King Arthur - Mythillogical Podcast

“Some watery Tart distributing swords is no basis for a system of Government....”

It’s a crime that the YouTube algorithm punishes creators like you who make amazing documentaries like this instead of rewarding you, this channel has a quarter of the subscribers it deserves

When the part about the scabbard was read, I got what the message was: if you carry a scabbard, people will assume you are ready to fight, but willing to talk. If you walk around with a drawn sword, though, everyone will assume you are there to kill them and want to fight you because they feel they must. Maybe in this version of the story, it was literal and magical, but I sense that expression was originally used metaphorically.

So, I study a lot of the early Welsh texts (including the Arthurian bits), and every pre-Monmouth text you mentioned I have on my shelf and have read (most of at least, Gildas gets a little too religious for me so it’s a chore even though I find it funny). If you’re interested in talking more about it or delving deeper I’d love to talk about it! There aren’t many people in Southern California who study this... Also, I can definitely help with the welsh pronunciation, I’m quite into linguistics, and welsh is of particular interest to me. And Bede is pronounced like bead.

The movie "Excalibur" has Mordred portrayed as both Arthur's illegitimate son (by his half-sister, Morgan le Fay) AND his nephew.

Merlin is nuts in the older takes on this tale, wow. A regular Mai'iq the Liar

You guys forgot to mention that time when King Arthur and Merlin meets up with the Transformers......

Thanx so much! The quality is perfectly fine, btw!

I took a university class on the history of Arthur a few semesters ago and really appreciated hearing your thoughts on my boys Geoffrey and Chrétien

Interesting talk so far, but you're right - the Welsh pronunciations are awful! ;) In the spirit of giving something back... sounds below in [brackets] are the emphasis syllables in the word, which is almost always the penultimate syllable in a multi-syllabic word.. Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) = c-aye-r [vuhr]-thin (dd is always pronounced "th" as in "the", not "thanks") Myrddin = [muhr]-thin Y Gododdin = uh god-[o]-thin (the middle o is a short sound that rhymes with the "god", not a long sound like "ode") Mabinogion = mab-ih-[nog]-yon (there isn't a soft "g" in Welsh, it's always a hard "g" sound) Ysbaddaden Pencawr = us-ba-[tha]-den [pen]-cow-r (cow as in the bovine animal!) Cai = K-aye Bedwyr = [bed]-weer (in this circumstance, the "w" is a consonant rather than a vowel so is pronounced as it is in English) Gwalchmei = [gwalkh]-may Gwrhyr = [goor]-heer Taliesin = tal-ee-[ehss]-in That'll do for now! :D

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Ah yes, the stories about my most famous namesake. Where the "canon" itself is layers of fanfiction.

Any idea when we're gonna get a mythillogical on flood stories? I can't wait for it

I dislike the criticism of Herodotus that his material was largely "unfounded". He was pretty clear when he had only heard something or observed it himself, and also provided many criticisms of what may have been inaccurate information. The Greeks during his time viewed the world through a perspective of mythology and superstition, so in my opinion the historical information is more valuable and accurate in terms of understanding Ancient Greece with all of the mythology and superstition embedded within it.

King Arthur was Welsh. He was the King of Glamorgan and Gwent. He came from a long line of Welsh kings. There are many books out there with the true history of King Arthur. Artorius Rex by Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett is a very informative book on this subject.

My favorite fictional series of Arthur is Stephen R Lawhead's The Pendragon Cycle. He put everything into the myth!

I am reminded of once being told how the French(Norman) conquerors added cuckoldry to the tale of King Arthur to demoralise/mock the natives, or maybe because that just seems to be a rather common French trope.

I've really loved and appreciated these videos. Thank you for the outstanding work you've put into them and for sharing them with us.

I'm so surprised they didn't mention Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the beginning as a large part of arthurian examples in popular works.

Sir Balin-the sudden murder gift that keeps on giving.