King Arthur is the legendary king of England, the leader of the knights of the Round Table, and also a legend close to myth. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, he led the Knights of the Round Table to unify the British Isles and was honored as King Arthur by later generations. How and where the legend of King Arthur was born in the first place is impossible to verify. Whether King Arthur is a fictional character based on historical figures is unknown. If King Arthur really existed, it is speculated that he lived around 500 AD, during which there was a period of about 50 years (according to the known version of King Arthur). Around 800 AD, Welsh monks wrote a Burlington History, in which the name "Arthur" was recorded for the first time, describing the Saxons who led the Welsh to resist the invasion from the middle reaches of the Thames. The Legend of King Arthur The legend of King Arthur began to be sung by troubadours who traveled all over Europe in the 2nd century BC/kloc-0. The recognized masterpiece is Death of King Arthur around15th century. The Celts who once ruled Britain were ruled by the Roman Empire in the first century. After the sixth century, the Germans invaded one after another, their strength gradually declined, and finally they were forced to give up the British throne. Legend has it that Arthur appeared as a Celtic hero during the German invasion. He led the tribe to defeat a Saxon of the Germanic nation in the Battle of Barton Mountain, and was regarded as a famous legend in medieval England. However, Arthur's image changed constantly with the evolution of legends and stories, and eventually he became the king who ruled Britain, the leader of the "Knights of the Round Table" who subdued legendary knights such as Lancelot and Tristan, and the hero with the highest honor. The Legend of the King and Sword in the Stone are symbols of King Arthur's supreme kingship. Wearing the legendary king of the elves, all the knights bowed down, not only established their own thrones, but also won numerous battles and returned home in triumph. The legend of the king also translated the broken steel sword, the chopped iron sword and the sword in the lake. It is worth noting that many unprofessional translators translated this sword into a sword in the stone, which is incorrect. The sword in the stone, King Arthur chose the king's sword. Some people say that this is the prototype of Excalibur, Calibourne. The History of the Kings of England records that King Arthur killed 470 Saxon soldiers who attacked him with this sword in World War I, and The Legend of the King is a magic sword that appeared in arthurian legend. It can be called the origin of the famous sword tradition in later knight literature. According to the legend of King Arthur, King Arthur, who pulled out the sword in the stone and became king, broke the sword in the stone in a confrontation with King Pelino (personally, Sir Pelino). The cause of this battle was that when King Arthur visited a castle, the owner of the castle, Anulei, saw Sir Perinaud coming to the castle and asked King Arthur for protection. In fact, Sir Perinaud was teased by Anuel and came against King Arthur. This battle is considered a violation of chivalry, which is also the reason why the sword in the stone was broken. Later, under the guidance of Merlin, he got the legend of the king from the goddess in the lake. The Legend of the King was built in Avalon, an elf country. The blade of the sword is made of gold, and the hilt is inlaid with precious stones. Because its sharp blade cuts iron like mud, the lady in the lake is named Excalibur (meaning "broken steel" in ancient Celtic). Merlin warned Arthur at this time: "Although The Legend of the King is very powerful, its scabbard is more valuable than its sword. The legendary man who wears the scabbard of the king will never bleed. You must never lose it. But later King Arthur lost his scabbard, so although he had a sword as sharp as mud, he was finally killed by the traitor knight Mordred. The Legend of the King was finally thrown back into the lake by Sir Bedivere at the behest of King Arthur, and returned to the elf country of Avalon with King Arthur. Avalon and Avalon are important islands in Arthurian legend, which is believed to be Glastonbury in southwest England today. According to legend, Avalon is surrounded by swamps and fog and can only be reached by boat. In Arthurian legend, Avalon symbolizes the afterlife and the land behind him. After King Arthur's death, his half-sister Morgana shipped his body back and buried it here. Regarding the etymology of Avalon, there is a theory that the Celtic language "Annwyn" is English, which means the land of fairies or the underworld. Geoffrey of Monmouth, a British chronicler, thinks that Avalon means Apple Island. Considering that until today, the word "apple" is still spelled Afal in Brittany and Cornwall and Aval in Welsh, Jeffrey's statement seems more credible. Glastonbury is also called "Ynis Witrin" in Celtic, which means the island of glass. In 2003, Mr Feng Xiang published a new book with the theme of the legend of King Arthur, namely "The Island of Glass". Maybe you are still wondering why an island should be named after glass. An interesting explanation is that ancient glass mirrors were polished with bronze, while Glastonbury was green and brightly colored, hence its name.