"The Lady of the Lake, her arms clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying that by divine right I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king." "Look mate, strange women lying on their backs in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." "Shut up!"

@emeraldemperor2601

4 жыл бұрын

WHAT IS THE UNLADEN AIRSPEED OF A SWALLOW

@jacobkroesche3031

4 жыл бұрын

I read the second paragraph in a Scottish accent.

@remco4057

4 жыл бұрын

@@emeraldemperor2601 african or european swallow?

@emeraldemperor2601

4 жыл бұрын

@@remco4057 I don't know *flies out of existence*

@Nonamearisto

4 жыл бұрын

They didn't even get that right. He drew the sword from the stone and was proclaimed king because of that. In the legend, the lady of the lake part came later.

It’s Funny, my family got me that EXACT version of the fake Excalibur for Christmas. And asked “do I like it?” And I legitimately love it, (because the cared enough to pay attention to my interest and made an effort to do something special and thoughtful) But My inner voice being a sword snob: (starts analyzing and picking apart all the problems of the sword) then my heart punched my brain saying “shut up at least they cared enough to listen.” And to this day it is the only fake sword in my collection, and is perhaps my favorite.

@watbebe

2 жыл бұрын

I mean it is a really cool looking sword, no matter how fake ;)

@padricburke8858

Жыл бұрын

Cool swords are cool don’t let realism take that away

@enchantereddie

Жыл бұрын

Maybe mass produced in China? So that they are all the same.

@L5biszz

11 ай бұрын

Still better than a pair of socks

@bizznick444joe7

3 ай бұрын

When you think about the meaning of Excalibur is the way you see your sentimental sword. The sword itself may have been designed in a way it makes it a superior sword but there's something more sentimental about Excalibur that was to Arthur. Excalibur's importance is what made him worthy of being king.

"Exactly the same low quality disfunctional wall hanger piece of junk" - Skallagrim 2020

@victorlarignon2814

3 жыл бұрын

I came for that comment !

@TheRewasder97

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to post it myself if it wasn't here already what a piece of junk indeed

@insane_troll

3 жыл бұрын

Horrendously cheap wall-hanger Excalibur. Exactly the same low quality dysfunctional wall-hanger piece of junk that has been floating around on the market for probably decades at this point.

8:04 no, Everyone knows that the true excalibur's blade shines with the light of the promised victory

@VVayVVard

4 жыл бұрын

So 1:14 confirms that he is, in fact, holding the authentic Excalibur. I think the reason he can't activate it is either because he's not shouting its true name, Excalibur, from the top of his lungs, or possibly due to him not having enough mana.

@projectretro8243

3 жыл бұрын

@VVayVVard or he isnt holding it with 2 hands

@edgardox.feliciano3127

3 жыл бұрын

@@VVayVVard no, its because hes not a cute blonde green-eyed romano-british girl

@edgardox.feliciano3127

3 жыл бұрын

With dragon ancestry

@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS

Жыл бұрын

@@VVayVVard the one true name is Caledfwlch! It's hard to activate because no one can pronounce it's name!1!1! (I'm mostly joking but Caledfwlch is the Welsh name and the first documented name)

But how realistic/accurate is Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

@TheSpeep

7 жыл бұрын

not very, id reckon

@danciortea2278

7 жыл бұрын

Ryan Kunst it's only a model.

@callumunga5253

7 жыл бұрын

It was just LARPing.

@DzinkyDzink

7 жыл бұрын

The car was realistic.

@robotzombienazy

7 жыл бұрын

The witch trial definitely was a 100% accurate.

But what about pen-dragons?!

@Noone-rc9wf

7 жыл бұрын

Mirage Gaocariomon Wow.... *slow clap* That was... AMAZING!

@dylanbailey2812

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, you win

@lionelpolo221

7 жыл бұрын

Legen wait for it..... Dary!! Legendary

@robinthrush9672

7 жыл бұрын

I have a dragon pen holder.

@DerNachtmar

6 жыл бұрын

Ive got a peeen ive got a dragon...Pendragon!

Another theory on the myth of Excalibur is that he had an early steel blade from Rome. In battle against iron or even bronze blades, it would have seemed magical - lighter and faster, able to flex and return to shape, able to damage the softer-metal blades without being damaged in return.

@TeaAndBullets

4 жыл бұрын

I do like this theory, and I've been hearing it a lot more recently. It also makes a lot of sense if the story of King Arthur is based off the historical characters that Shad mentioned, which they likely are.

@arx3516

4 жыл бұрын

Britain had a lot of trade with Rome, a roman sword wouldn't have been so rare as to be considered exceptional.

@robertalford2257

4 жыл бұрын

Please read my new post above.

@oldfrend

4 жыл бұрын

beautiful theory but not a very likely one. steel blades were common by the 5th century, esp. among the wealthy class.

@BigWillyG1000

4 жыл бұрын

And this is the right period for Ulfberht type crucible steel blades. Early edge of it but we have such swords in Scandinavia plus Roman steel blades.

On the sword in the stone, I believe the text reads “he pulled the sword from the stone through the anvil. Pull in blacksmith terms is to work metal, the stone an iron meteorite. So he made a sword from meteorite iron on an anvil.

@michaellorah9051

4 жыл бұрын

Why does everyone read things and interpret them literally? This is why history so difficult to understand. People don't try and find a different context other than literal translation.

@eazy8579

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: there's also an old Norse legend (folk tale, myth, saga? Idfk what to classify it as) of a sword being thrust into an oak stump at a wedding by a mysterious figure, heavily implied to be Odin, and that the person to pull it out is to be the next king, which someone does. It's been a while since I read it, so I am pretty hazy on the details.

@rain8412

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Hyson That’s Gram (also known as Balmung or Nothung). It’s pulled by Sigmund, and later on Odin breaks it. It’s later reforged and wielded by Siegfried (or Sigurd).

@TheCorruptionCore

3 жыл бұрын

So Sonja is the one true king?

@zephyrstrife4668

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaellorah9051 to be fair, it's because linguistic understanding changes from century to century, even decade to decade. Cuss words were commonplace until european nobles didn't want to be associated with the peasantry, so their manner of speaking pretty made the common vernacular be defined as low-class. Aweful was an old word that meant that you were so full of awe that you couldn't speak or do much of anything but marvel at what you were seeing... now we have awful; which means the exact opposite. I feel you on wanting to really understand history, but the evolution of language is what makes it so much more difficult to understand.

The Modern Excalibur 1:14 The Legendary Excalibur 8:06 The Real Excalibur 9:40

Shad: Lets talk about Excalibur! Fate fans: *The Expert*

@AzureScintillae

4 жыл бұрын

@eli-boy 747 shad: The God

@felinespqr8317

4 жыл бұрын

The dungeon crawler?

@S--ox1ig

4 жыл бұрын

Legit just came here after binging all of it.

@axelssantoso5667

4 жыл бұрын

@@hsemicolonc 100% brutality especially fate zero

@comingstorm275

4 жыл бұрын

Read the VN you nerd

In Latin a single stroke (or mis-stroke) of the pen would change the word "stone" into "Saxon". Thus Arthur, instead of taking the sword from the stone to prove he is the rightful King of Britain, he takes the sword from the Saxon (defeating them in battle) to prove he is worthy of being King.

At 4:00, you can see the iconic mural of the legendary King Arthur preparing to go snow boarding.

Interestingly King Arthur is actually written about in a fair bit of detail the ancient Welsh "Mabinogion" fairy tales. They're written in Welsh and not that widely known, but Camelot is reffered to as "Camlan", which is a real place in east Wales, and a lot of the names in Arthurian legend are derived from ye olde Welsh and have meanings. I'm no expert by any stretch, just remember reading them as a kid. Love your content shad keep it up :)

@glenbe4026

5 жыл бұрын

The Mabinogion Books are problematic in regards to disproving Shad's position that Arthur and his Sword were inspired by Charlemagne and Joyeaux, just because they were written around the 1300s (despite being obviously based on much older stories) around 700 years after Charlemagne. I personally believe Arthur and Excalibur are NOT based on Charlemagne and Joyeux though Chretien did incorporate elements of Charlemagne into his version of King Arthur.

@corwyncorey3703

5 жыл бұрын

Wasnt camlan where the final battle was fought and he died? Not where camelot “was”?

@glenbe4026

5 жыл бұрын

@@@corwyncorey3703. Yes, but they can still be two different places. The Camlan in modern Wales could be connected to myths about Camelot whilst having no connection to the Battle of Camlann (Though I am not saying it does). Names in modernity can sometimes share the same name as names in antiquity despite no physical connection just because of etymological roots. For Example there are at least three Wlesh and English cities that possible translate as "city of the legion", and they are not the same place. Caerleon, Carlisle & Chester.

@misanthropas

5 жыл бұрын

@@glenbe4026 Kudos, Roland and Galahad are so matching

@Quandry1

5 жыл бұрын

While they could have influence the welsh and such are also cultures that held belief in their own magical weapons that had not entirely dis-similar properties to not only excalibur but also similar kinds of origins. Excalibur was not in the stone but gifted by The Lady of The Lake and reclaimed by her after he fell. The sword in the stone was his fathers with its own name and reputation and ended up breaking.

Listen; if I went around saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

@MindofaMadMan69

4 жыл бұрын

Bloody Peasant

@zoleroid7027

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was "some watery tart"

@ryanparker4996

Ай бұрын

​@@zoleroid7027 use more flour then

Seal thirteen, decision start. Approved, Bedivere, Gareth, Lancelot, Mordred, Galahad. This is the battle to save the world, EXCALIBUR

@zarya_gmb

4 жыл бұрын

... dafuk

@elgatoburgues809

4 жыл бұрын

@@zarya_gmb Fate reference fam

@captainvalourous6668

4 жыл бұрын

PROTO ARTHUR! 😍

@mikedanielespeja6128

4 жыл бұрын

Cleave the wicked! CALIBUUURN!

@Kingronthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

Ex..caibaaaaaa

"...low quality, disfunctional, wall hanger, piece of junk..."

As a witness to the Battle of Troy, I am pretty sure I saw Zeus there. At least I think it was Zeus. Looked a bit like him. Or maybe it was not the Battle of Troy at all.

@Guru_1092

6 жыл бұрын

It could have just been Greg though. He often forgets to shave, and the static electricity always freaks people out.

@TGPDrunknHick

6 жыл бұрын

turns out rubbing beard bristles together has a habit of shocking people. who knew?

@mastershake42019

6 жыл бұрын

Alan Heath Zeus? That nigga owes me 5 bucks!!

@Reddotzebra

5 жыл бұрын

Now Odysseus on the other hand... He was just kind of a crappy navigator. But it sure did sound more epic when he told everyone that Poseidon himself had it out for him when he finally made it back home... =p

@smc1942

5 жыл бұрын

No, that was the brawl at O'Malley's Pub. 😂😂😂

" ARTHUR: I am your king! WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you. ARTHUR: You don't vote for kings. WOMAN: Well, 'ow did you become king then? ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, [angels sing] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your king! DENNIS: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. ARTHUR: Be quiet! DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ARTHUR: Shut up! DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away! "

@ghoulishgoober3122

5 жыл бұрын

Ni!

@demonking86420

5 жыл бұрын

WE ARE THE KNIGHTS WHO SAY NI

@googleisacruelmistress1910

5 жыл бұрын

Me: * walks in covered in literal shit * Silence hieratic as I am the true king as I was blessed by the sacred bulls holly excrement was making me the one true ruler of this fair land of ours!

@badgremlinswings6692

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@misanthropas

5 жыл бұрын

@@samuelreed1830 Too bad they didn't adapt the 47 ronin fable also! it could be hilarious...

I am so tired right now that I read the title as “The King of Sword Arthur”

@demutrudu6106

3 жыл бұрын

Well, someone's gotta rule that rowdy sword.

@60sspider-man29

2 жыл бұрын

@@demutrudu6106 that little rascally piece of steel and wood!

@dragonuh7915

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact : you can say its the sword of the Pendragon since technequely it was Uther's sword and then put into the sword if i am not remembering the myth wrong.

Who else got bumped this into their recommendations again after the infamous Skallagrim incident?

@dankemo3169

3 жыл бұрын

me :D :D :D

@user-pv1ff9rn4l

3 жыл бұрын

Same here .

@magdachlebicka3895

3 жыл бұрын

me!

@nedundead2272

3 жыл бұрын

same :D

@vidman102

3 жыл бұрын

Infamous? What happened?

Were the knights who say NI real?

@Frankenstein077

7 жыл бұрын

Not _here,_ not _there,_ not _anywhere..._ ;-)

@TheRagingStorm98

7 жыл бұрын

NI

@proudtitanicdenier4300

7 жыл бұрын

THEY ARE REAL!!!

@NoahWeisbrod

7 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@carriesnider3209

7 жыл бұрын

depends on how you look at IT!

It was sword without a blade. It was a double sided pommel.

@_extrathicc

6 жыл бұрын

That would be a very dangerous weapon to use in the wrong hands.

@kyriss12

6 жыл бұрын

all the better to end them rightly.

@adicawidasuparman9144

6 жыл бұрын

so, it's a projectile weapon, then?

@draeganross1267

6 жыл бұрын

I personally believe Excalibur was the name of a large sack filled with pommels

@whiterunguard7109

6 жыл бұрын

Pommels are meant to be unscrewed and thrown.

2:10 Awesome how their user names were there in that painting.

King Arthur is my favorite waifu.

@tuckerjohnston1844

5 жыл бұрын

Dan Nguyen it’s pronounce Saber and yes you are correct.

@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

5 жыл бұрын

Are you sure he’s not a husbando. And a decent one.

@bluefable3416

5 жыл бұрын

@@tuckerjohnston1844 Seiba*

@DanateDMC

5 жыл бұрын

I always more of a Mordred fan myself.

@Shadow.24772

5 жыл бұрын

kind of awe struck mad shad didnt mention/jab anything towards that "Arthur"

Charlemagne's sword having been remade over and over again in all of its parts is a good example of the Theseus' Paradox: is an object the same if all of its parts have been replaced? In terms of symbolism and identification, yes, obviously, but in terms of its physicality, not quite. It's an interesting thing to consider.

@RaspK

6 жыл бұрын

By the way, the term used for depicting something in media in a fashion that is historically removed from their actual (or supposed) era is "anachronism" (usually but not always referring to modernizing the depiction).

@cossieconnoisseur

5 жыл бұрын

@@RaspK Triggers Broom (Only Fools and Horses)!

@RaspK

5 жыл бұрын

@@cossieconnoisseur ?

@rouigirobin7242

4 жыл бұрын

@@cossieconnoisseur Nice reference.

It looks like Beowulf killed a Spinosaurus at 00:26

@mattdarrock666

5 жыл бұрын

I've would've guessed Cu Culan rather than Beowulf. But both are major kick-ass, so I don't mind.

@topsecret770

5 жыл бұрын

Where do you think dragons came from? It wasn't a meteor that killed the dinosaurs if you look at history we hunted them into extinction.

@somethingwithultra7231

4 жыл бұрын

@@topsecret770 "Oh guys we found another Dinosaur-- Ah no nevermind someone just killed it again dammit."

@michealwontfindthis5021

4 жыл бұрын

Zero8880 exactly, they probably found a dinosaur skeleton and thought it was a dragon

@obaso.

4 жыл бұрын

AguAgu-sama. You’re joking right ?

Hey, isn't that the low-quality wall hanging sword pls don't kill me :0

My favorite depiction of King Arthur's sword, Excalibur, would have to be from fate zero. All hail Artoria Pendragon.

@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744

2 жыл бұрын

You say that yet your profile picture are arthur

We all know that Excalibur is a lot more blue and shines with the radiance of the promise of assured victory. It was also capable of shooting beams that could level entire city blocks.

@growingcat2479

4 жыл бұрын

nah, thats the true excalibur that shoots beams and has shin colors, to make it you have to find the magical sword and then find the legendar broken sword then melt the two together to get the true excalibur

@sebastianbaranda9149

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, it can level a city or even a mountain at base and when released from it's seals it can kill an alien god that is capable of destroying the planet

@eraba661

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianbaranda9149 LMAO Can you tell me the source, I'm interested in it

@sebastianbaranda9149

3 жыл бұрын

@@eraba661 Fate/Extella, it was the weapon that killed Sefar after it destroyed most of the gods in the planet and stuff. For reference Sefar at full power is equal to Amaterasu (goddess of the sun) who has the power of a star. The Mountain thing... Well, it's more powerful than Clarent, and Clarent was going to destroy a Mountain on Camelot singularity in FGO

Well of course Camelot isin't real, it's only a model!

@mithrawnudo2152

6 жыл бұрын

And a very silly place. Would not recommend going.

@slappy8941

6 жыл бұрын

Mithrawnudo they eat ham and jam and spam a lot.

@beyondrepair8949

6 жыл бұрын

Been there, gave it only 1 star on Yelp.

So in other words, the early 2000s king arthur movie is actually pretty damn historically accurate. If he did indeed exist of course

@SkullOfTheRaven

4 жыл бұрын

Ethan Hey, lady guinevere can wear whatever she wants lmao

Love how 90% of the comments are pretty much Fate references!

Can't the British just send a wizard to travel back in time to retrieve the blade?

@Finn-wt7bu

6 жыл бұрын

Rafael Arandas sorry all our wizards are busy and it takes months to get a meeting with the council of wizards for any new requests. I'll see if the crescent witches are available

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

Finn Hargraves Well, they'll have to take a boat then. Because they would be on the wrong island. Excalibur would be on fair Éire.

@sillypuppy5940

5 жыл бұрын

No, that's the terminator.

@windypup8845

5 жыл бұрын

They did but the wizards had to make it invisible to keep it from falling into the wrong hands and I have it hanging on my wall...er..somewhere.

@misanthropas

5 жыл бұрын

Hint on possible truth to your post: Gryffindor's sword

Everyone knows Excalibur is bright gold and King Arthur is actually a girl

@masnapp2045

6 жыл бұрын

tehultimateotter23 wkwkwk it's in fate/zero/UBW anime :v wkwkwk

@jacobtellone3138

6 жыл бұрын

tehultimateotter23 lol someonw watched fate stay knight

@harrisonmatthews951

6 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! Spot on. 👌

@Angmir

6 жыл бұрын

EXSUUUU CALIBAAAAAAAAAAAA

@PriestessShizuka

6 жыл бұрын

AAAYYyyeeee Fate is the real stuff. XD

Look, we all know Excalibur was actually the first Divine Weapon created in the Earth's inner sea to kill a bunny Titan with a sword beam. THEN, King Arthur used it.

@Archetype_Angel

4 жыл бұрын

Excalibur is Good Civilization.

@Tempusverum

4 жыл бұрын

“Ahhh yeah, you didn’t believe me, you just thought it was a harmless boony, didn’t ya?”

@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744

2 жыл бұрын

Primal murder beast 4 aka fou

This is a really great video. I stumbled across you having watched lots of bushcraft videos, and haven't been able to stop watching your content since. You're seriously engaging and keep the viewer engaged throughout. Great job Shad!

We're knights of the round table We dance when e'er we're able We do routines and chorus scenes With footwork impecc-Able. We dine well here in Camelot We eat ham and jam and spam a lot

@ronanvankessel6329

6 жыл бұрын

Its clearly a model

@LordVane216

6 жыл бұрын

Ronan Van Kessel sssh!

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

6 жыл бұрын

On second thought lets not go there. Tis' a silly place.

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Parker And I push the pram-a-looooot!

@shortfuse875

5 жыл бұрын

Ni!

Charlemagne is already part of a medieval fantasy tale Shad, called The Matter of France. All of Arthur's tales are part of The Matter of Britain. The reason they seem so similar is because they're basically the same thing. The Arthurian legends are not based on Charlemagne. Their relationship is more like that of DC and Marvel. They both take the local history and legends of their area and combine it into one story with fantasy elements like magic and monsters and mighty hero's.

@arx3516

7 жыл бұрын

then i think we need a France vs Britain crossover where Charlemaigne and his paladins fight against Arthur and his knights and then join forces to defeat an ancient necromancer that is tryng to take over the world using dark magic!

@sunder9363

7 жыл бұрын

ARX 351 Isn't Lotr enough?

@bmxriderforlife1234

7 жыл бұрын

how about charlemagne and arthur take on a dragon or Mordred or maybe some other famous ruler from legend or semi history semi legend of around the same time.

@joethesheep4675

6 жыл бұрын

charlemagne + knights vs. Arthus + knights. What name should we give them? "Medieval League"? "Justice Knights"? "The Chevaliengers"? +Chester now seriously. U are saying they are the same thing and therefore they are entirely different?! I am confused. Its like the tales of Hercules and Heracles (same character, same tales, different culture). Big tales dont "vanish" they just get adopted into the own culture (cuz everyone wants to be of the culture of the hero ofc.) Especially with England and France who had a very very close relationship throughout the entire medieval periode (constant war = close; also England was conquered (peacefully) by william the conqueror and became kind of "franced" in the process. Its only natural that the 2 countries share many stories.

@bmxriderforlife1234

6 жыл бұрын

england wasnt conquered peacefully by william. i suggest you learn more about the normans.

My favorite depiction of Excalibur is in the Hellboy comics, where it's a golden carolingian sword with a crown shaped pommel. Granted it also has an unrealistically wide blade, but that can be attributed to Mike Mignola's super chunky art style. also Hellboy is the direct descendant of King Arthur and is the rightful King of Britain, because Hellboy lore is nuts.

In my very limited knowledge of English history I've always felt that Alfred the Great came closest to the Arthurian legion. Even though he was born approximately four hundred years after Arthur was suppose to have ruled.

A history professor I used to know was fascinated by this stuff. It almost certain there was a real king Arthur but the details are all highly debatable. His theory on Excalibur was interesting, though not provable. He thought that possibly Excalibur was a steel sword rather than Iron which at the time needed a lot of water for all sorts. Also there were a very few weaponsmiths that were female. If the two went together it could explain the legend.

In my opinion, the best depiction of the sword excalibur was done in the game Magicka, where it is a heavy bludgeoning weapon because obviously the wizards can't pull it from its stone.

@dxb8086

6 жыл бұрын

Excalibur is not the sword in the stone. Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the lake, totally different sword. The sword in the stone was Ex Saxo, king Uther's sword and therefore would recognize the touch of his son. Get the facts right, son.

This was super helpful as part of my research for my upcoming book. Thank you so much for the great information.

Caliburn: Am I a joke to you?

@reeceallen583

4 жыл бұрын

No one really cares about Caliburn it's all about Excalibur

@mrobligatory.5234

4 жыл бұрын

Who’s Caliburn?

@reeceallen583

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrobligatory.5234 the name of the sword in the stone, Excalibur original came from the lady of the lake

@mrobligatory.5234

4 жыл бұрын

Reece Allen thank you.

@reeceallen583

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrobligatory.5234 you're welcome

Told my Grandfather about your channel and your Dragons! Shirt, he immediately picked up his phone and ordered one.

While I'm not an expert I feel the need to point to another possible source for Excalibur's basis. That being the sword Caladbolg, which belongs to Fergus mac Roich. Who is one of the heroes from the Ulster Cycle of Irish myth. Now it can be coincidence, but it's worth noting that both Caladbolg and Excalibur are considered to mean "hard cleft." And they are BOTH called Caledfwlch in the Welsh language. Which is important, as the first accounts of Arthurian legend come from Welsh writing. Also worth noting is that Excalibur is stated to shine so brightly as to blind enemies with its strikes. While Calabolg supposedly left rainbows in the wake of its strikes, amongst other powers. So it's quite possible that Excalibur is actually based on yet ANOTHER mythical sword. POSSIBLE, mind you. Not necessarily, but there's certainly a case to be made. That said, aside from being a two-handed sword I know nothing of Caladbolg's physical description.

@BrazilianBikini38

6 жыл бұрын

Excalibur does not mean "hard cleft". "Ex" is Latin for "out of" or "no longer part of", like an ex-wife. "Calibur" means "mold" as in bullet mold-the origins of a gun's caliber is the bullet size, the size of the mold that was used to make it. Excalibur means "out of the mold" suggesting how it was made. ie casting. It could also mean "out of the stone" if the stone is viewed as the mold for the sword. Hence the story "the sword in the stone that only the true king can remove, once removed it was named Excalibur-out of its mold"

@matthewmuir8884

6 жыл бұрын

Except Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are not the same sword in the legends.

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew St. Cyr Yeah, the Sword in the Stone was Caliburnus, Uther's sword.

@PhyreI3ird

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know how the word caliber (or however you want to spell it) was used at the time the myth was made, but I just thought of Excalibur as being the most badass way possible to name-ify/say "Without Peer" or "Beyond Compare" or in simpler words "The Bestest Sword That Has Ever Sworded"

@Deatheater4444

5 жыл бұрын

It also shot laser beams that sheared the tops off of mountains. Oh, you insular Celts and your anime.

8:21 im norwegian, which is where most Vikings originated, and hearing you pronounce our word for sword ('sverd') made me smile! thank you :) i really am enjoying your videos a whole lot. also, from having watched several smiting videos in the past, the design of all the swords really make my jaw drop! all that work in those intricate designs - like the migration period sword!! wow!

Saber, destroy the grail..

@charginginprogresss

5 жыл бұрын

*YAMEROOOOOO*

@snowmanleblanc6053

5 жыл бұрын

Seihai wa..hakai suru!

@financialproblems9308

5 жыл бұрын

by my commad seal

But was it possible to unscrew the pommel? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

@Sivart343

6 жыл бұрын

For the sake of pretending to take the joke seriously, almost certainly not. Thank you for your time.

@reaverfang377

6 жыл бұрын

you ended it rightly.

@willsim813

6 жыл бұрын

whats an unscrew?

@justnoob8141

6 жыл бұрын

will sim see pommel? You need to unscrew to take it out. See that screw stuck on the wall? Unscrew it to get it back.

@TheFPSTech

6 жыл бұрын

dam commies

Arthur: "Seal Thirteen... Decision Start!" Merlin :"...Approved. Bedivere, Gareth, Lancelot, Mordred, Galahad." Arthur: "This is a battle to save the world." Merlin :"Arthur." Arthur:"EKSU-KARIBAAAA!!!"

Love your vids man, I learn so much every video!

I always loved the way Excalibur looked in the Merlin 90's miniseries starring Sam Neil. Fits the migration period style, but with a bit more of a cross guard, and celtic knotwork for some decoration. Fantasy but realistic.

Psh, Excalibur obviously was a level E tome for wind magic. It would look like a spell book! Or was it a prototype starship?

@KevinAccetta

7 жыл бұрын

KasasTheWarlock Or sometimes as an A or S tome Fire Emblem :D

@dirkbaldorad3634

7 жыл бұрын

KasasTheWarlock it's an armor used by the Tenno. (Warframe)

@_extrathicc

6 жыл бұрын

Excalibur was obviously a Blessed Longsword +10 and King Arthur's build was a Faith and Strength build.

@justnoob8141

6 жыл бұрын

extrathicc Blessed Longsword +10? I thought his sword is Anri Straight Sword +5

@_extrathicc

6 жыл бұрын

Oh... You may be right Just Noob. Let's see Anri's Striaght Sword description: "Sword precious to Anri, another Unkindled. The dullest type of blade found in the ruined land of Astora. Only, it was once the sword of an earnest noble figure, and its attacks are boosted by that elusive, essential property unique to humans: luck." So "it was once the sword of an earnest noble figure"... Could this be? OMG! It is! It belonged to King Arthur! It's actually Excalibuir!

A LOT of the Arthurian Legends derive from Celtic Mythology and the Tuatha De Danann. The Sword Excalibur very likely had a great deal of inspiration from the Sword Of Nuada.

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

Bernie Burton Yeah, it would be more of an Ancient Celt sword.

@glenbe4026

5 жыл бұрын

sigh. CELTIC IRISH. And Arthurian Legend draws much more from Breton mythology than Irish. Besides, even the Irish and the Bretons are not really Celts (The Ancient Irish and Bretons were known as Pretanni).

@RagnaCloud13

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Claiomh Solais

Behold! The sword of power! Excalibur! Forged when the land was young and bird and beast and flower were one with man and death was but a dream.

@JarieSuicune

2 жыл бұрын

So, it literally was the inspiration to man of how to efficiently introduce death to the land. Yay?

Comments: 40% actual speculation and theory. 40% Monty python refferences. And 20% Weebs, (like myself) saying that King Arthur was a girl, and that excalibur was gold and blue.

@zacharyt.2694

4 жыл бұрын

Correction, 5% of those Weebs are referencing Soul Eater. FOOL!

Randomly found your channel through the wonderful random recommendation generation of youtube. Really love your speculation and theorising videos like these. Keep up the great work man.

@shadiversity

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps mate! really, and it's awesome to have you join us ^_^

@danielzandora6521

7 жыл бұрын

The greek gods on the Iliad&Odissey weren't artistic license, they were a matter of faith, on the ancient time Greeks and Romans regarded Homer epic as actual historic facts, so it is not a fantasy and rather a religious text.

@blackdeath4eternity

6 жыл бұрын

so... publicly accepted fantasy of that time?

@gabrieltdu5780

6 жыл бұрын

youtube suggested me to watch his videos and boy i am gratefull it did

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DRAGONS?!! WHAT ABOUT THEM?!!

@justinthompson6364

6 жыл бұрын

I suppose they can sit around in lakes throwing swords at people too, if they want.

@MrRourk

6 жыл бұрын

They where busy melting forts in Scotland. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWtpqdyphMW1YKQ.html

I love these, thanks for all the information!

I also imagine throughout time aspiring nobles have gone to lakes (as there are numerous accounts of people being laid to rest with their blades) and looking through the water to find the blade of a Long Dead Hero, they would naturally have to reforge that blade (well have it reforged) and would no doubt have it done in a more modern style. If you ever get a mind to do some research on it, try to find a lot of accounts of meteorite steel swords. There are a lot of accounts, and because of the chromium and iridium and other metals inherent in the blades they're surprisingly well kept examples of swords, which is probably where the magical sword myth started.

@dragonmaid1360

4 жыл бұрын

Actually since they laid a lot of tributes into bogs and lakes it sort of makes sense that a lady of the lake might retrieve one for Arthur. Never thought of that before??

thank you for that video. I have been wanting some one to cover this concept for a long time. I think you coverd it perfectly. I am also a weapon enthusiast and history teacher and you hit the nail on the head. well done!

Is anyone else annoyed how modern fantasy settings always seem locked in the same time period? Hundreds of years can pass, yet technology stays pretty much the same.

@Sifuben

7 жыл бұрын

Noah Weisbrod Terry Brooks and Joe Abercrombie both have significant technological and social development across their series.

Could you please do a video covering BBC’s “Merlin”, season one, episode two? Arthur participants in a ‘knight tournament’ and I thought it would be cool to know what was historically realistic and what was for entertainment purposes. It would also be cool to know what your tournament experiences were like in comparison. Thanks.

@mauricejohnmac

2 жыл бұрын

(If we're thinking about the same Merlin series, I'm referring to the 2008 one) That show is underrated.

Actually King Arthur is an anime waifu named Arturia Pendragon.

@iaini8080

4 жыл бұрын

As an anime historian I concur.

@lescobrandon8443

4 жыл бұрын

On what historical facts?

@iaini8080

4 жыл бұрын

Anime history. The Fate series, what else could we be talking about?

@MW_Asura

4 жыл бұрын

We Fate fans are professional historians

@tabkg5802

4 жыл бұрын

Actually King Arthur is also a male who was bullied by female Merlin. I'm NasuVerse historian, believe my words

for what I've read about the legend of King Arthur, it seems that the sword Excalibur was a sword used by the celtic priests (better known as druids) for their rituals. Hence the whole "magic sword" thing. (suposedly he took this sword to ensure the support of the pagan tribes to his rule). So considering that the sword was made to be used for "magic rituals" and not for battle, it does make sense for it to look "fancy" and maybe not very practical.

@moonchild4648

7 жыл бұрын

Clemens Cohn the sword im talking about is the one given to him by the Lady of the Lake, wich, in some early versions of the legend, was a pagan priestess (or druidess)

@robinthrush9672

7 жыл бұрын

My favorite explanation for the name of Excalibur (which I'm 90% positive is complete retrofitting bunk) is that it is from Ex Calce Liberatus or "freed from stone." The perversion of Caladfwch to Caliburn to Excalibur makes more sense though.

@bmxriderforlife1234

7 жыл бұрын

its also believed its based off what would now be welsh and irish legends such as calad bolg. like not so much arthur but his magic sword.

@ju1360

6 жыл бұрын

MoonChild even geralt got that sword from the lady of the lake in blood and wine

@geongleasere7693

6 жыл бұрын

In the entire first millennium swords were literally made to look fancy as well as work. What you've said just isn't true. All ritualistic swords found in German and Celtic excavations had serrated edges and had clearly been used in combat, not built just to be wasted in a ritual in a time where druids had almost completely disappeared.

I am adoring your most recent videos, you are quickly becoming my favorite channel on youtube.

Thanks, Shad! Always great to hear about Arthur and his real-world basis. ^_^

Lovin your work Shad. 👌

I'd say Excalibur owes more to Caledfwlch than Charlemagne's sword. That weapon shows up in very early Arthurian lore before the more continental elements were added by Chrétien de Troyes' romances. He might have added something of Charlemagne in his influence but the sword existed in the old stories before that. If you've not seen it you might enjoy the BBC Merlin (not the recent one, the old one from years ago with Sam Neil). That had a pretty good Celtic Excalibur.

@thesupremegentlemanatheist7382

6 жыл бұрын

GriffinPilgrim I thought Charlemagne's sword was Joyeuse.

@robertellis6853

6 жыл бұрын

I scrolled down to comment on the Sam Niell mini series Excalibur

@OnlyKaerius

5 жыл бұрын

and depending on just how roman the historical Arthur was, the type of sword could also just have been a spatha.

@miyamotorei

5 жыл бұрын

And caledfwlch and caladbolg has similarities as the Irish tale depicts caladbolg as a sword of fire

@mattaffenit9898

5 жыл бұрын

Tyrfing, Angervaldi, and Gramr come to mind.

Here's a point I wanna bring up and I noticed you didn't really mention. I've done an essay on Arthurian legend and how it evolved from its origins, so I've gone over this topic before. You mentioned how people during the High Medieval period sorta reinvented the story in terms of its artistic depiction, but you failed to talk about how they actually also did retellings and added to the legends. In fact, the Knights of the Round Table we associate with the Arthurian legends are inventions of High Medieval France. That's not all, in fact many of the Christian concepts of these French Romantisizations of the Arthurian legends didn't exist in the original Celtic stories. I also disagree with you saying that the original myth has its basis in Charlemagne on the basis of the Twelve Knights and the magical sword. Magical swords and weapons in general were common in Celtic myths, such as the Gae Bolg in Cuchalainn, and the Twelve Knights were only added centuries afterwards, as well as the themes of Christian virtues. In the original myths Arthur was the sole main character, while it can be argued that the Romantisizations of the French, who fell in love with this myth and added to it, ended up making Arthur a side-line character in their renditions, and focused more on the Knights and their adventures. Just thought I'd bring these points forward, don't know if you'll even see this.

@shadiversity

7 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your perspective mate!

@Ulfrik12

7 жыл бұрын

Shadiversity Thanks for reading! I also had a thought come to mind, I don't have research to substantiate this, but perhaps the addition of the knights was done to mimic Charlemagne's paladins, it'd make sense for the French to make this addition based off of such a famous individual in French history

@Echowhiskeyone

6 жыл бұрын

+Paul Great perspective! After many years of amateur study, I have at least a similar idea to yours. Arthur was a man, stories were told of him and his exploits. As time goes on, stories grow. Other ideas are incorporated, such as Charlemange, his knights and sword, as well as Christian values. All this to make a better story to relate to the masses. This is a rough idea, but I hope it gets my point across.

@eldorados_lost_searcher

6 жыл бұрын

Paul I was wondering if these stories made their way to France before the Conquest, and if the addition of Lancelot could have had anything to do with the Normans trying to garner PR points for their cause?

@Ulfrik12

6 жыл бұрын

Garret LeBuis Perhaps, I'm not sure if I believe that though. Lancelot du Lac and again, other knights of the Round Table didn't exist till the times of the High Medieval period, where the French created the Arthurian Romances, around the 12th and 13th century, long after the Normans conquered England. To further add to the point, the Historia Regnum Brittanica completed 1138, which is a fictional telling of the English royal line all the way to the Trojan and Roman hero Aeneas, was also written after the Norman Conquest, and has no mention of 12 knights, and focused solely on King Arthur, although this is the story that introduces Mordred if I remember correctly.

The version of Excalibur in the 1998 Merlin miniseries by Hallmark was very similar to this, so they got the closer than most versions.

This was awesome. I love the tales of Arthur and British history and this makes perfect sense. It's nice to know what the reality might have been because it makes it more relatable to the time period. Cool. Thanks.

There was a tv movie version of the Arthurian romances centered around Merlin called Merlin and starring Sam Neil. I bring this up because the design used for Excalibur in that movie seems very much like the celtic style sword you mention in the video.

@Frankenstein077

7 жыл бұрын

There's also the gods' awful The Last Legion.

@Anttimation

7 жыл бұрын

Pfisiar22 Someone remembers that movie, awesome! Was my favourite as a kid. Still probably the best Arthurian screen adaptation. And the soundtrack is fucking fantastic.

Only stopped watching so I can read the tales of Beowulf and King Arthur first, sorry Shad! :D

@Frankenstein077

7 жыл бұрын

We'll see you in a couple of weeks, then... ;-)

@danielzandora6521

7 жыл бұрын

Weeks? Make it years... good luck finding all the tales with king Arthur, let alone reading them...

@jonathanpresson777

7 жыл бұрын

The Mabanogion will take him a month itself, then you have Le Morte De Artur, A History of the Kings of Britton, Y Gododdin, The Black Book of Carmarthen, and that's just the start. As for Beowulf, I suggest Tolkein's translation, but Seamus Heaney has a pretty good one too. See you in a couple of years, bro.

@montanus777

7 жыл бұрын

don't forget the 'nibelungenlied'. :)

@jonathanpresson777

7 жыл бұрын

montanus777 That's a great one, but doesn't have anything about Beowulf or Arthur. If we're broadening out, however, the Poetic and Prose Eddas should definitely be on the list.

Loved the video and the logic, thank you

7:49 Nice approach to steering clear of that age-old philosophical question.

congratulations for the video man, onde of the most interesting ones of this year in my opinion

@kurtgreiner54

6 жыл бұрын

Linck192 la

Sadly there isn't one Arthur but anywhere from 6-12 Arthurs. Then the original story was from the 5th to 6th century and the most popular version is from the 16th century.

@eldrenofthemist2492

6 жыл бұрын

Don't you know there are infinite authors. Not just 6-12 XD

@fenrirblaze9350

6 жыл бұрын

EldrenOfTheMist I meant Aurthurs as in more than one person named Aurthur not Author

@eldrenofthemist2492

6 жыл бұрын

I know. It was meant to be a joke. Because just by the sound. You can make them sound similar.

@philyyz

6 жыл бұрын

if you aren't already aware , have a search for Alan Wilson historian. correct me if I'm wrong. from memory. 2 arthurs one first century. one 6th c. Arthur 1. a king in Warwickshire. Arthur 2 a king of south wales. Arthmail or iron bear in English is also a kingly title from the midlands (formerly part of Powis) .

1981, Boormans Excalibur is THE best Authurian retelling ever, EVER!!

One of the most interesting depictions of king Arthur is probably from the 2004 movie titled "King Arthur", which depicts him as the son of a roman general. Which actually fits the time period the legend is set in, around the 6th century, between the withdrawl of the roman legion and the arrival of the anglo-saxons.

I was about to make an obligatory "EKSU-KALIBAAA!" reference to Saber/Artoria Pendragon from the Fate/ series but. Several people beat me to it.

@darthslain

6 жыл бұрын

FOOL! his legend began in the 13th century XD

@chaosryans

5 жыл бұрын

Escaliba escaliba from the united kingdom looking for love going to California.

@demonking86420

5 жыл бұрын

heck yeah someone who knows the best rendition of the Once and Future King: which is basically a girl who loves to ask for extra rice and makes girls whose names rhyme with Shmin Shmohsaka question her sexuality

@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

5 жыл бұрын

Here I’ll make it better. Arthur: Seal 13. Commence Starts! Merlin: Commencing...Lancelot! Garwain! Argavain! Mordred! Galahad! Arthur: This is the battle to safe the world! Merlin: Arthur! Arthur: Ekusu-KALIBAAAAAAAAAAAA

@demonking86420

5 жыл бұрын

@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec ofc it's protoype... Smh

Wait, no. You're showing a La Tene type sword by Patrick Bárta, from cca 2nd century BCE, from the actual La Tene in Switzerland. So no, that's not what a Romano Briton Arthur's sword would've looked like. It's just equally wrong as the 12th century stuff, you're some 600-700 years too early. A sword that would've been used by a Romano Briton Arthur to fight off the Anglo Saxons after the Romans left would most likely be just a migration period sword, or maybe a late Roman spatha. Even the Hod Hill sword, which is likely from the 1st century CE would be closer than your example, because it's an actual Roman sword found in Britain, with a uniquely British styling.

@agamerspov

6 жыл бұрын

JanPospisil42 I'd come to say the same thing. He even called Arthur a supposed Roman general, so why would he wield an antenna style Celtic sword from three or four centuries past? A migration period or spatha style sword would be highly more likely.

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, because he posits that the character in the story is actually Charlemange.

@glenbe4026

5 жыл бұрын

well the thing is Charlemagne is a lot later then (700s), which makes the sword he posit's even more unlikely.

I can’t believe that you failed to mention how Richard the Lionheart supposedly had Excalibur and sold it to the king of Cyprus in order to fund his crusade.

Lol. This man talking about history but the whole comment just mention an anime character.

@dinoluke3234

3 жыл бұрын

Every one here came because they are a fan of the Fate series

@austincollins8781

3 жыл бұрын

Fate series or monty python fan

@JulioLeonFandinho

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinoluke3234 screw that crap

@OrionPaxG4

3 жыл бұрын

@@JulioLeonFandinho what is wrong with you

@JulioLeonFandinho

3 жыл бұрын

@@OrionPaxG4 nothing... I mean, the video is about a legendary sword and here you got people talking about some stupid anime, who cares? I came for the sword, not some random japanese stuff, what the hell?

i love your videos.. keep going on making these fantastic very good videos

Hey Shad, what's your opinion about Mount & Blade?

@anuronironworks6164

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've been playing this a ton and want to know as well

@JonatasAdoM

7 жыл бұрын

Better than Skyrim

@Noone-rc9wf

7 жыл бұрын

JonatasAdoM The more I play RPG's it seems lots of stuff is better than Skyrim unfortunately... (not that Skyrim is a horrible game or anything like that)

@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa

7 жыл бұрын

+Nothing. Respectfully disagree! Might be nostalgia, but Skyrim is far and away the best open world RPG I've played

@Noone-rc9wf

7 жыл бұрын

Jen'ari-asha Well Skyrim was possibly the 1st RPG I ever played, and since then I've played previous games of the TES series and from the Zelda series and I'm nearing the end of The Witcher 3, that I think is the best game I ever played. Idk nostalgia didn't change my mind at all.

As in some stories Excalibur has runes in it, I often thought it was an Ulfberht repurposed as an arming sword with cross guard and the nord runes seemed to read Excalibur.

so i'm getting that Charlemagne's sword is acting a lot like the Ship of Theseus

@scottydu81

2 жыл бұрын

I was expecting “sword of theseus”

Another awesome video!!

Video topic:Would damascus steel be SUITABLE for making full plate armor? (See what I did there?)

@DrakkarCalethiel

7 жыл бұрын

SGG That one is really bad xD

During Julius Caesars failed invasion, he lost his sword in battle.Fact. This short, maybe ornate/inscribed Roman assault sword became a prize of war by the British. It was known as Caliburn by the Romans, and therefor in Latin became known as Ex-Caliburn. Hence the sway to Excalibur. Simple, factual and actually well chronicled and, perhaps nothing to do with Arthur 1st or 2nd.I remember a farm built inside an ancient stronghold/fort foundations in South Wales where the water came out of a well coloured yellow. Hence, Caer Melyn was the name of the farm/fort. Put a French twist on this(courtesy of Chretian de Trois, a 12 century poet come troubadour, and it swings into Caermelo, and eventually Camelot. This was NOT a castle, as we did not have castles at the time, only forts and ex Roman defensive walls. Strange, or a hint maybe, why the Masonic architect Burgess built a fairy tale style castle over looking this site called Castle Coch(Red Castle) which is now under the A470, just North of the M4. Very strategic, guarding the gateway to the valleys. This was not the capitol, by the way. That honour goes to a site just outside Llantwit Magor, a few miles West. Remnants of the documented white marble walls can still be found in abundance.As for the round table, evidence sends us to Caerleon, or somewhere similar where there is still a Roman amphitheater. The annual clas, of forum would have been a festivity/forum for about 300 people of importance.Therefor, I don't imagine them sitting around a round table, as claimed in Winchester.I suggest anyone with an interest in this topic to read some very well researched books, massive evidence included, by Adrian Gilbert,Baram Blacket and Alan Wilson. 'The Holy Kingdom' being a prime example.

@not-a-theist8251

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortnately the word excalibur comes from welsh not latin, so thats not a fact but nonsense. Fits better to the welsh well that became camelot though. As far as im aware there is one source that mentions caesar losing his sword and coming into posession of the welsh and thats "Historia Regum Britanniae" which is seen as fiction. So no this is not factual and well chronicled. Also the sword has a completely different name and we dont have any clue how the romans called it. Where did you get that info from?

@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS

Жыл бұрын

@@not-a-theist8251 I was about to say that it's Welsh too but I'm 2 years late

Galahad:"Ooh that chair looks comfy!"

EKSU- KARIBAAAA

@misanthropas

5 жыл бұрын

Mer ry Ku-ru-su-musu!

@piergiorgiocaroli9201

5 жыл бұрын

@@misanthropas PADORU PADORUUUUUU

@jaimetheone9150

5 жыл бұрын

ekusu-kariba

@megatron805

5 жыл бұрын

*cough* GALATINU!!!!

@rainbowfury1019

4 жыл бұрын

I am... The Bone of my Sword.

Camelot was a real place though. There was a Roman city founded in 1st century BC in southern England called Camulod or Camulodunum

I enjoy your videos. I'm kinda messed up in the head, and I often start out hating things due to various reasons, but you're growing on me. I like how you're pretty down to earth and don't go fangirling bad stuff just because it's new and popular, like the new starwars horror movies. Thanks for being a reasonable person.

If you asked my 6 year old self it was the cool stick I found on my way to school

@mikedanielespeja6128

4 жыл бұрын

Mine would've been the ruler I have yet to snap in a sword fight.

"Ex" is Latin for "out of" or "no longer part of", like an ex-wife. "Calibur" means "mold" as in bullet mold-the origins of the term for a gun's caliber is the bullet size, the size of the mold that was used to make it. Excalibur means "out of the mold" suggesting how it was made. ie iron fully melted, refined, alloyed, cast in a mold, removed and then forged into its final form. It could also mean "out of the stone" if the stone is viewed as the mold for the sword, or if stone actually was used as the mold. Hence the story "the sword in the stone that only the true king can remove, once removed it was named Excalibur (out of its mold)" The Lady of The Lake is well known as a witch. Historically witches were actually some very early practitioners of rudimentary science, used in herbalism, midwifery, and other things. Because of their use of real science to determine effectiveness, they became so good at tasks they scared people who were very superstitious, and didnt understand. Thinking it was evil magic this fear resulting in the practice of burning witches. Early iron and steel refining and forging was very poor, and the quality of iron swords were not even as good as bronze Roman swords. If someone of that time were to use science to learn how to melt iron and steel, refine impurities out, add carbon to ideal proportions and temper it, especially meteor steel, they could make a sword that would have been truly staggeringly superior to anything else of its day. A Magical sword in everyway next to anything else of its time it was compared to. While the King Arthur tale is considered fiction, it may actually have some truth to it, and the real importance is not Arthur, but an historical description of the discovery and development of high quality steels right at the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, technology lost and not rediscovered until the Renaissance and the steel makers of Toledo, a thousand years later.

@hectornonayurbusiness2631

5 жыл бұрын

I like your analysis except for the Witchcraft stuff. I think that's just our modern misunderstanding of people of the time. I mean why would people be afraid of knowledge about herbes and plants and whatever? The people of time did have technology. It always seems weird to me that people would scream witchcraft the slightest bit of knowledge about plant but the people of the time could create bronze and fire and clothes and probably several other types of things and tools and that's not witchcraft.

@carleyg1973

5 жыл бұрын

Yo21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. The hebrew word for rib is curve... like the dna spiral.

@KironVB

5 жыл бұрын

Excalibur was not the sword of the stone which was added much later to the Arthurian legend, it's Excalibur was originally called Caledfwlch and was the sword of the Lady of the Lake in later retellings, but basically just means "hard cleft" basically good sword.

@windypup8845

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with your write up. Sword blanks were first cast in stone molds as were spear and arrow heads. Your explanation of the name 'Excalibur' is new to me and makes perfect sense. Well done BrazillianBik

@misanthropas

5 жыл бұрын

Lady of the Lake has a more mythical root than simple witch! she derives from Naiads and other water nymphs of all European cultures, Nereids and fairies! personally I would see her as one of the lost to history but interweaved to myths Matriarchal societies of pre-"Arian" European cultures. Marion Zimmer Bradley think made one of the best "theories" to explain lots of European myths!

the man. the legend, Shadiversity

Ah yes, King Arthur, my favorite waifu

Your video's are awesome bro, being gunsmith and Veteran I have a natural appreciation for weapons, I too started off liking katanas but now I'm thinking about buying some medieval era swords, I've been intrested in Damascus swords, I'm pretty sure there's a certain fold pattern that made those swords stronger, could you do a video about that?