Myth of the Month 12: The Arthur Cycle -- pt. 1: Creating "King Arthur"
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The Story of Arthur
In the year 11 forty six, a monk from france named herman of laon travelled to great britain. And he saw one man tracking to the site called arthur's hall with the standing boulders on bodwin moor in cornwall. This man aimed that arthur would heal his withered arm. So arthur had some kind of magical power now, a healing power. The story has spread widely, and its grown, its accumulated, its taken on new powers. Some folk stories about arthur began to be written and collected in prose as well in the 12 hundreds and 13 hundreds. But all of these stories, apparently, are little known or completely unknown.
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