siegfried?
(More so one the former with the reforging of Gram)
And I can see Gandalf being analouge to Odin considering that Odin was connected to crows and Gandlaf is referred to as Stormcrow in the Two towers
@@marseldagistani1989 Yes, though Tolkien did delineate between Saxon and Scandinavian myth, he also recognized the overlap. Beowulf was his hero of most specific fascination, but he also translated the Volsung Saga into his Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun with particular passion. He was also deeply fascinated with Sinfjotli, Sigurd's half brother.
Tolkien had also clearly read the Kalevala, as Turin Tambar bears many close parallels to the anti hero Kullervo, while the scene of his death is almost a one for one match, with Kullervo and Turin both possessing a black magical sword, which they speak to asking it to slay them, to which the sword speaks answering that it will gladly do so.
Didn't tolkien was writing a book called "downfall of Arthur" someth like that?
@@justacheese34yearsago28 The Fall of Arthur is an unpublished poem of his. Bear in mind though that Tolkien had a very long career, it is only natural for him to try his hand at Arthurian myth at some point.
Wow I can tell you’re very knowledgeable and passionate and I really appreciate you sharing this! I did not know any of that. How fascinating to think about the larger canon of great works from that time that we may unfortunately never rediscover
What a perfect way to get myself educated for the comings of Lostbelt 6
same
Read Garden Of Avalon
@@theinvincible278 how
@@notme-ji5uo it's on TH-cam look it up.
@@aakarshasoka6335 thats just the audio drama thing and not the whole book tho
I always get interested when I get to hear about King Arthur history story
You should watch the TV series Merlin
@@mrnoble8964 I just finished watching it for like the 4th time. I still can't move on 😭
The land was in conflict
and turmoil by nearby kings
who did not want a lad
on the throne.
Arthur wore a breastplate,
a golden dragon helmet,
the shield called Priwen
and a lance named Ron.
@@bdmaus4975 is Rhongomyniad and Ron the same spear?
They could make such a good multi series Netflix show of the Arthurian legends! The stories have a mixture of all, love, war, magic, tradegy and comedy they could make one that would rival game of thrones
I need a non-woke Netflix adaptation of the Mists of Avalon
snowwhitewitch hahahah that wouldn’t be a all unfortunately we’re in the wrong decade now
@@haskk4020 truth😂
There's a series called fate stay night that's like that but it's confusing asf and also arthur is a chick
@@taco2215 even worse than Cursed's black Arthur
I like John Steinbeck's translation of the Arthurian legends. Unfortunately, he died before finishing it. He was struggling with how to handle the Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot triangle and that's where his translation ends....with Arthur at a decision point regarding how to deal with the other two people in the triangle. Totally missing is the whole Mordred business, too.
I agree with you. John Steinbeck's version was very interesting.
Wasn't the most popular interpretation about Niniane and Merlin's relationship was that Merlin is the one who chases Niniane and then he was betrayed by her after he taught her some great magics in order to gain her love? Never heard of this one, so it's interesting to say the least.
Considering theres no evidence he actually existed......its a great story though...they believe he is a few knights/heroes mixed. But I'd rather believe its true!!!!
Yep, Merlin was the creep here
One of my favorite parts of mythology is how differently they are spun throughout time
U should probably mention that there are many equally canon versions of some of these characters and that these versions differ greatly in how they depict some characters. Morgana for example isn't always evil, Merlin has multiple disciples in some versions and he seduces some of them too. There's lots of differences in the arthurian legends. I personally love Le Morte d'Arthur.
I find it a little strange that Merlin has decided to teach Morgan the dark arts.
It's almost as if he knew her fate already in my opinion and hoped maybe she could deter from it, if taught correctly. Morgan is powerful, we can only imagine how much stronger Arthur's reign would have been with her by his side.
@@ashleybattle8483 In some versions she redeems herself and I think joins the fairies who transport Arthur to Avalon and she spends the rest of her life there
@@brucejedilee5290 Yes, that’s the "original" story, and I think it’s better, redemption’s stories are so rare in old story.
Many times over the years he fell victim
to the lure of women's deception spells.
Into their traps for more magical incantations
through the lure of love he often fell.
true all the books I have read is that he would not have anything to do with her and her sister, because of that.
Great one... i always felt a bit confused about this tale, but now i got more facts than i used to... Nice
Facts? There are no facts but stories which may have been (loosely) based on real people and events. A sort of medieval Hollywood.
@@colinp2238 never heard of these tales compared to Hollywood... that kind of hurts my soul to think about the legends like that
Now I'm realizing that Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones is kinda inspired by Lancelot a bit
Mordred betrayed King Arthur
This enraged his father who punished him severely. In this case King Arthur.
Do you also watch Oversimplified
I would betray my father too if he didn’t want me because of a prophecy
Depending on which version you’re reading, Arthur would have sought counsel with Mordred’s uncle on proper punishment... who is also, Arthur
I’m getting Witcher vibes when learning about the Lady of the Lake. The lady of the lake also exists in the Witcher universe and she is the protector of the sword called the Aerondight which is basically the Excalibur of the Witcher universe/realm.
Have you watched Merlin?
@Tom Gwilym If its not rude to ask, but is Cymraeg another word for Welsh? Or is it something else?
@Tom Gwilym Its fine, and thank you so much for the information! You have awesome taste in video games by the way.
gee i wonder where the author got that idea from
Arthur is Welsh, he fought against Saxons, I always find it interesting how terms like "Bretons/Britons" and "Brythonic" are used to disassociate our history and anglocise it in the process.
Also before any soy bois come at me Arthur is first talked about in Old Welsh poems when saxons were first invading and Brythonic is the mother language to Welsh/Cornish/Cumbric)
Are you saying King Arthur was just the King of Wales?
@@lumpyspacecadet no because at that time Wales and England were a collection of Welsh petty kingdoms known as Prydain, that's where the name Britain comes from (during roman occupation)
@Seth White The term Briton was used to describe Welsh, Cornish and Cumbric people before it was repurposed by the English and made into the "British Identity", on top of that you refer to the anglicised story of Arthur, not the original Welsh stories in which the Holy grail version is based. The old celtic stories of the black cauldron that resurrected the dead predating the anglicised story by centuries.
Also on top of that the reason why we wouldn't have called ourselves Welsh at the time is because "Welsh" is an old Saxon word meaning foreigner, it was used as an insult back then so we would have said either Cymry which meant countrymen or British as that's what the Romans called us. Nice try though 👍🏻
finnaly somone who knows the truth about how arthur is a welsh legend from the mabinogion
@@lumpyspacecadet no he was the king of britain because the welsh owned most of britian at that time and he fought the invading anglo saxons who drove the wlesh out of england and into cornwall and wales
Never realized Guinevere dad gave him the round table. Some accounts say Morgan is deformed , but Hollywood likes to depict her as really hot. Maybe Vivian juz has mood swings.
Cap America shes fine in merlin, but got burnt in the bernard cornwell novel.
Actually in all legends Morgana is represented as a ravishing young woman.
Personally I have a sort of interest in Lucius Tiberius/Hiberius, the Emperor... or sometimes Procurator... but mostly Emperor of Rome. He is very much Saracen-coded and probably based on Crusader perceptions of the Byzantines as being too friendly with the Saracens. But he is a significant part of early Arthurian mythos, his war against Arthur takes up a lot more space in Geoffrey then Mordred.
Coming of age in those times was not eighteen but around twelve or thirteen. It was post Roman medieval Britain not twenty first century America (which hadn't been discovered at that time).
Awesome video well done.I always get inspiration from your videos to create my own about Greek history and mythology.
5:42 you guys notice an animal in the back peeking lol
Just started playing Total War: Thrones of Britannia. This is perfect timing!
13:23 - So Roger Federer is King Arthur? I knew it!
Can you cover tales related to Robin Hood next?
Did you know they cut down the forest Robin Hood takes place in? Or, at least, they did most of it.
this should be Netflix's next series, since they did an amazing job with The Last Kingdom
Destiny is all
There's already a TV series about king Arthur and his followers, called 'Merlin' it's by BBC and I definitely recommend it if your interested in old Arthurian legend!
Theres some brilliant books i believe a trilogy written on the subject with brilliant writing and story telling....I think Bernard Cornwell is the author . Well worth a read.
@@nellouse1 nah,that show is bloody awful
@@grahamdalrymple8483 im pretty sure if Merlin follows the real story it'll be boring af
The movie "Excalibur" is the best one to well understand this story. Check it out you all that are curious about King Arthur story, you wont regret it, its a great movie.
@Urien Rheged Do you know any movie that better tells this story? You´re welcome to name it.
Kidnapped child prince Lancelot matures much faster than humans naturally would.
3 years pass in the human world, for Lancelot at 26,
a tall strapping lad he stood.
He was raised mystically
by the castle owner,
Viviane The Lady Of The Lake.
It's this spellbound casted upbringing that causes him to never give
only take.
Lancelot's bloodlines
are full of components
to knighthood
like bravery and skill.
Many of his family,
will be at the table with him, go into battle to fight,
and be killed!
I love Merlin and Arthur's stories! I read the novel The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart and was fascinated by how she wrote it. A story about Merlin and his adventures while caring for the young Arthur.
Saber is my favourite girl too.
Fate Stay Night franchise and Excalibur were the best adaptations of King Arthur. Artoria, a gender bend version of King Arthur, is a well written character.
I thought Percival's father was defeated by Arthur but his life was spared & vowed to serve Arthur
I wish there was more media that would really expand the character of Morgana. She was a villain, but her story and role in the downfall of the Round Table is one of the most interesting set of tales in mythology
She doesn't need to be a villain. Unless you're making Arthur a villain too. They're supposed to be chilling together?
I would like to see her with her correct antagonist. Her and Guinevere hating each other because of some knight they've both forgotten about but also neither being in the wrong or right.
make a video about Celtic mythology
Yes! 💯💯💯
@Harrison Fdes
Especially Balor, Cernunnos (Horned God), Taranis, and Epona.
Define "celtic" mythology.
Because this changes from one land to another, and from one epoch to another.
he would get it wrong because he called arthur king of the bretons when he is in fact king of the britons
If Henry VIII's older brother had survive to sit on the throne, England would gave had an actual King Arthur.
But that Arthur Sweat himself to death
Prince Arthur Elder Son Of Henry 7 the Usurper did not sweat himself to death, he was Assassinated.
@@akindejiakinwande5143 by who?
Do the Maths who stood to gain the most from Prince Arthur's death, Henry VIII more over Some of Arthur's Cousins had to be killed so only The line of Henry VII could succeed to the throne at that time to convince the Spanish Crown to give Princess Catherine in Marriage to Arthur the Crown Prince.
@@akindejiakinwande5143 how old was Henry at the time?
And besides when his Brother was married he was being prepped for a Church career
I wonder if the similarities between Mordred and Bad King John and Arthur and Richard The Lionhearted are intended by the storyteller. While John never openly rebelled against Richard, He did try to seize the throne while Richard was on Crusade and Richard like Arthur had to cut his foreign expedition short in order to return to England and take his throne back from John as Arthur had to recover his from Mordred.
While John was ruthless and machiavellian, Richard was despite his bloodlust in battle which he sinfully loved, a Just and Chivalrous King. He was also.Good enough to recognize that his love of battle was sinful and the only way he could atone for this was by crusade. Ideally this appealed both to his piety and his battlelust.
Richard was often seen as impetuous and moved to great extremes of love and war but he was also possessed of wisdom though he is rarely credited with it. Having no heir of his own, he did not execute his brother John as he did not want the plantagenet line to die or be usurped upon his death since he had no legitimate heir. This act of sparing his brother John and upon his death bed making him heir to The English throne though in hindsight seems a disaster since John became Bad King John , it did save the plantagenet line for centuries more and John's Bad rulership led directly to the barons asserting their own power in Magna Carta which in later times became the basis of the rights of all englishmen under common law coming from judicial rulings citing magna Carta as it was the only documented bill of rights of any kind in the world at that time and the common law in its more common unwritten form where common tradition is cited and is the basis of the power of precedent in the courts of all the English speaking peoples.
So in a sense Ricbard sparing his brother and later making him his heir led direct to The British Empire and The Great Republic( The United States). Sometimes it takes an evil tyrant to force the change that leads to a free society.
I got way off topic there but my point was there seem to be alot of similarities between Richard I and John The Bad. Derp.
There was a king called Arthur but only shared a name with the legend
The artwork is fantastic! :D
A bit simplistic, but serviceable to people unfamiliar with Arthurian Romances. The three ladies of the lake from the myth cycle (Vivian, Nyneve and Nimue) are merged into a single person in this, ignoring Nyneve's beheading by Balin. Duke Galehaut is completely ignored, his role in arranging the dalliance between Lancelot and Guenivere. Great knights, Gareth, Sir La Cote Mail Tale, Tor, Ywaine le chevalier au lion, Gawain, Lamorak de Gales, Balin the knight of two swords, and even Arthur's brother Kay are ignored. Even antagonists like Meliagaunce, The King of a Hundred Knights and Sir Brian of the Isles and Agravain are skipped entirely. So, all in all, not bad for introducing an Arthurian neophyte, but disappointing in it's lack of depth to anyone who's read a healthy portion of Mallory or Chretien de Troyes' works compiling the myth cycle and really short of the Vulgate Compendium.
Oddly the sword obi Wan gives to Luke is the very same weapon that Darth Vader used to slaughter the Jedi remaining in the Jedi temple including the younglings.
I think family guy pointed out the oddity of this obviously now cursed weapon having been uses for such dark deeds, being passed on to Luke and not destroyed.
Would really like a video about Avalon
I thought it was the sheath that made Arthur invincible I guess you learn something every day
It depends on the version but the version I like the most then the sheath prevents the wearer to be inflicted with wounds and Excalibur to be a very good/magical sword.
@@pawlundgreen3148 yeah guess there’s a lot of different stories of it
So there is no Meliodas? Oh that's the Anime version
I thought meliodas in the myth was the father of tristan
@@dafaqu694 he is indeed the father of Tristan
He is actually the father of Tristan :)
One more my favorite 😊😊😊 love the tv show MERLYN
I wish I could go back in the time to see all of this. Thank you for great video 😊😊😊💖💖💖
*Merlin
You just reminded me to go re watch it again
@@satanswife2546 so far I watched the show 4 or 5 times. I love it.
When did he had a thing with Gilgamesh?😏
WAIT I THOUGHT KING ARTHUR WAS A WOMAN?
@@dafaqu694 Well yeah in fate series he is a girl😏
@Veronica Logotheti you don't get the reference do you?
@Veronica Logotheti he is a 1/3 man and 2/3 god
@Veronica Logotheti I see so you don't get the fate reference in here
6:20 - Jaehaerys the Conciliator was King Pellinore?
I've got so many questions to ask about history but I'll ask a few at a time do you know anything about the the Roman goddess of bees
hello fellow struggler. I just wanted to let you know that God loves you and to also always love yourself, and one another.
Pretty nice new video loved it
If you've never read them, you should check out The Nightside book series by Simon R Green. He does some really interesting things with Arthurian characters.
Example. Merlin is Merlin Satanspawn, the son of Satan. "He could have been the Anti-Christ if he hadn't turned his back on it."
Great video 👏👏👏
i did miss Prince Valiant!
How about the other characters like Sir Dagonet?
I love this stuff
True legends know of Derfel Cadarn
If Lancelot was truly honorable he would have told Arthur and challenged him face to face.
Morgan is Arthur's half - sister
Mordred is son of Arthur
That mean, both morgan and arthur did something?
I don't understand why mordred became son of king
In earlier legends, Mordred wasn't Arthur's son but (if there was any relationship between them) his nephew. Mordred being Arthur's son is a somewhat "modern" interpretation of the myths.
(And for that matter, Morgan wasn't always Arthur's sister either, that's a merge of two different characters)
Mordred was never the son of morgan le fay only modern interpretations have them as mother and son with Morgan teaching Mordred how to be evil and stuff in the actual Arthurian legend Mordred was the son of Arthur and Morgause(who was also his half sister ew) but Morgause is often replaced by Morgan in a lot of stories so thats probably where the confusion comes from
Basically Guinivere belongs in the streets!
From the streets she emerged to the streets she shall return!
Awesome video!!
A mythological twist on the story of Alfred The Great Perhaps?
Ah yes, I’m great. No need to remind me.
if you're going to mention Merlin's origin and not mention Myrddin the Wyllt, then you're slacking.
Great video, but so many ads!
Thanks for the ads every two minutes in an otherwise amazing video
This story reminds me of Seven Deadly Sins
This is what seven deadly sins is based off of
@@itsactuallytony5699 Also the Four Knights of the Apocalypse which has Arthur from Seven Deadly Sins being more of the Focus
Lyonesse is also a name of Tristans kingdom that sank after he ditched.
as usual, Gawain & Tristan are sidelined
dont worry the green knight is coming soon!
Gawain and Tristan are the most common MCs in the whole of the Matter of Britain BY FAR so I find it hilarious how sidelined they are today. Especially Tristan, he's usually off in Cornwall hogging all the Iseults why is he the main character in the most Arthurian texts? He doesn't even go here??
I do not like the version where Lancelot betrays Arthur.
@Leanne um, no. The earliest records, that of a 15 year old clan chief never mentions his betrayal. that didn't start til the french got involved. And the french have always been weird.
@Leanne there are accounts if Arthur before Monmouth, can't think of the guys name, he was an archaeologist, wrote the book in the late 90s. He sites a lot of evidence and records, ling before Geoffrey of Monmouth was born, things from within a hundred years of Arthur's time. If I ever find the book I'll send you a link. It's dry reading, but great
Please somebody i want the name of the background Arthur song
So when are they gonna shoot beams?
The best thing about the Arthurian legends the fate series adapt this side well on its own
Where did you get some of the music for this video, specifically the track playing at the 15:50 mark
so when do they start fighting the primordial Mesopotamian God Tiamat, gilgamesh, karna, arjuna, cu chulainn, medea, gorgons, their evil selves and every other historical and mythological hero?
... It's Fate isn't it?
I kinda feel people of the old days feel free to create their own "mini-tale" or versions of Arthur's mythology.
Wasn't Galahad The Pure the legitimate son of Lancelot by his Qife who commited suicide when she heard lancelot had abandoned her and Galahad to be with Guenivere after they both adulterously broke their marriages?
Wasn't it Galahad who fulfilled some prophecy that Arthur believed lancelot fulfilled only to see the truth later after lancelots betrayle.
No Galahad is certainly ILLEGITIMATE. Lancelot and Elaine are not married in medieval texts. He sleeps with her believing he's sleeping with the queen. Later authors, often writing for children, tried to sanitize the stories and present Guinevere as a faithful wife (but not Iseult for some reason, probably because no ones cares about Mark). Lancelot needs a new love interest so no readers are suspicious of the close relationship between the queen and her knight, so he is married off to a reformed Elaine and it's all very consensual and there's no affairs or at least no carnal ones
@@leanne2448 Well in the story I read he was not illegitimate. Lancelot had abandoned his wife and son to serve Arthur and done so specifically to gain proximity to Arthur's wife. Lancelot wife comits suicide and this causes Lancelot to leave Guinevere until a sentence of death is passed upon her and he comes out of self exile once to save her. She spends the rests of her days in a convent an he as a rabid sort of mendicant obsessed with Penzance.
Galahad serves Arthur late in the kings life and is the only Knight who is pure enough to touch the holy grail though Percival is allowed to see it but not touch it.
Were Galahad a bactard he wouldn't be Galahad The Pure and he would never have become a knight or been invited into Arthur's court or been able to fulfill The Grail prophecy. I disagree about him emphatically.
@@leanne2448 and furthermore how would his being single sanitize his sleeping with his queen and cuckolding his King?! That's just not a very good argument. His adultery with the queen would be horrible no matter his own marital status.
@@robertalpy9422 When I said "sanitize" I was referring to the removal of the Guinevere-Lancelot affair in children's literature... I don't know which version of the story you're commenting on but it's not one I've encountered. The traditional version is as I recounted. Earliest versions of the character he was a bastard.
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I saw heroes and villains and thought this might have something to do with The Beach Boys
@06:05 hello noble ones
another great series that has to to with King Author is the Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising it would make a great movie series IF IF Hollywood left the story and the characters alone. Fat Chance
Did i just see Morgana From League Of Legends Nice!
You're the king? Well I didn't vote for you!
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Monty python and the holy grail, niceee
You know that Bretons and Britons are different people right? The Bretons are Celts that migrated to France making modern Brittany. Arthur of legend was king of the Britons of what is now England, Wales, and depending on source around half of Scotland. Calling Arthur King of the Bretons is just really confusing.
arthur controlled the part of scotland known as the old north and he also controlled cornwall which is also his birthplace
fun fact: there is actually a king arthur grave in england, if the legend are true, then its problably one of those graves where it has no body the just make the funeral.
very good
Anyone know the song playing at 7:30?
13:23 Is that Roger Federer plz Tell me I am not the only one seeing this
11:13 that's not Merlin. That's Dragoon......THE GREAT!!!!
whats that music on the background? its so good.
Where is Erec?
So what does it mean that he'll return in a time of great need? I mean what qualifies as a great need?
He going to show in 2022 lol
@@OnyxXThePunch head news, Ancient king slashing the air and kills covid with the Excalibur
Diana/Artemis a chaste goddess. So granddaughter must require some mystical stuff.
Get rid of the over ads
The Lady of the Lake's name is Vivian? When I looked it up, I got the name Nimueh.
Vivien is the French version, Nimue is the old Breton version, which the French ripped off and introduced characters like Lancelot which weren't part of the original legend.
@@jacobschwier5368 I personally like Old Breton's Nimueh. It sounds more mystical, don't you think? Thanks, friend
WOW 😯. Hmm 🤔 very interesting it seems like game of thrones. Love this story, and love game of thrones too.
5:43 😂😂
I still love that Lancelot isnt even in the "canon" myth, since he was just the oc of some writer back then.
I get that it's not related but why is he using game of thrones Art of jaimie cersei and tommen at 6.19😅
I think they based Gandolph off Merlin...
You mean Gandalf, right
@@sadlobster1 yeah him... Lol... Typo...
i dont think Excalibur was in the stone. wasnt it given to arthur by lady of the lake?
He’s not called the once and future king of Britain for nothing!
Getting the Witcher 3 lady of the lake vibes here
the queen now is fesvemfed from arthur