Camlan

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Camlan is the legendary battlefield in Arthurian tradition where King Arthur is said to have fought his final, fatal conflict.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Camlan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary battlefield ⓘ
location in Arthurian legend ⓘ
mythological event site ⓘ
associatedWith King Arthur ⓘ
Mordred ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of the end of a golden age ⓘ
symbol of tragic heroism in Arthurian lore ⓘ
describedAs place of Arthur’s fatal conflict ⓘ
site of King Arthur’s final battle ⓘ
followedBy Arthur’s departure to Avalon (in many accounts) ⓘ
hasEvent final battle between Arthur and Mordred ⓘ
hasGenre myth and legend ⓘ
hasLanguageForm Welsh: Camlan ⓘ
hasMedium historical and literary criticism ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
modern Arthurian fiction ⓘ
poetry about King Arthur ⓘ
hasNameVariant Battle of Camlann ⓘ
hasOutcome death of King Arthur (in many versions) ⓘ
death of Mordred (in many versions) ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
end of Arthur’s reign ⓘ
fall of Camelot ⓘ
hasUncertainHistoricity yes ⓘ
hasUncertainLocation yes ⓘ
linkedToCharacter Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
Sir Bedivere (in some versions) ⓘ
linked to: Sir Bedivere

Sir Lucan (in some versions) ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lucan
mentionedIn Arthurian romances ⓘ
Welsh Annals (Annales Cambriae) ⓘ
linked to: Annales Cambriae

later medieval chronicles about Arthur ⓘ
narrativeFunction climactic end of Arthurian narrative cycle ⓘ
transition point to Avalon legends ⓘ
partOf Arthurian tradition ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

Matter of Britain ⓘ
possibleRealWorldLocation somewhere in Britain (various theories) ⓘ
relatedConcept Arthurian death prophecy ⓘ
Avalon ⓘ
Camelot ⓘ
Round Table ⓘ
studiedIn Arthurian scholarship ⓘ
Celtic studies ⓘ
timePeriod late 5th or early 6th century (traditional dating) ⓘ
sub-Roman Britain (legendary setting) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Camlann → hasWelshName → Camlan ⓘ
subject linked to: Camlann (Welsh: Camlan)