Avalon

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legendary place location in Arthurian legend mythical island

Avalon is the legendary, mystical island in Arthurian mythology famed as the place of King Arthur’s healing or final rest and the forging of Excalibur.

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Label Occurrences
Avalon canonical 17
Avalon (mythical island from Arthurian legend) 1
Isle of Avalon 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary place ⓘ
location in Arthurian legend ⓘ
mythical island ⓘ
appearsIn "Historia Regum Britanniae" by Geoffrey of Monmouth ⓘ
linked to: Historia Regum Britanniae

Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" ⓘ
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

later Vulgate Cycle romances ⓘ
associatedWith Celtic mythology ⓘ
Excalibur ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
Lady of the Lake ⓘ
linked to: The Lady of the Lake

Morgan le Fay ⓘ
country Britain (legendary context) ⓘ
linked to: ancient Britain
culturalImpact frequent motif in neo-pagan and esoteric traditions ⓘ
inspired numerous modern fantasy works ⓘ
popular subject in art and literature about King Arthur ⓘ
describedAs island of apples ⓘ
etymology often linked to Welsh word "afal" (apple) ⓘ
firstAttestedCentury 12th century ⓘ
firstAttestedIn Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae" ⓘ
linked to: Historia Regum Britanniae
hasProperty hidden or unreachable from ordinary world ⓘ
mystical healing powers ⓘ
timeless or otherworldly nature ⓘ
inhabitedBy Morgan le Fay (in many versions) ⓘ
linked to: Morgan le Fay

nine sisters (in some traditions) ⓘ
sorceresses ⓘ
languageOfEarliestSource Latin ⓘ
linkedTo Isle of the Blessed (comparative mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Isle of the Blessed

concept of the Celtic Otherworld ⓘ
literaryTradition Middle English Arthurian literature ⓘ
Middle French Arthurian romances ⓘ
medieval Latin chronicles ⓘ
narrativeEvent Arthur entrusted to the care of magical women ⓘ
Arthur taken to Avalon after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann (in many versions) ⓘ
Excalibur returned to the Lady of the Lake before Arthur's journey to Avalon (in many versions) ⓘ
partOf Arthurian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend
possibleIdentification Glastonbury (in later medieval tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Glastonbury

Isle of Avalon = Glastonbury Tor (legendary association) ⓘ
roleInLegend otherworldly paradise ⓘ
place of King Arthur's healing or final rest ⓘ
linked to: Arthur’s Stone

place where Excalibur was forged (in some traditions) ⓘ
realm of enchantment and magic ⓘ
symbolizes hope of Arthur's return ⓘ
ideal kingship preserved beyond death ⓘ
spiritual or mystical refuge ⓘ
theme death and rebirth of the hero ⓘ
idealized utopian land ⓘ
transition between mortal world and otherworld ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Arthur → associatedWith → Avalon ⓘ
King Arthur → takenTo → Avalon ⓘ
Arthurian legend → hasPlace → Avalon ⓘ
Morgan le Fay → associatedPlace → Avalon ⓘ
Barry Levinson → notableWork → Avalon ⓘ
Sea Isle City → borders → Avalon ⓘ
Glastonbury → hasMythologicalAssociation → Avalon ⓘ
Glastonbury Tor → associatedWithMyth → Avalon ⓘ
King of Britain → associatedWith → Avalon ⓘ
Forest of Brocéliande → relatedMythicalPlace → Avalon ⓘ
subject linked to: Forest of Brocéliande (in some French romances)
Viviane → associatedWith → Avalon ⓘ
subject linked to: Viviane (in some versions)
Matter of Britain → hasKeyLocation → Avalon ⓘ
Battle of Camlann → associatedWith → Avalon ⓘ
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon → depicts → Avalon ⓘ
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon → depicts → island of Avalon ⓘ
linked to: Avalon
Avalon, New Jersey → namedAfter → Avalon (mythical island from Arthurian legend) ⓘ
linked to: Avalon
Glastonbury Abbey → linkedToMyth → Isle of Avalon ⓘ
linked to: Avalon
Isle of the Blessed → relatedConcept → Avalon ⓘ
The Lady of the Lake → connectedTo → Avalon ⓘ
King Uriens → associatedWith → Avalon ⓘ