Is excalibur king arthur and avalon real ?

Question

were they real

Answer 1

Not particularly.

Arthur may have been based on a real chieftain of the 5th or 6th century. But some every dispute that.

“Excalibur'' is the name for Arthur’s sword in Sir Thomas Malory's “Le Morte d'Arthur''. But in his French sources it is usually named “Escalibor' and in earlier sources, “Caliburn”. In Welsh sources, perhaps more accurate, it is named something like Kaletvwlch, modernized to Caledfwlch. This looks like a Welsh variant of Caladbolg, the sword ascribed to King Fergus mac Leide and King Fergus mac Roch in Irish legend. If there was an historical Arthur, did he have a sword named something like Caletbolcus? Who knows?

Even in Arthurian tales Avalon is usually the name of a faery island where Arthur was taken after his last battle to have his wounds healed. Few people think faery islands are real. In some medieval accounts and in two Arthurian romances Avalon is identified with Glastonbury Abbey. Some modern scholars, notably Geoffrey Ashe and his followers, think this identification goes back a long way. Others think it mainly a fraud put forth by clerics of Glastonbury to increase the pilgrim trade.

Answer 2

There is evidence that the church of England has in the way of bones, if you can believe that, I think there was a real counterpart to the legend and the legend was an ideal, and if you believe on it is it not so?

Answer 3

king arthur was probably not real , however his charachter was based on a real king of cornwall around the turn of the 1st millenium, in tintagel ,cornwall,,,  merlin his wizard was based on a charachter from south wales. if youve never been to cornwall , try to get there the hiostory is brilliant

Answer 4

Parts of the legend are true - there was a boy king Arthur - he did get the responsibility thrust on him.  He did have the knights of the round table, etc.  He was trained by a druid in the art of their religion - or their magic - now whether or not it was a druid named Merlin, we don't really know.  

Also, the historians believe that the island of Avalon did exist - meant island of apples, and was inhabited by the chosen of the druids - this would be an appropriate place for him to go heal after his battle with Mordred because they were the healers of the time.

Now the legend says that he was healed there and never died - he lived forever, but most historians thought he died there.

Were they just women druids?  Probably since the women and men studied seperately and took vows of chastity - they only met for certain magical ceremonies.