Besides Glastonbury, several other alternative locations of Avalon have been claimed or proposed as well. The particular motif of his rest in Morgan's care in Avalon has become especially popular and can be found in various versions in many French and other medieval Arthurian and other works written in the wake of Geoffrey, some of them also linking Avalon with the legend of the Holy Grail.Īvalon has been often identified as the former island of Glastonbury Tor, an early and long-standing belief that notably involved the purported discovery of Arthur's remains and their later grand reburial in accordance with the medieval English tradition in which Arthur did not survive the fatal injuries which he suffered in his final battle. Certain Briton traditions have maintained that Arthur is an eternal king who had never truly died but would return as the "once and future" king. Since then, the island has become a symbol of Arthurian mythology, similar to Arthur's castle of Camelot.Īvalon was associated from an early date with mystical practices and magical figures such as King Arthur's sorceress sister Morgan, cast as the island's ruler by Geoffrey and many of the later authors inspired by him. It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's influential 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann. King Arthur, Lady of the Lake, the nine sisters, MelusineĪvalon ( / ˈ æ v ə l ɒ n/) is a mythical island featured in the Arthurian legend.
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon by Edward Burne-Jonesĭisputed origins, possibly Glastonbury Tor
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