king arthur, Fact or legend?

Question

Ok people, i need some facts about king arthur, wether he was real or just a legend.

Answer 1

Ah now here is a good question. Depending on who you listen to, Arthurian legend is fact. Other people will tell you it is a legend. What you believe makes the difference. Good luck on your quest for the truth.

Answer 2

It is possible that the legendary Arthur, associated with the Welsh legends of the 10th century, is based on the historical figure who commanded a British force against the Saxons. According to the 9th-century historians, this Arthur defeated the Saxons at Mount Badon in 518 and died at Camlan in 537.



It seems that there was a war leader, whose name we do not know, who defeated the Saxons, checking their advance temporarily. In later years people remembered this leader with longing; "Oh, if we only had ... to lead us now". Eventually the name Arthur adhered to this folk memory, and his list of accomplishments grew. Arthur is in many ways greater because we do not know the truth; it can't get in the way of peoples' need to create a saviour who is waiting to come to their aid when times get tough.



The real Arthur may have been a man named Ambrosius Aurelianus, or perhaps his war leader, who defeated the Saxons in a major battle we know as Mount Badon, (which may possibly be South Cadbury, in Somerset) halting their advance for as long as forty years. In the end, however, the superior might and numbers of the Saxons and their allies were too much for the islanders, and Arthur's efforts became little more than a historical footnote. A terrifically romantic and exciting footnote though, for Arthur and his deeds were woven like a silk thread into the fabric of myth and legend in which Celtic storytellers delight.

Answer 3

Probably a bit of both. He may have been a real British leader at one time whose legend later became embellished into mythological proportions. Some say it's the same with many of the gods in history too.

Answer 4

Arthur isn't a Saxon; interior the legends he FOUGHT the incoming Saxons. If he in actuality lived he became probable a depressing a protracted time Romanised Briton. His call is Welsh by skill of how, as is Guinevere (Gwenhwyfar), Merlin (Myrddin), Bedivere (Bedwyr) etc. He could desire to no longer be a viking as they did no longer attain Britain for a number of hundred years after Arthur's time. he's probable a genuine individual, misplaced interior the mists of time, who has amassed legends of different Arthurs or darkish Age heroes to him, whichhave all ended up under the umbrella of 'thoughts of King Arthur.' another Arthurs who could have contributed to the legend: Arthur of the Pennines Arthur of Scotland paintings of eire Mac Erca-Irish parent whose mythical feats journey up with maximum of Arthur's Artorius Castus (Roman stationed on Hadrian's wall some hundred years earlier Arthur's era) Maximus emperor of the West-Romanised Spaniard stationed in Britain. very usual. Fought a chilly conflict in Brittany that has precisely a similar description as one in all Arthur's There are others too! It has even been surmised that the legend has grown around a mythological parent, in all likelihood a bronze age submit to god or demi god. easily the Arthur in Welsh mythology is surrounded by skill of a band of gods, no longer knights, and that they generally combat supernatural beings. it is exciting that Geoffrey, who wrote lots of the early Arthur thoughts, mentions Stonehenge a number of situations, in spite of it being an deserted harm long earlier Arthur's time. He additionally seems to understand some issues approximately it that he wouldn't have been in a position to understand.

Answer 5

A little bit if both. Theres a book I read called British Kings and Queens of England. I can't remember the mans name who wrote the book. But anyway in the book it said there was a barbaian warlike leader King I guess who didn't rule all of England but did win some battles and ruled his land for a while. From there the legend was born.

Answer 6

Id say he was a real person who has had exagerated claims and embelishment added to his history over time - with some strong indication that he may have been of Roman descent or an exile.

Answer 7

real but the feats he did in the stories are legends