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Excalibur

Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that was purported to possess magical powers and be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Its first reliably datable appearance is found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. Excalibur as the "sword in the stone" functioning as the proof of Arthur's lineage is an iconic motif…

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Affiliation
Avalon
Function
Proof of Arthur's divine right, magic weapon, ritual item
Owners
King Arthur, Merlin, Lady of the Lake, Morgan, Bedivere, Griflet, Gawain
Type
Legendary sword

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Forms and etymology

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Excalibur as a relic

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Excalibur

Nodes115
Edges114
Triples260
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
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Excalibur

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related to Forms and etymology · 73
Excalibur → Arthur, Arthur's, Arthurian, Artur, Beunans Ke, Breton Kaledvoulc'h, Britain, Brittonic, Brut, Bruts, Calabrum, Calabrun, Caladbolg, Caledfwlch, Calesvol, Calibore, Caliborne, Calibourch, Calibourn, Calibourne
related to Similar weapons · 58
Excalibur → Adventurous Sword, Apart, Arthurian, Avalon, Balin, Barnstokkr, Britain, Caladbolg, Camelot, Chapel, Claíomh Solais, Dyrnwyn, Fergus, Galahad, Gawain, Generous, Gram, Hael, Holy Grail, In
related to Arthur's other weapons · 33
Excalibur → Alliterative Morte Arthure, Arthur, Arthur's, Camlann, Carnwennan, Clarent, Culhwch, Early-Arthurian Welsh, Gawain, Geoffrey, Geoffrey's Historia, Guinevere, Hercules, In, King Rions, Lancelot, Marmiadoise, Marmiadoise's, Marmydoyse, Mordred
related to Other roles and attributes · 32
Excalibur → Arthur's, Avalon, Both, Cadwr Earl, Caledfwlch, Caliburnus, Cornwall, Diwrnach, Europe, Geoffrey, Geoffrey's Historia, In, In Culhwch, Irish, Irishman, Its, Jeffrey Gantz, Latinises, Llenlleawg, Mabinogion
related to The Sword in the Stone and the Sword in the Lake · 25
Excalibur → After, Arthur, As Thomas Malory, Boron's, British, Christmas Eve, Ector, England, French, He, In, In Robert, Kay, Le Morte, Logres, Londinium, London, Merlin, Merlin's, Middle English Arthurian
related to Excalibur as a relic · 22
Excalibur → Anglo-Norman, Arthur's, Arthurian, Caliburn, England, English, Glastonbury Abbey, Gruffudd, Historically, It, King, King Arthur, Lionheart, Llywelyn, March, Messina, On, Richard, Sicily, Tancred
related to External links · 5
Excalibur → Rochester, Stone, Sword, The Camelot Project, University
Affiliation · 1
Excalibur → Avalon
Function · 1
Excalibur → Proof of Arthur's divine right, magic weapon, ritual item
Owners · 1
Excalibur → King Arthur, Merlin, Lady of the Lake, Morgan, Bedivere, Griflet, Gawain

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sword arthur merlin also arthur's welsh stone name post-vulgate king lake first morgan gawain later french vulgate arthurian caledfwlch appears

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ExcaliburAffiliationAvalon1.00infobox
ExcaliburFunctionProof of Arthur's divine right, magic weapon, ritual item1.00infobox
ExcaliburOwnersKing Arthur, Merlin, Lady of the Lake, Morgan, Bedivere, Griflet, Gawain1.00infobox
ExcaliburTypeLegendary sword1.00infobox
Excaliburis amythical sword of King Arthur that was purported to possess magical powers and be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain0.90text
the Brutsinstance ofThe name was later used in Welsh adaptations of foreign material0.80text
Chalabruminstance ofwith additional variant spellings0.80text
Caliboreinstance ofwith additional variant spellings0.80text
Calliborinstance ofwith additional variant spellings0.80text
Caliborneinstance ofwith additional variant spellings0.80text
Calliborcinstance ofwith additional variant spellings0.80text
Escallibore found in various continental manuscriptsinstance ofwith additional variant spellings0.80text

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