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Call it myth if the word fiction makes you uncomfortable. Myth at least implies that there could be
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There is no real evidence Arthur existed, much less Morgan le Fay. No contemporary chronicles speak
of him except one which is believed to have been forged retrospectively. Most likely he is just a
mythical hero from the Welsh bardic literature, perhaps slightly jumbled up with the king Ambrosius
Aurelianus who fought with the Saxons.
In a way it's paradoxical that we even have to debate this. If Arthur had been such a tremendous
figure, the mark he left on history would have been so clear that we wouldn't have to debate his
existence.
This shows that even if Arthur did exist, he accomplished nothing. Britain was overrun by the Saxons
anyway. It is the descendants of the people Arthur fought against who today celebrate him as a great
hero. |
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02 Jul 2008 22:00
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