As early as the French author Chretien de Troyes in the second half of the 12th century, the legend began to focus away from the king himself and more on his knights from the Round Table. The force was annihilated from numerically superior forces, but Charlemagne avenged their death by defeating a Saracen army. Y Gododdin was written by 6th century bard Aneirin, which was preserved in the Book of Aneirin (c. 1250). A horse, a horse! It was this name that he used from then on. But in the Dream of Rhonabwy (Mabinogion), Medrawd (Modred) was his nephew and only his foster-son. According to the ninth century historian, Nennius, Arthur had a son named Amr, as well as a dog, called Cabal. Nennius had later also recorded that Arthur had a carn built at Buel for his dog Cabal, which had used in his hunt for the boar Troynt. Nennius wrote in his Historia Brittonum that eleven other victories were ascribed to Arthur, but he was more of British warlord or general, than a king. She has been featured by NPR and National Geographic for her ancient history expertise. The lance was called Ron, while his helmet was named Goosewhite and his shield was called Pridwen, which depicted the Virgin Mary. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, in the Historia regum Britanniae, Arthur was a great warrior king, unsurpassed in prowess and diplomacy. These epic poems were written between 1100 and 1500, and dealing with barons who fought for or against Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious. His reign only ended when his nephew Mordred tried to deposed him as king of Britain and forced his wife Guanhumara (Guinevere). As for his dog, the mound was called Carn Cabal, located in Buelt. Arthur had a sister named Gwyar, who was the mother of Gwalchmai or Gwalchmei, which means the Hawk of May, and of Gwalhaved. Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s so-called history of the British kings (titled Historia regum Britanniae) was nothing more than an inventive history. Then later, he was reduced to a role of passive ruler, while the knight, swore into the fellowship of the Round Table, overcame monsters and enemies in his name. While there are still people seeking the mysterious light of the elusive Grail and with champions like Lancelot and the knights of the Round Table defending the kingdom and the damsels, Arthur appeared very much alive today as he did in the Middle Ages. Later French sources call his horse Passelande. A king had duties that tied him to the throne and to his kingly functions. Annales Cambriae (The Annals of Wales) was written in 9th century. …that they might not be brought to utter destruction, took arms under the conduct of Ambrosius Aurelianus, a modest man, who of all the Roman nation was then alone in the confusion of this troubled period by chance left alive. The warcry of Arthur and the Round Table was “Clarence!“. The only person who knew of Arthur relationship with Mordred was Morgawse and Merlin. Even today, his offspring are in great demand, and fetch the best prices. Arthur was seen as a world conqueror, whose empire comprised of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Brittany, Normandy and Gaul (France). Could this wildboar Troynt be Twrch Trwyth in the tale of Culhwch and Olwen? The Battle of Badon, in which Arthur carried the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ for three days and three nights on his shoulders and the Britons were the victors. The battle of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut fell: and there was plague in Britain and Ireland. In the tenth century Annale Cambriae, Arthur and Medraut (Mordred) fell in battle at Camlann. Amhar could be the same as Nennius’ “Amr”, but I am not certain about this. St Bede the Venerable wrote in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (“Ecclesiastical History of the English People”), in AD 731, about the arrival of the English people (Saxons and Angles). Gwalchmai was better known in English and French legend as Gawain or Gauvain. However, Lohot (or Loholt) was said to be Arthur’s son, not by his wife Guinevere, but more frequently by a woman named Lisanor [Chretien de Troyes’ Erec [from Arthurian Romances, translated by William W. Kibler, p. 58]. This was the first mention of Arthur in the historical (psuedo-historial) source. Alexander spoke soothingly and turned the horse so that the horse didn't have to see its shadow, which had seemed to distress the animal. Shakespeare shows that the value and importance of things may change suddenly; and simple and unimportant things, like a horse in the battle, could become more important than a whole kingdom. The Roman had identified this god with their Mercury.
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