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Fabled King Arthur ‘was a Scottish warlord’
The Scotsman ^
| 11-26-2013
| EMMA COWING
Posted on 11/25/2013 6:29:25 PM PST by Renfield
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To: SunkenCiv
Interesting, thanks for the ping.
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12/01/2013 10:38:14 PM PST
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Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Altariel
My pleasure. Coel of Rheged (”Old King Cole”, literally) was roughly contemporary with Arthur, assuming there was an actual Arthur, and ruled the buffer state between the rest of former Roman Britain and Caledonia (Scotland).
http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/BritainRheged.htm
I’m currently convinced that “King Arthur — The True Story” by Graham Phillips is basically correct, and that Arthur’s capital was Viroconium (basically, modern Wroxeter). I’m also certain that the Arthurian legends incorporate loads of borrowings, both from medieval France as well as pre-Roman, Roman, and post-Roman Britain.
http://www.grahamphillips.net/books/Arthur.htm
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12/02/2013 7:35:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Arthur's Seat Edinburgh, Scotland
This huge crag, which rises to a height of 822 feet above sea-level above the city of Edinburgh,
has been known as Arthur's Seat since the fifteenth century. Part of Holyrood Park, it offers a tremendous view of the surrounding country and of the sea to the east. The 'seat' itself is said to be the notch between the highest point of the peak and a secondary point a little way to the south. In fact, it is probably named after a local hero who happened to bear the name Arthur.
Interestingly enough, Edinburgh is identified with the Castle of Maidens in several Arthurian tales, which is probably because one of its medieval names was Castellum Puellarum (Castle of Women). In the stories it is sometimes a place where a number of female prisoners are kept; at other times it seems to be occupied by seductive women who tempt knights passing by. In at least one version, Arthur's half-sister, the renowned 'enchantress' Morgan le Fay, is its mistress.
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It has been said that the association of the hill with Arthur may be a matter of its being a base for military action in the 6th century.
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12/12/2015 11:18:14 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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SunkenCiv
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