Simviation Forum - History Channel special on King Arthur

Reply #15 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 5:18pm

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It's all there somewhere. I suggest you check out my link. Plenty more like it if you care to do a search. I can't possibly quote all the theories.* My name ain't Merlin. Tongue

*PS. They're only theories. None of it can be proven. That's what makes it a fascinating story. Wink

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Reply #16 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 5:48pm

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I know it's facinating. It's also a story I want to get to the bottom of. Because a legend of this caliber just has to have truth to it.

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Reply #17 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 6:07pm

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I know it's facinating. It's also a story I want to get to the bottom of. Because a legend of this caliber just has to have truth to it.

Aye, but there's the rub. Nobody can prove or disprove that a King named Arthur ever existed. The story was handed down by word of mouth over generations. Like all good legends I suspect it's based on different events that happened to different people in different locations over a period of time. Similar to the Viking sagas. It's a good story but nothing more. IMHO Wink

PS. It's quite possible that Arthur is buried on Cissbury Ring a few miles from where I'm sitting. I defy anyone to disprove it. 8)

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Reply #18 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 6:11pm

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Maybe so. But likewise there's nothing to say that a man called Arthur never existed. Remember, what isn't there can be just as informative as what is. Grin

It's also possible that Arthur is buried in Lyonesse, a land swallowed up by the sea sometime within the last 1500 years. Likewise, I defy anyone to disprove it. Grin

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Reply #19 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 6:18pm

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Every legend has some truth in it. Sadly since the reign of Arthur may have took place in the Dark Ages no documentation of it exist, only word of mouth and folk lore that were manipulated by others centuries later.

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Reply #20 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 6:45pm

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Right. Exactly my thinking.

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