Arthurian Legend

Magical island: first mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1136, as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made, and later where Arthur was taken to recover after being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann		Avalon
Excalibur was thrown into the lake by		Bedivere
Battle at which Arthur was fatally wounded by his son and/or nephew Mordred		Camlann (Camelford)
Castle where the Holy Grail was said to be kept; the domain of the Fisher King, and the birthplace of Galahad		Corbenic
Mother of Sir Lancelot		Elaine of Benoic
Maiden who died for her unrequited love of Lancelot; daughter of Bernard of Astolat		Elaine, the Fair Maid of Astolat (the Lady of Shalott)
Arthur's magical sword		Excalibur
The last in a long line of custodians of the holy grail, in the story of Perceval (a.k.a. the Wounded King or the Maimed King)		The Fisher King
Purest and most honorable of all the knights of the round table – illegitimate son of Lancelot; found the Holy Grail, as predicted after he sat in the Siege Perilous and survived		Galahad
Formidable but brash knight, nephew of King Arthur; beheaded the Green Knight		Gawain
Arthur's final resting place		Glastonbury
Wife of King Arthur		Guinevere
First mentioned around 1190, in an unfinished romance by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes; identified soon afterwards by Robert de Boron (another French poet) with the chalice used in the Last Supper, which Joseph of Arimathea used to catch Jesus's blood at the Crucifixion		The Holy Grail
Mother of King Arthur		Igraine
Brought the Holy Grail to England and founded Glastonbury Abbey ("traditionally the oldest above–ground Christian church in the World"); planted the Glastonbury Thorn		Joseph of Arimathea
Carried a sword called Arondight, given to him as a child by the Lady of the Lake (according to Sonic the Hedgehog); father of Galahad; his adultery with Queen Guinevere led ultimately to the fall of Arthur's kingdom		Lancelot
Knight of the Holy Grail, sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity; son of Perceval		Lohengrin
Kingdom of Arthurian legend, identified in later tradition as a lost island between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly; the kingdom of Tristan (in some versions)		Lyonesse
Legendary magician at Arthur's court, who brought Arthur up		Merlin
Son and/or nephew of King Arthur (his illegitimate son by his half–sister Morgause), who fought Arthur at the Battle of Camlann where he was fatally wounded		Mordred
Wicked fairy, half–sister of King Arthur		Morgan le Fay
Half–sister of King Arthur, and mother of his illegitimate son Mordred		Morgause
The original hero in the quest for the Grail – replaced in later English and French literature by Galahad; father of Lohengrin		Perceval (Parsifal, etc.)
Guinevere's dowry to Arthur		Round Table
Seat at the Round Table, reserved by Merlin for the knight who was destined to return with the Holy Grail; fatal to anyone else who sat in it. In Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Sir Galahad takes it; in other versions it's Perceval		Siege Perilous
Cornish village that claims to be Arthur's birthplace		Tintagel
Father of King Arthur		Uther Pendragon
The Lady of the Lake – mistress of Merlin		Vivien (or Nimue)

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