Is any of this historical or is it all just fiction?

Question

The Holy Grail

Castle of Weeping Maidens

The Round Table

Castle Of Carbonek

Camelot

Sir Lancelot

Sir Galahad

Sir Percival

Answer 1

all stories.

Answer 2

Maybe, possibly, there is an iota of a chance that someone named Arthur was in some way involved in the Battle of Badon Hill, which was a minor skirmish involving the native Romano-British and the invading Saxons in the late 5th or early 6th century. Everything else of the Arthurian legend starts with Le Morte d'Arthur, written 700 years after the fact. So beyond the fact that someone named Arthur may have been some kind of war leader at some point, it's all so much lovely rubbish.

Answer 3

Why do you want to know? If you're a kid and you're trying to figure out whether the world runs on magic, I can tell you one thing -- it doesn't run on magic these days. I wouldn't go trying to literally start your own Round Table or anything.

But if you're trying to decide whether to believe in some modern-day political cause, or whether to go on some quest that makes you feel as holy and adventurous as Lancelot and Arthur and Galahad must have, and you'd be more likely to go through with your crazy plans if you thought that maybe once upon a time some people were as brave as you want to be...why not let it be true?

It certainly *feels* real when you read about it, and it's not as if historians can definitively prove that nobody like the Knights of the Round Table ever existed--all historians can say is that there's no scientific evidence to show that they *did* exist. So why work yourself into a frenzy trying to get yourself to believe that it's fake if want you really want is to believe that it's true? Is it because you'll feel simple-minded or gullible?

You have to be able to acknowledge to yourself that *you* specifically are not going to find any super-powerful swords buried in a lake or a stone. If you can't do that, then you are being a little silly. But if you want to go on a real-world adventure, then go for it! That doesn't make you gullible, it makes you tough. It's the people who get duped into going home every night and watching another five years of sitcoms and reality TV that are gullible. It's the people who can't imagine that their neighborhood could ever become as meaningful as Camelot who are simple-minded.

Answer 4

I think that it is all just fiction; however, having said that I must point out that frequently legends and folktales are based upon some historical event, but enhanced and embroidered in the telling and retelling.

I mean, obviously Jesus drank out of something at the last supper, even if it was just a wine skin, but did anyone realize the significance and save it? I doubt it, but it makes a good story and gives the knights in the legend to which you are referring something to do, besides rescue maidens.

Answer 5

The legend of King Aurthur, the location where the story took place, and the nights are all a fictitious story.
The grail, however, is the cup that Jesus used at the famous Last Supper. However, there is no document stating that the grail was preserved or set apart from other dishes used daily at the time.

Answer 6

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This article is about the mythical castle. For other uses, see Camelot (disambiguation).

Gustave Doré’s illustration of Camelot from “Idylls of the King”, 1868 Camelot is the most famous fictional castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Later romance depicts it as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm, from which he fought many of the battles and quests that made up his life. Camelot as a place is associated with ideals like justice, bravery and truth, the virtues Arthur and his knights embody in the romances. It is absent from the early material, and its location, if it even existed, is unknown. Thus most modern academic scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its vague geography being perfect for romance writers; Arthurian scholar Norris J. Lacy commented that "Camelot, located nowhere in particular, can be anywhere."[1] Nevertheless arguments about the location of the "real Camelot" have occurred since the 15th century and continue to rage today in popular works and for tourism purposes

Answer 7

Like most legends, these are myths built around kernels of truth. To try and pick out just which aspects are factually accurate, and to what degree, is difficult if not impossible to say.

Answer 8

Yes, they all did exist in history but much legend has accrued to them or to those places.

Research the Arthurian legends and you might start by reading La Morte d'Arthur.

You might also take a voyage to England when the weather improves. Go find the places and talk to the elders and the scholars.

Answer 9

As much as I love Arthurian mythology, I have to admit that this at least to me would be under fiction not fact.

Answer 10

The people were probably real Camelot and the round table are still up for debate and the holy grail well if you find it let me know ok!

Answer 11

all legends are based on some form of fact. they have typically been altered throughout the years and made more fanciful, so truthfully these are all probably true stories that have just been exaggerated through the ages.