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The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone is a legend from Glastonbury, Somerset, GB β a folk story passed down over generations. This file collects its origins, its meaning and how it has been retold.
Where does the legend of The Sword in the Stone come from?
- Location
- Glastonbury, Somerset, GB
- Kind of legend
- Myth
- Coordinates
- 51.144, -2.714
- Testimonies
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What is the legend of The Sword in the Stone?
When the High King of Britain died leaving no known heir, the land fell into quarrel, and it was said that whoever could draw a certain sword from an anvil set upon a stone would be the rightful king. Knights and lords came from every corner to try their strength, and every one of them failed; the blade would not move an inch. Then a boy named Arthur, squire to his foster-brother and ignorant of his own royal blood, needed a sword for a tournament and, finding the churchyard weapon unguarded, pulled it free without effort. The astonished barons demanded he do it again, and again the sword slid out for him alone. So the unknown youth was crowned, and later, when that blade broke, the Lady of the Lake gave him the greater sword Excalibur. The tale is woven from centuries of Welsh, Breton and French storytelling, fixed by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Thomas Malory. Glastonbury and Tintagel both claim ties to Arthur, and though no stone or sword survives, the legend of the boy-king endures across Britain.
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