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MiniDaggers wrote: (Time for the Brit to fuck up with his own country's mythology) Wasn't Excalibur given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake? Depends on the version of the tale. Excalibur itself was, in the original tales, made in Avalon at the very least. However, more modern versions of Arthur's tales instead change that, and put Excalibur as the Sword in the Stone.

There are other interesting facts about it:

1) Originally, it was not Arthur who wielded the sword. It was Gawain. In other versions, he uses a sister sword to Excalibur.

2) In some versions of the tales, the sword was merely symbolical and ceremonial. In other versions, it was truly magical, so radiant and shiny it could blind entire armies.

3) In some versions, Arthur used 2 swords. 1 was Excalibur, but it's use was merely to represent his authority. The other sword was a normal longsword, which is what he did use for battle. Some versions that turn Excalibur into TSitS are like this.

It's for inconsistent canon like this that copyright was made....