Arthurian Tradition

The Forge of Vulcan by Diego Velázquez (1630) (Public Domain)

9 February, 2024 - 15:29 Felice Vinci

Excalibur: Extracting Swords From Stone, Ancient Metallurgical Metaphors

The first mention of the famous ‘Sword in the Stone’ of the Arthurian tradition is found in Robert de Boron’s Merlin , a medieval French poem, part of the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail cycle of French...