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How Sir Bedivere Cast the Sword Excalibur into the Water. [1]
Bedivere (Welsh: Bedwyr) is a legendary character in the King Arthur stories. He is a Knight of the Round Table. He is a fearless fighter and one of Arthur's most trusted knights. In the early legends he is the cupbearer. Later legends have him as the one who returns Arthur's sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.[2][3] He then put the dying Arthur in a boat to take him to Avalon.[a][5] In some legends Arthur gives him rule over Normandy.[6] In stories he is frequently associated with Sir Kay. Sir Lucan is his brother. Sir Griflet is his cousin.
- ↑ Illustration from: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur (London: Dent, 1894)
- ↑ Jeremy Roberts, King Arthur (Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 2001), p. 95
- ↑ "Excalibur". Myths Encyclopedia/Advameg, Inc. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Annamaria Hemingway, Myths of the Afterlife Made Easy (WInchester, UK: O Books, 2011), p. 52
- ↑ Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore (New York: Facts On File, 2004), p. 39
- ↑ David Dom, King Arthur and the Gods of the Round Table (Raleigh, NC: Lulu, 2013), p. 249
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