The Men Scryfa at Madron, Cornwall; inscribed RIALOBRANI CVNOVALI FILI and considered by Charles Thomas to probably date from the 6th century AD.pic.twitter.com/KrhY0QrYZw
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Detail of the incised cross on the Four Parish Stone & a section from Margaret Courtney's 'Cornish Feasts and Folk-lore' (Penzance, 1890) on the tale of Arthur dining on the stone after defeating the Vikings in Cornwall.pic.twitter.com/FfcZRlJqjm
This is the interesting point, isn't it! I agree he never existed (or, rather, the name Arthur applied to folkloric, protective hero of the Brittonic landscape who was written into history from the 9thC through association w/ some genuine 'post-Roman' battles & other material) >
> and the fact that here in Cornwall local folklore chooses to associate him with the Vikings is intriguing; it perhaps helps illustrate the process of 'historicisation' argued to lie behind his association with Badon etc? :)
True :) Intriguingly, there is some Hiberno-Norse etc metalwork from western Cornwall, of course...!
Also associated with King Arthur, and mentioned in Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall (1602), is "King Arthur's stone" now lying on the bank of the River Camel, engraved LATINI IC IACIT FILIUS MAGARI and LATINI ᚂᚐᚈᚔᚅᚔ in Ogham.pic.twitter.com/q3WU82cYiK
Yes! Absolutely :)
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