Where has Excalibur gone?
Hi, The legend of King Arthur has fascinated me since I was a kid and I read all the tales on Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail and Merlin, the fair Elaine, Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight, etc… Excalibur was apparently created (wrought?) by the fairies and was set in stone (by Merlin?) You probably know it was meant only to be drawn out by the King who would unite all the warring kingdoms of Britain. Sadly, King Arthur was based loosely on a Romano-British 5th Century chieftan (this was during the ‘Dark Ages’ about what little is known. There were lots of warring chieftans in Great Britain then, no overall ruler). In the legends, King Arthur has a last terrible battle with his son, Mordred (Mordred’s mother was Arthur’s half-sister Morgana). King Arthur and most of the knights of the round table are slain. One of his surviving knights, (Sir Percival, I think) is instructed by Arthur to throw Excalibur into the lake. He finally does so on his third request and the Lady of
