what was the name of king arthurs sword?

Answer 1

The various tales and legends about Arthur, somewhat codified in La Morte D'Artur by Mallory, tend to agree that Merlin ensorcelled a normal, nameless sword and placed it into a stone in order to legitimize Arthur's claim on the throne, or that the sword was there from time out of mind and came from Faerie or again from Merlin who was said to be immortal and could have placed the sword there years before, that that sword broke in combat years later, that Merlin then provided a sword from the world of Faerie that could not be broken and would cleave thru any armor or defense, called Caliburn or more traditionally, Excalibur, gifted by the Lady of the Lake (itself a portal to Faerie) and that it came with a scabbard that conferred physical invulnerability on its bearer, which Arthur later lost.

Answer 2

In medieval Welsh tales the sword is named Kaletvwlch, usually normalized as Caledvwlch. In early Latin and French Arthurian tales the sword is named Caliburn. In later Arthurian romances, the name is fancied up to Escalibor. Some slight variations exist. In Sir Thomas Malory's “Le Morte d'Arthur”, the sword is named Excalibur. Malory is the ONLY medieval author to have this form with the letter “x”. According to the “Prose Lancelot”, Arthur's nephew Gawain bears the sword Escalibor and Arthur instead carries a sword named “Sequence”, According to the “Vulgate Merlin”, Arthur gave his sword Escalibor to Gawain when he knighted him and kept for himself a sword name Marmiadoise which he had won in a battle against King Rion. According to the English “Alliterative Morte d’Arthur”, Arthur also had a ceremonial sword named Clarent used for dubbing knights and other ceremonial purposes. Clarent was inherited from Arthur’s father Uther Pendragon. The “Story of Merlin”, which is the earliest Arthurian romance to tell the story of the sword in the stone, does not say whether that sword was Escalibor or not. The “Vulgate Merlin”, which is a later continuation to the “Story of Merlin” identifies the sword in the stone with Escalibor. But another continuation to the “Story of Merlin'', known now as the “Post-Vulgate Merlin”, makes out that Escalibor was a different sword, taken by Arthur from a lake. Both versions appear in Sir Thomas Malory's “Le Morte d’Arthur”, in contradiction to one another. In the film “Excalibur” an attempt is made to harmonize these two stories by identifying Excalibur with the sword from the stone, having it brake and then be reforged by the Lady of the Lake.

Answer 3

Excalibur

Answer 4

Excalibur.

Read Knight's "The Once and Future King". The tale is about so much more than just a sword.

Answer 5

Excalibur

Answer 6

Excalibur from the stone Arthur's drew it from to become King and returned it to our lady of the lake to be given to the next brave King and there hasn't one yet.

Answer 7

King Arthur JR.

Answer 8

Excalibur

Answer 9

It was not excaliber. exca;liber came later in the story; It is the sword from the stone. Then Arthur got excaliber and its magic sheath from vivane, the lady of the lake.

Answer 10

Excalibur.