Avalon.co.uk - Featured topic: King Arthur
Keep an eye on this page for additions to the myths and Legends of King Arthur.
Update: you can now read more engrossing stories about: King Arthur and his Life
The current focus of the site is King Arthur and the myths and legends associated with his life. You can find a broad overview, in chronological order, of the major events leading up to his life before he became King Arthur and thereafter by going to the following link: The myths are taken from The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth. The chapters mentioned are only those which relate to King Arthur or events associated with him. At present each event will only be covered briefly and it is not a very readable story. It is currently a very rough sketch but contains important facts if one is to understand King Arthur.
Many of the more modern renditions of King Arthur's life are either adaptations of Monmouth's story, or at least heavily rely upon it. Some of them, such as films, only loosely follow this text when writing scripts, others stick to it more closely. The best thus far was a film made in the 1980's called Excalibur and is an adaption of Monmouth's work. It begins before King Arthur is born and continues on to describe many of the myths associated with him. Particularly, how influential Merlin was on Arthur before he became king and right up to and past his time of troubles (prompting the search for the holy grail). It's certainly true that one has to be very enthusiastic about King Arthur and have something of an academic interest in Arthurian myths to be able to read all of The History of the Kings of Britain but it is well worth doing. One must be extremely careful when reading about King Arthur or the Arthurian era because there are huge amounts of over simplification and misinformation regarding Arthur, especially when reading 'pop lit' or watching Hollywood films. Many of these show patriotic versions of what were essentially ideological based myths. The hope with this site is to not suggest that there is on true version of King Arthur's story, but to give a readable version that admits openly where it takes its sources from.
This site is intended as a blend of content and connectivity, to help wanderers on the information superhighway find items of use in among the morass. Primarily we are interested in content associated, however loosely, with a lifestyle epitomised by the pursuit of Avalon. Avalon, the mythical island, Avalon, the very tangible ideal; the pursuit of beauty and passion and wonderment in a world designed to be mediocre. This can be content ranging from myths and legends, such as those about King Arthur, or actual sites to do with Avalon.
Here you will find, presently, things Arthurian, Celtic, geographical, Wiccan, and Fantastical. That is our aim here: to encourage the fantastic over the so-called real.
Feel free, if you feel your site is worthy of inclusion here and might benefit from the exposure, to contact us directly. We try to answer every sympathetic missive with a personal touch.