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New page: Excalibur (Caliburn in Geoffrey of Monmouth) is the magical sword owned by King Arthur, which he obtained by pulling it out of a stone to prove his right to the throne. It is said ...
Excalibur (Caliburn in [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]) is the magical sword owned by [[King Arthur]], which he obtained by pulling it out of a stone to prove his right to the throne. It is said to have protected its owner from wounding in battle. When the Arthurian myths were revived in the [[Middle Ages]], the kings of England claimed that Excalibur was still in their possession (even though Arthur is supposed to have thrown it into a lake). King Richard the Lionheart gave this alleged Excalibur as a gift to King Tancred of Sicily, after which it disappeared into the same mythological lacuna as the [[Holy Grail]], the [[Ark of the Covenant]], and the [[Lance of Longinus]].