Arthurian legend

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legendary tradition medieval literary cycle mythological corpus

Arthurian legend is the body of medieval stories and later adaptations centered on King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the mythical realm of Camelot.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Age of King Arthur 1
Arthurian age 1
Arthurian legend (Mark Twain adaptation) 1

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary tradition ⓘ
medieval literary cycle ⓘ
mythological corpus ⓘ
adaptedInto comic books ⓘ
films ⓘ
modern novels ⓘ
operas ⓘ
stage plays ⓘ
television series ⓘ
video games ⓘ
associatedWith Celtic mythology ⓘ
Christian tradition ⓘ
developedIn medieval France ⓘ
earliestKnownSource Annales Cambriae ⓘ
Historia Brittonum ⓘ
hasCharacter Bedivere ⓘ
Ector ⓘ
Sir Galahad ⓘ
surface form: Galahad

Gawain ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
surface form: Guinevere

Igraine ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
surface form: Isolde

Kay ⓘ
Sir Lancelot ⓘ
surface form: Lancelot

Merlin ⓘ
Mordred ⓘ
Morgan le Fay ⓘ
Nimue ⓘ
Percival ⓘ
The Lady of the Lake ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
Uther Pendragon ⓘ
Yvain ⓘ
hasConcept Prophecies of Merlin ⓘ
surface form: the Once and Future King prophecy

the Round Table as symbol of equality ⓘ
hasGenre fantasy ⓘ
myth ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasKeyGroup King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Knights of the Round Table
hasLanguage Breton ⓘ
Cornish ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasMainCharacter King Arthur ⓘ
hasMotif Holy Grail ⓘ
surface form: the Holy Grail

the Once and Future King ⓘ
Sword in the Stone ⓘ
surface form: the Sword in the Stone
hasPlace Avalon ⓘ
Glastonbury ⓘ
Tintagel, Cornwall, England ⓘ
surface form: Tintagel
hasSetting King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot

Logres ⓘ
hasTheme Christian symbolism ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
heroic quest ⓘ
tragic downfall ⓘ
includesEpisode Arthur's death and departure to Avalon ⓘ
Battle of Camlann ⓘ
surface form: the Battle of Camlann

Holy Grail ⓘ
surface form: the Quest for the Holy Grail

the drawing of the Sword from the Stone ⓘ
the founding of the Round Table ⓘ
the love affair of Lancelot and Guinevere ⓘ
influenced Victorian literature ⓘ
medievalism ⓘ
modern fantasy literature ⓘ
modern popular culture ⓘ
majorSource Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances ⓘ
surface form: Chrétien de Troyes' romances

Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae

Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Arthurian legend self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Welsh Mabinogion tales
originatedIn medieval Britain ⓘ
timeOfSetting early Middle Ages ⓘ
sub-Roman Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bedivere → appearsIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Excalibur → appearsIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Excalibur → appearsIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh Arthurian tales
Gawain → appearsIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Green Knight → appearsIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Uther Pendragon → appearsIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Arthur’s Seat → associatedWith → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Jack the Giant Killer → associatedWith → Arthurian legend ⓘ
King Arthur → associatedWith → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian mythology
Thomas Malory → associatedWith → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Tintagel Castle → associatedWith → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Morgan le Fay → basedInTradition → Arthurian legend ⓘ
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword → basedOn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Monty Python and the Holy Grail → basedOn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
T. H. White → basedOn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
The Beguiling of Merlin → basedOn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
The Lady of Shalott → basedOn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lady of Shalott (painting)
this entity surface form: Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat
Thomas Malory → basedOnSources → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Arthurian romances
Queen Guinevere → culture → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Queen’s Robing Room → decorativeTheme → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian legends
King Arthur's Britain → describedIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Bedivere → featuredIn → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Arthurian romances
Hank Morgan → fictionalUniverse → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian legend (Mark Twain adaptation)
Merlin → genre → Arthurian legend ⓘ
T. H. White → genre → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian literature
Enid → hasCulturalAssociation → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Enid → hasNotableLiteraryUse → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval romance "Erec and Enide"
Marie de France → influenced → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian romance tradition
The Dark Tower series → influencedBy → Arthurian legend ⓘ
The Vision of Sir Launfal → influencedBy → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Tortilla Flat → influencedBy → Arthurian legend ⓘ
The Beguiling of Merlin → inspiredBy → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian romances
Hautdesert → locatedInFictionalUniverse → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Spamalot → mainSubject → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Arthurian legend → majorSource → Arthurian legend self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh Mabinogion tales
King Arthur's court → partOf → Arthurian legend ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lady of Shalott (painting)
this entity surface form: Arthurian legend cycle
Vortigern → relatedWork → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Wace → subjectOfWork → Arthurian legend ⓘ
Alliterative Revival → theme → Arthurian legend ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of King Arthur
this entity surface form: Arthurian age
King Arthur → tradition → Arthurian legend ⓘ