KING ARTHUR AND THE HOLY GRAIL
compiled by Dee Finney
IS THE SHROUD OF TURIN OF KING ARTHUR?
Someone
should have asked the question long ago, why did Cortez expect to find gold in
the Americas i
n the first place? Why did the crew on the boats of Columbus expect to find
gold?
Why did the marauding Spaniards kill eight million native American Indians
looking for gold.
The truth is that the royal families of England and Spain had spoken as far back
as
King Arthur in 530 AD that their "treasure house" was located in the
"Mericas"
(Source for this statement needed Landaff Charters from the sixth century).
The German who suggested that we named the Americas after
Amerigo Vespucci recanted his story when he found the tales
of the "Mericas" stars which lead the way to the "promised
land".
LETTER FROM A FAN:
Hello Dee, thanks for your mail. I have visited your webpage. Great! Marvellous! This is the best link page to grail related topics I have ever seen! I would be proud if you could post our article there, too.
Date: 05/05/1999 5:19:51 PM Central Daylight Time
From: zblue@ihug.co.nz (Karen Lyster)
To: Dee777@aol.com
Hi Dee
Heavens I'd forgotten just how incredible your site really was. You must
have the most indepth site, with the most information on this topic on the
entire internet! It's just superb Dee!
I couldn't think of a more deserving site that I'd like my award on. Here's
the URL where you can choose from two awards that I give - both are for
Exceptional Website Excellence, so just choose the one you prefer
My PC crashed a little while ago and I lost your URL, this time I'm making
sure I've got it forever! I'll certainly be going through the sites and
articles you have posted, it's like pure bliss to me having all this
wonderful information at my fingertips.
Lots of Love
Karen
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Thanks to Liz Edwards for Art Assistance
The Alliterative Morte Arthure - Full text from the University of Virginia archives.
Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble - Performed on period instruments.
Angelcynn - "Anglo-Saxon Living History 400 - 700 AD." Includes "The Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain," "Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons," and "The Finnesburh Fragment.".
Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries - Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries database.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - The 1912 Everyman Press version, from the Berkeley site.
The Arch-Druid in His Ceremonial Robes (From Wellcome's Ancient Cymric Medicine) - Article and line art.
Archaeometry and Stonehenge - "A major archaeological project to reassess the results of the 20th century excavations at Stonehenge."
Arthur of Britain - Chronology of Arthurian sources, short bits on the Sword in the Stone and the Holy Grail.
AVALON - Gateway to everything Glastonbury on the Web! - The Ancient Isle of Avalon.
Beyond Legend: Arthur Reconsidered - From the Concord Review.
The Birth Of Mithras (From Montfaucon's Antiquities) - Article and line art.
Broceliande Page - Quest for the Grail card game info.
Brut (MS Cotton Caligula) - Online text of Layamon from University of Virginia archives.
Camelot & Arthurian Legend - Information and art on the major characters in the myth of Camelot.
Camelot Frequently Asked Questions List - FAQ from the old Camelot mailing list.
Characters from Arthurian Legend - Cast from Malory.
The Charrette Project - "Prototype version of an image/text database of Chrétien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette."
A Chronology of Ancient Rome - Part of Exploring Ancient World Cultures.
A Chronology of the Arian Controversy - Part of The Ecole Initiative.
Circular Logic - "Someone is trying to kill one of the members of the Round Table! One of the six knights is sitting in front of a poisoned cup of grog. Use the clues below to figure out which knight is in danger."
Classics Ireland - Journal of the Classical Association of Ireland.
The Complete Corpus of Old English - "From the Dictionary of Old English Project."
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - The full text, plus additional materials such as the original advertisements and contemporary reviews.
Cotswold History and Lore - All the way back to the Neolithic.
Council for British Archaeology
Cymdeithas Madog (Welsh Studies Institute) - Cymdeithas Madog, the Welsh Studies Institute of North America, Inc., is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to helping North Americans learn, use and enjoy the Welsh language. It takes its name from Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, a Welsh prince who sailed (according to legend) to America in the 12th century. That makes him a fitting symbol of the cultural and linguistic links which Cymdeithas Madog maintains between Wales and the New World.
Earth Mysteries: An Introduction - Ley lines, megaliths, geomancy, etc.
Electronic Beowulf Project - From the British Library.
Excaliburs from the Knife Center - That's funny, I thought the Sword in the Stone was a different one...
Gateway to Scotland - Geography, history, weather, etc.
Gildas - De Excidio Britanniae excerpt.
The Grail Quest or The Orion Archetype and The Destiny of Man
The Great George And Collar Of The Garter (From Ashmole's Order of the Garter) - Article and line art.
The Great God Pan (From Kircher's OEdipus AEgyptiacus) - Article and line art.
The Ground Plan of Stonehenge (From Maurice's Indian Antiquities) - Article and line art.
Guided Tour of Wales - From the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Heirloom Tapestries: The Folly - "The Theme is the Quest for the Unicorn by the legendary twenty-four Knights of King Arthur."
Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus (From Historia Deorum Fatidicorum) - Article and line art.
Historical Recipes of Different Cultures - Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval dishes.
History and Status of the Welsh Language - Ties in with A Welsh Course.
The History of Plumbing - Roman and English Legacy - From Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine.
The Holy Grail - Entry from The Catholic Encyclopedia.
How Sir Tristram Drank of the Love Drink - Image from Turn-of-the-Century Fantasy Illustration.
Images of Sites in the British Isles - "Sites of archaeological and archaeoastronomical interest."
Internet Archaeology - Online journal.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Public domain and copy-permitted texts.
King Arthur - History and Legend - Includes Arthur's burial cross, interview with Geoffrey Ashe, a synopsis of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, etc.
King Arthur and Camelot - Includes the painting, The Wedding of Arthur and Guinevere by John Moyr Smith. Part of Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time.
King Arthur Bibliography - Classroom Connections.
King Arthur Uther Pendragon - "I'm Arthur Pendragon and if people want to believe I'm some nutter who thinks he's the reincarnation of King Arthur that's their choice."
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library - Articles and a glossary.
Labyrinth Home Page - Georgetown University's Medieval Studies site.
The Legacy of the Horse - From the International Museum of the Horse. Includes Roman use, early cavalry.
Legends: King Arthur and the Matter of Britain - Exploring King Arthur in history, fiction, folkore, and the arts. Part of LEGENDS.
List of Arthurian Literature - From Geoffrey of Monmouth to Steinbeck.
Lucan: The Civil War (Pharsalia) - English translation by Sir Edward Ridley, 1896.
Map of Anglo-Saxon England - From the Old English Pages.
The Mead Maker's Page - Honey wine recipes.
Medieval Institute at WMU - "Center for teaching and research in the history and culture of the Middle Ages."
Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage - "How to Pig Out with 130 of Your Closest Friends" and more.
Merrie Haskell's King Arthur Page - Currently partially completed, this seems to be on its way to being one of the best Arthurian sites.
Mimas Nomenclature - Satellite of Saturn has many Arthurian names given to features.
Mithras Slaying The Bull (From Lundy's Monumental Christianity) - Article and line art.
Music of the Middle Ages - From Lyrichord.
Mysterious England Tour - Glastonbury, Stonehenge, Avebury, Bath, etc.
The National Archives of Ireland - Index of materials available offline.
Nennius - Historia Brittonum excerpts - The Arthurian segments, of course.
The Newstead Project - University of Bradford archaeological project "investigating the region surrounding the Roman fort of Trimontium."
Old English Pages - "An encyclopedic compendium of resources for the study of Old English and Anglo-Saxon England."
On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies - Everything from barbarization to Byzantium.
Oxford Arthurian Society - Aiming "to discuss, investigate and generally celebrate the myths, legends and ancient mysteries whose roots lie in the darkness of our forgotten past."
Parsifal - Everything you'd ever want to know about Wagner's opera.
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe - "Hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images."
The Quest: Arthurian Legend Studies - "Scholarly page maintained by the University of Idaho's Arthurian Legend Club, Caliburn."
Renaissance Faire Homepage - A "how-to" guide for participants.
Roman Scotland: Outpost of an Empire - "This exhibition tells the story of the Roman presence in Scotland in the first and second centuries AD, with emphasis on the Antonine Wall frontier and the life lived by the soldiers based in forts along its line."
The Round Table of King Arthur (From Jennings' The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries) - Article and line art.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) - Home page for the maintainers of the National Monuments Records of Scotland.
The
Ruin and Conquest of Britain 400 A.D. - 600 A.D. - The transition from
Roman Britain to early-mediaeval England and Wales
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Full text from the University of Virginia archives.
Society for Creative Anachronism - Reenactment group.
Starfire Swords - Website for Master Blacksmith Maciej "Zak" Zakrzewski.
Storyfest - Storytelling, Spirituality & Pilgrimage Travel.
Sub-Roman Britain - From the On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
Tennyson Overview - Partial collection of Tennyson's poems includes "The Lady of Shalott," "Morte d'Arthur," "Enid," "Vivien," Elaine," Guinevere," "The Coming of Arthur," and "The Passing of Arthur." Other sections include thematic discussions, etc. Part of The Victorian Web.
The Tennyson Page - Idylls of the King, etc.
The Tree Of The Knights Of The Round Table - Article and line art.
UK Online - Around the UK - Regional information.
UK Travel Guide - Interactive map.
University of Birmingham Field Archaeology Unit - Includes descriptions of Romanization at Wroxeter, digs at the South Cadbury site, etc.
University of York Department of Archaeology - Includes Roman and Medieval specialties.
Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time - A large, marvelous exploration.
Wales Direct - Online store has, among other things, Twrch Trwyth T-shirts and The Tale of Culhwch and Olwen on illustrated cards with bilingual (Welsh/English) text.
Walt Disney Records: A Kid in King Arthur's Court Soundtrack - With downloadable sample files.
Welcome to Cornwall - Tourism guide.
Welcome to Wales, the Land of Castles - Text and images.
A Welsh Course - Also see History and Status of the Welsh Language.
Arthuriana. the website of one of the primary scholarly journals on Arthur.
Allegories of the Grail. Allegories of the Holy Grail with several versions of the Grail texts pursuing different meanings of the Grail.
ARTHURNET Mailing List - searchable archive of discussions on this list.
Portico: the British Library's Information Server Grail summary and links to other info on mythical quests from Portico, the British Library's informtion server.
Lancelot, Knight of the Cart by Chrétien de Troyes. A 12th-century text by one of the central Arthurian authors.
Fantasy Fiction and Welsh Myth: Tales of Belonging.
http://www.the-spa.com/kirk.burkins/GRAIL.htm A small collection of materials on the Grail legends with a Grail Timeline.
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies - Excellent site with lots of information.
Glastonbury SiteGlastonbury Information about the town of Glastonbury (UK) known for legends concerning Avalon, Joseph of Arimathea, King Arthur, Holy Grail, etc. Glastonbury Festival held nearby.
Short History of Arthurian Archaeology. A page by Michelle L. Biehl with information on archeology of Tintagel, Cadbury, and other sites.
Glastonbury Tor - Some more info on Glastonbury Tor.
Arthurian Legends for Teachers - a web-based, interdisciplinary approach for educators. Designed to provide secondary educators (all disciplines) with Web-based resources for the study of Arthurian legends; and to publish on-line lesson plans designed to provide the means for students to increase their proficiency in using the internet and to learn about Arthurian-related material.
Illuminations by Richard Shand
The High History of the Holy Graal
Holy Grail in Blood, Spin Path of Love into DNA
San Graal School of Sacred Geometry
Deep Secrets: The Great Pyramid, The Golden Ratio and The Royal Cubit
New Advent. Catholic Website - Russia
Arthuriana
http://dc.smu.edu/Arthuriana/
Hildegard von (of) Bingen
http://tweedledee.ucsb.edu/~kris/music/Hildegard.html
Iona Island Community
http://www2.gol.com/users/stuart/iona.html
Shroud of Turin
http://www.shroud.com
Gnostic Texts
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~wiley6/gnos.html
Guide to Early Church Documents
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html
Illuminations--the Real Jesus plus underground spirituality
http://home.fireplug.net/~rshand/
Spiritual Movements
http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/networks-mystic.html
The Quest - An Arthurian Resource
Historical King Arthur Web Site
King Arthur & the Matter of Britain
Camlan - An Exploration of Arthurian Britain
Arthurian Resources on the Internet - By John J. Doherty
Explorations in the History and Legends of Arthur
Early Medieval Resources for Britain, Ireland and Brittany
The Arthurnet Online Discussion Group
Arthuriana - The journal of Arthurian Studies
Celtic Dark Age Kingdom Related Web Sites
Britannia.com - Links to Arthurian Sites
Yahoo! WebRing - Le Ring du Roi Arthur et des Celtes
Yahoo! WebRing - Knights of Excalibur
The Camelot Project - Arthurian Texts, Images, Bibliographies and Basic Information
Vortigern Studies - British History 400 - 600
The Cardiff Arthurian's Medieval Link Page
The King's Chambers of Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
King Arthur: a Man for the Ages
King Arthur & the Matter of Britain
Legends - King Arthur, History and Archaeology
King Arthur's Burial Cross - Britannia.com
Arthur's Life - Birth and Camelot
A Guide to King Arthur's Forgotten Realm
The Camelot Project at the Rochester University
Dark Age Archaeology - Early British Kingdoms
An Archeological Quest for the 'real' King Arthur
Glastonbury Tor: Queen Guinevere's Prison?
Glastonbury Abbey - Britannia.com
Glastonbury Abbey: King Arthur's Last Resting-Place?
Glastonbury: The Isle of Avalon?
Glastonbury's own "Isle of Avalon"
Caerleon: Dark Age Capital of Wales?
Caerwent: The Welsh Winchester
Dinas Emrys: Vortigern's Hide-Out?
Dinas Emrys Hillfort - Vortigern Studies
Camlann - Arthur's final battlefield
Arthur and Camlann - By August Hunt
Clue to King Arthur discovered - BBC on line
A Short History of Arthurian Archaeology - By Michelle L. Biehl
The Ruin and Conquest of Britain 400 A.D. - 600 A.D. - By Howard Wiseman
Sub-roman Britain - ORB, A Guide to Online Resources
Sub-roman Britain: An Introducton - By Christopher Snyder, ORB Encyclopedia
Transformations of Celtic Mythology in Arthurian Legend
The Historicity and Historicisation of Arthur
A Gazetteer of Sub-Roman Britain (AD 400-600): the British Sites - By Christopher A Snyder
Eboracum - Literary references to a historical Arthur are few
British Archaeology, no 4, May 1995 - Not King Arthur, but King Someone
The Historicity and Historicisation of Arthur
Beyond Legend: Arthur Reconsidered - by Camilla Ann Richmond, The Concord Review
The Saxon Advent - by Geoffrey Ashe, British Heritage
The Historical Arthur - A Bibliography by P. J. C. Field
Arthur's Bibliography - University of Kansas
King
Arthur - many informative sites about Arthur listed here; a
wonderfully wide range:
http://historymedren.about.com/cs/kingarthur/index.htm
Celtic Cultural History - an informative reading list;
especially good for the academic and more scholarly types of books:
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/bibs/celthist.html
Medieval Irish Literature - good basic start; mainly scholarly
sources:
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/bibs/irishlit.html
Medieval Welsh Literature - good basic start; mainly scholarly
sources:
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/bibs/welshlit.html
International Arthurian Society (North American branch)
- A professional association that was founded in 1948 by a group of Arthurian
scholars; Arthuriana journal:
http://dc.smu.edu/arthuriana/arthurias.htm
Celtic Connections (UK) - Quarterly journal on all aspects
of Celtic culture; edited by David James; also good information on Celtic
arts and crafts:
http://celtic-connections
- magazine.co.uk
Ceridwen's Cauldron - magazine of the Oxford Arthurian Society,
Oxford, England:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~arthsoc
The Camelot Project (University of Rochester, MN) - Academic,
Arthurian research, information, reports:
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm
Centre de L'Imaginaire Arthurien (Chateau de Comper - en -
Broceliande) - A leading Arthurian centre located in Brittany; a
wonderful resource on all things Arthurian:
[No website yet; to contact, email Claudine:
glot@club-internet.fr]
HallowQuest - the website of John and Caitlin Matthews (UK),
authors of many books about the Arthurian, Celtic, and shamanic traditions;
they teach all over the world and have done a great deal to raise modern
awareness of ancient Celtic folklore and beliefs:
http://www.hallowquest.org.uk
Celtic Shamanism - Geo Cameron, based near Edinburgh, Scotland;
Celtic shamanic counsellor and writer; fascinating workshops with old Gaelic
chants; informative site:
http://www.celticshamanism.com
Celtic Folklore - general and fairy folklore of Celtic
countries:
http://www.belinus.co.uk/folklore/Homeextra.htm
Encyclopedia Mythica - An online encyclopedia of mythology,
folklore (including Celtic), and legends:
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Celtic Folklore - Irish seasonal celebrations:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bj333/folklore.html
Mything Links - fantastic resource site that is highly
recommended by Dr. Karen Ralls for those who would like to see an annotated
& illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales,
sacred arts and
traditions:
http://www.mythinglinks.org
Dalriada Heritage Trust - Informative news, projects,
conferences, music, crafts, and journal; Brodick, Isle of Arran, Scotland:
http://www.dalriada.co.uk
Celtic Studes Scholarly and Professional Organizations -
http://digitalmedievalist.com/faqs/celtorgs.html
Celtic Studies Book and Journal Publishers -
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/faqs/celtpubs.html
Ogham reading list - mainly scholarly sources:
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/bibs/ogham.html
Druid reading list - mainly scholarly sources:
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/bibs/druidbib.html
Arthurian Heritage Trust, Cornwall - working to set up a
new educational visitor centre, and spearheading a major initiative to work
with the British Library to digitalise Arthurian manuscripts:
http://www.kingarthur.co.uk
Stoneline Designs - is a form of ancient wisdom encoded
in the visual domain; a unique rendering of Pictish symbol stone art and
medieval stone carvings; the images from Stoneline carry an energy of their
own to take you back to the past glory of Scotland's past; featuring the
art of Marianna Lines:
http://www.stoneline.co.uk
The Holy Wells Web - A gateway site for holy wells and water
lore:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~liskmj/holywell.htm
Living Spring Journal - an electronic journal for the study
of holy wells and water lore, hosted at the University of Bath, England:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/journal/front.htm
The Pendragon Society (UK) - Quarterly journal that investigates
many aspects of Arthurian history, archaeology, legend, myth, folklore, and
the arts
[website under construction]
Round Table of King
Arthur -
http://www.prs.org/books/book429.htm
Caerdroia - Journal of mazes and labyrinths; for more information, please email: Caerdroia@dial.pipex.com
So is Celtic pronounced "keltic" or "seltic"? -
http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/faqs/pronounc.html
Arthurian articles from Britannica.com -
http://www.britannica.com/search?query=Arthurian&ct=
Wilson's Almanac Planetary Links Directory links to websites
on personal change and healing, including a Celtic category:
http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/links/celtic.html
Archaeology/Heritage |
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| Council for British Archaeology (York,
England) - a leading professional organisation and registered
charity: http://www.britarch.ac.uk
Biblical Archaeology Review - magazine; thought - provoking,
informative, and provocative site:
Michael Cremo - 'Forbidden Archaeology' from one of the
most persistent and meticulous researchers; a very thought-provoking, challenging
and fascinating site; have a look:
English Heritage - U.K. heritage sites and historical
information:
Stone Pages - Highly recommended site; Database of megalithic
sites from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy; Stone circles,
dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows, and hillforts; 'happy hunting!':
Megalithic Map - in association with Dr. Aubrey Burl:
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of
Wales -
Historic Scotland -
International Council on Monuments and Sites -
United Kingdom Institute for Conservation (UKIC) -
Third Stone magazine - the 'magazine for the New Antiquarian';
a popular approach to archaeology, folklore and myth:
Wilson's Almanac Planetary Links Directory links to websites
on personal change and healing, including a History/Archaeology category: |
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Folklore/Comparative Mythology |
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| Folklore Society (UK) -
highly regarded organisation; based at the Warburg Institute, University
of London: http://www.folklore-society.com
Encyclopedia Mythica - An online encyclopedia of mythology,
folklore & legend, from all over the world; a great resource:
Mything Links - Highly recommended site; very helpful resources;
annotated & illustrated collection of worldwide links to mythologies,
fairy tales, folklore,
sacred arts and traditions;
by Dr. Kathleen Jenks, Pacifica University (USA):
Jean Houston - founder of the Mystery School, dedicated
to teaching history, philosophy, the new physics, psychology, myth, anthropology,
and the many dimensions of our human potential; just one of Jean's many
activities:
Dept. of Folklore, Indiana University (USA) - Highly regarded
site and university program for Folklore studies:
Celtic Studies Bibliography - by Celtic Studies Association
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