Hello Friends,
What if you found an old sword in a lake where the legendary Excalibur was
said to have been thrown?
What would you think?
A happy coincidence. A magical moment.
In September 2017, it was reported that seven year old schoolgirl, Matilda
Jones was swimming at the Dozmary Pool in Cornwall when she saw shining metal
laying on the bottom of the pool. She told her Dad it was a sword. He didn’t
believe her.
Earlier in the day, Mr Jones had told his daughter about the legend of
the sword at the Cornish lake. He thought she was being silly saying she’d
found a sword. Then they recovered the four-foot sword from the lake.
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| Matilda Jones and the sword she found. source: Huffingtonpost |
The sword is almost the same height as Matilda. Her Dad’s thinks the
sword is about 20-30 years old, and could be an old film prop.
The Myths of King Arthur
One of the legends of King Arthur tells of the Excalibur sword being
given to him by the ‘Lady of the Lake’. Excalibur was to be held by the true
king or queen of Britain. It was also a magical gift of good fortune and mighty
fighting skills.
In the myths, King Arthur lost the sword in the Battle of Camlann. He
was fatally wounded. He ordered Excalibur to be returned to its owner. Upon his
death, one of his knights hurled it into the Cornish lake.
It was said that before the sword touched the water, a woman’s hand
reached out of the water to catch it. Excalibur is being held by the ‘Lady of
the Lake’ beneath the Dozmary Pool, as she waits for the next person worthy of
ruling Britain to come to her.
Was King Arthur a Celtic Superhero?
Read about it here
Have a happy
weekend,
♥ Ashlyn
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