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King Arthur

King Arthur and the Knight of the Round Table are the leaders that defended England from the Saxons. With the help of the wizard Merlin, Arthur became King when he pulled the Excalibur sword from a stone.

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How old is Kay Arthur?

Here is the address to a website for an article posted in November of 2008 in which Kay Arthur's 75th birthday celebration was reported:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_138783.asp

What is the setting for the sword in the stone?

Disney's The Sword in the Stone is set in England during the Middle Ages at the home of Sir Ector. Arthur has been sent to live with them so that he can become a squire for Ector's son, Kaye. During a hunt with Kaye, Arthur falls through the ceiling of a cottage in the woods to land at Merlin's table. The wizard decides to take on the education of Arthur that he now nicknames "Wart". The movie takes place in the castle of Sir Ector and the surrounding lands as Merlin instructs Wart. The story reaches a climax when Wart attends a joust with Kaye as his squire and forgets the sword. Stumbling across a sword in stone, he pulls it out planning to take it to Kaye. What he didn't know was that he has pulled the sword that only the "rightwise born King of England" could pull this sword from this stone. King Arthur is anointed and the young Wart and his wizard Merlin begin their time in Camelot.

What is the setting of the story of king Arthur and his knights?

Mostly Cross Academy and... the forest? (in the anime) But there's a lot more places in the manga after most of the night class leave the school.

How can you meet the cast of Merlin?

I suppose that the only way to meet them would be if you won a competition or if you were involved in the film.And it is very unlikely to meet them until after finishing filming harry potter.

My friends knows someone who knows Rupert Grint, so you could just ask around the family or something.

You could try to go to a premier and you might be able to get a signed autograph, some of the cast talk to people when they are signing.

EDIT: go to a premier or a film festival where you know the cast is meeting. bug them about it. walking around known places of work is a little creepy but it works. its how tmz works. few of them host contests. or get famous yourself.

What was the round table and why?

King Arthur had the Round Table built to show that all the knights were equal. The carpenter is never named.

Why does arthur want bedivere to throw away the sword?

Because King Arthur told him to do so..

and because King Arthur told him that the sword was given to him by the lady of the lake so now it's time to return it back to her.

Are the legends of King Arthur real?

He was real but was mostly myths and fairytale.

What was the shape of King Arthur's table?

Actually, contrary to popular belief, King Arthur never had a round table, in fact he had never owned a table in his life or had anyone else he knew because tables had not been invented. They ate squatting or sitting on the floor around a central hearth. The Welsh did not even have a word for table until they borrowed the word "bord" (meaning "board") from Old English. A table is just a board on trestles. The Welsh adapted the word as "bwrd".

Presumably some teller or Arthurian tales was explaining that Arthur's men ate sitting in a circle, and some of his hearers, unable to conceive of noble knights eating sitting or squatting on the floor of a castle, invented the Round Table in their own minds, and probably thought that was what the story teller was describing.

What period did King Arthur live in?

The Tale of King Arthur is based on a military leader who was in power circa 450 AD. Little is known about him other than that he was more of a military leader than a political leader (meaning the title king is probably a misnomer, and something like general would be more appropriate.) He was known to have great fighting skills.

Was King Arthur the king of England?

yes As little more than a teenager, King Arthur unified a group of minor warring Kingdoms into a cohesive and cooperative "nation" working for the "mutual good" and to protect Britain from external threats.

What actors and actresses appeared in King Arthur - 2004?

The cast of King Arthur - 2004 includes: Steve Adamson as Additional Voices Chick Allan as Saxon Lesley Ann Shaw as Scottish Village Girl Doug Boyd Dawn Bradfield as Vanora Des Braiden as Third Monk Johnny Brennan as Lucan Robert Butterworth as Additional Voices Andrew Chaikin Brian Condon as Cerdic Bodyguard Donncha Crowley as Monk Hugh Dancy as Galahad Lorenzo De Angelis as Alecto Ned Dennehy as Mental Monk Alan Devine as British Scout Stephen Dillane as Merlin Phelim Drew as Obnoxious Monk Joel Edgerton as Gawain Dessie Gallagher as Mercenary Sean Gilder as Jols Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot Bosco Hogan as Bishop Decoy Pat Kinevane as Horton Keira Knightley as Guinevere Patrick Leech as Cerdic Officer Ron Marc as Additional Voices Ivano Marescotti as Bishop Germanius Nigel Martin Davey as Saxon Daire McCormack as Agustus Paul McGlinchey as Mercenary Brian McGuinness as Cerdic Officer Graham McTavish as Roman Officer Mads Mikkelsen as Tristan Stefania Orsola Garello as Fulcinia Clive Owen as Arthur Lauren Pears as Additional Voices Naomi Peters as Guinevere James Podesta as Additional Voices Til Schweiger as Cynric George Stamatiadis as Additional Voices Ray Stevenson as Dagonet Ken Stott as Marius Honorius Owen Teale as Pelagius (DVD extended edition) Gerry Wade as Gate Keeper Ethan Watson as Additional Voices David Wilmot as Woad Killed By Lancelot Ray Winstone as Bors

Where did King Arthur get excalibur from?

There are variations of the legend: it was said to be the sword in the stone that Arthur withdrew; that it was given to Arthur by Merlin; and that it was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake.

What was the first mention of the devil and where?

Prior to the Babylonian Exile, Judaism had no heaven or hell - souls of the dead simply went to a place of rest, sheol, regardless of the life that had been led. There was no Satan and no angels. The notion of Satan entered Judaism during the Babylonian Exile, so no biblical Book written before that time contains any reference to Satan. Chronicles was actually written during the Exile, as a revision to the Deuteronomic History, and thus is the first book in the Bible to contain the name Satan. 1 Chronicles 21:1:

"And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel."

Because Kings (part of the Deuteronomic history) was written before the Exile, the corresponding passage contains no mention of Satan.

Another post-exilic reference to Satan is in the Book of Job, which introduces Satan, not yet as the adversary of God portrayed in later Christian belief, but as a 'son of God' or angel, whose role was to prove the righteousness of people by tempting them to do wrong. God twice gave Satan a challenge to have Job curse God, first by destroying his family and his property (1:8,11), then by afflicting him with a terrible disease. If Job cursed God, he would be judged as evil.

Also: in the King James Version, Psalms 109:6 refers to Satan, but the Hebrew Masoretic text (in English translation) for Psalm 109:6 refers to an Adversary, rather than Satan.

Evil is mentioned much earlier - in Genesis.

How many knights sat at King Arthur's table?

There were originally about 150, but only 13 were the most important ones: King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, Sir Geraint, Sir Gareth, Sir Gaheris, Sir Bedivere, Sir Galahad, Sir Kay, Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Lamorak, Sir Tristan and Sir Percivale.

What were King Arthur's warriors called?

The legend says that they were The Knights of the Round Table.

Who was king Arthur's most trusted knight?

His best companions name was Lancelot.

I hope this hepls!

Where King Arthur is buried?

Legend states that following the Battle of Camlann in 538AD the mortally wounded Arthur (who was not necessarily a "king") was conveyed from the site of the battle by his sister Morgan (reputedly a sorceress and otherwise known as the "Lady of the Lake") to Avalon. Avalon has long been identified with Glastonbury in Somerset. Until the late Middle Ages, Glastonbury was an island surrounded by swamps. The traditions differ, but those that say Arthur died say he died at Avalon. Here, they say, he was buried alongside his wife Guinevere. Myth has it that he did not die but passed from Avalon to the Otherworld where he reigns immortal; this is not unlike other similar legends regarding many a fallen Welsh hero. In 1193, King Henry II of England is said to have been made aware of the location of Arthur's grave and ordered that the body be exhumed. The monks at Glastonbury Abbey obediently dug down at the alleged spot and there some 16 feet down found the body of an extraordinary man (alongside a second female body) in a huge coffin made from a hollowed oak trunk. It was accompanied by stone slab on which in Latin and face down was carved; HERE IN THE ISLE OF AVALON LIES BURIED THE RENOWNED KING ARTHUR.

After the body was found the bones were placed in an ornate wooden chest which was kept at the Abbey for veneration by pilgrims. Later, in 1278 during the reign of Edward I, the bones were placed in a black stone sarcophagus and re-interred next to the High Altar. Glastonbury Abbey was destroyed during the reign of Henry VIII in 1541. What became of these bones thereafter is not known and it is quite possible that the beleaguered monks secretly reburied the body elsewhere to preserve it from desecration. The last Abbot of Glastonbury was hung drawn and quartered on account of alleged treason and took the Abbeys secrets with him to the grave.

In the story of King Arthur what news does the Wart announce to Sir Ector and Kay?

King Arthur is only called Wart in T H White's "Once and Future King" series, including "The Sword in the Stone" made into a Walt Disney film. That is as far as my research has got

What day was King Arthur born?

King Arthur Pendragon was born on April 5, 1954. He is 60 years old and most known as being a media personality.

Who is King Arthur's stepfather?

Uther Pendragon

Arthur is the son of Uther the Pendragon first of his name, post Roman empire and pre Danish invasion over Wessex and Britannia. As the story of Arthur's existence is a fabled tail translated in over a hundred languages and as been around for a period of much longer, many different variations of the story exists. However, most do agree that his parentage came about when his biological father Uther, in the guise of his enemy Gorlois, weather the be due to Merlin's magic or simple trickery, met with Gorlois's wife Igraine and copulated with her.

Merlin made Uther promise that if this deed were to end in a child's birth, that Uther would give up the baby to Merlin, and in return Merlin also helped Uther defeat his enemy Gorlois in battle. During the birth of Arthur, Igraine begged and pleaded with Merlin to be allowed to keep the child but Uther was a man of his word and took the newborn baby away and handed him to Merlin.

It has been said that another child was made by Uther and Igraine, a legitimate heir to the throne and was named Mordred. Over time this has changed as the early works made Arthur a usurper to the throne of Britain and surprisingly, also made Arthur a warmongering tyrant. In the later versions, the clubbed footed Mordred was conceived by Arthur and his sister Morgause (Morgan le Fey). But in all cases the story ends the same with a great battle in which Arthur kills Mordred and is also mortally wounded.

The fable ends with Arthur now resting in the forever sleep to be woken when Britain need's its king again. Excalibur will once again be placed back into Arthur's hand.

Which knight betrayed King Arthur what did he do?

Guinevere did not help him really. She got married to Arthur. Lancelot saw she was beautiful and snuck out later with her to spend time with each other. Lancelot and Guinevere ran away. Soon Arthur heard about this affair and ordered to find them ...................... but guinevere didn't want to....................................

How does sir gawain and the green knight embodies the code of chivalry?

He wanted to see if they were as tough as he had heard, so he challenged one of them to chop his head off with an axe. Then, in 11 months from now the same man would come to the Green Chapel, and he could strike him once on the neck as he had done to him. Sir Gawain/Gwaine took up the challenge, and set out in 11 months. He stayed in a castle, where the lord struck a deal with him: when the lord went out hunting, he would give everything he caught to Gawain. In return, Gawain must give him everything he comes by at the castle. The lord's wife falls in love with Gawain, and on the first day, kisses him once. Gwaine kisses the lord once, keeping the deal. On the second day, she kissed him twice, so he again returned the kisses. But on the third day, when he was to be on his way to the Green Chapel, she gave him a hand-woven belt as a How_did_green_knight_challenge_arthur_and_his_knightsof her love. It would keep her safe, she said. Completely forgetting the bargain, he left with the belt on underneath his armor. When he reached the Green Chapel, the Green Knight was waiting for him. He swung his axe, but did not touch Gawain. He swung it a second time, and, again did not spill any blood. But on the third time, he cut the neck, just deep enough to spill blood. The Green Knight was really the lord from the castle, and was testing, no only the bravery of the knights, but the nobility, their truthfulness. He struck him only once on the third swing, because that was when he had broken his promise - he had not given him the belt his wife had given him.

MORAL IS TO TELL THE TRUTH :D