Extra Reading Notes: King Arthur B

Sir Galahad's tale is one I'd never heard before but it is kind of funny, him running around and fighting with just about anyone. Some of the fights I wasn't even sure why he was doing them other than maybe he just wanted to fight.

There are an awful lot of Christian symbols in the tales of the nights. Being heavy or weighed down by sins is a common theme. All looking for the Grail (Graal).
I was not aware of the idea that a lion was a more natural beast than a serpent. Maybe this has something to do with the snake in the garden of Eden. Also riding a lion is pretty dang cool.

Lancelot is "the best man in the world and the bravest." However he's also very sinful. The concept of sin in this old context is somewhat confusing to me.
There's a lot of voices and hands and visions. It's all meant to be holy but it could be abstracted to something else. Even witchcraft.

There's another sword like excaliber that cannot be drawn from a stone. It's also got blood writing on it though that's a little more menacing.

Only the last story makes any mention of Arthur. Most of these stories are concerned either with sin and fighting or specifically with searching for the Graal.

This has a story of miracle healing by the three knights and the Graal. They get imprisoned for this. Galahaad becomes king. Unexpected.

(Sir Lancelot fights the knight of a rival kingdom)

King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1902).