King Arthur, Why he fits the hero cycle motif

When Arthur was born, he was taken away from his parents King Uther Pendragon and his Queen, Igraine. This ultimately took Arthur out of line to be heir to the throne of Britain, but it had to be done because Arthur would have had many enemies and it would not have been safe for him to stay with his parents. He was given to Sir Ector who raised him as if he were his own son. This is part of Arthur’s unusual birth because a baby in that time period is hardly ever given up to be raised by someone else, especially a baby of royalty. Arthur’s birth was also very unique because elves were present as he was being born. As Merlin explained to Arthur, “They enchanted you with their strongest magic and presented you with special gifts. They gave you the courage and the strength to be the best of all knights. They gave you the int

Arthur can be considered to have two periods of initiation as a child. His first was before he became a king. He practiced with and looked up to both Sir Kay and Sir Ector. Arthur was just a squire, and had not learned everything he needed to know, and these two men, both older and wiser, were in the process of teaching Arthur to become a great knight.

Arthur dies physically from his wounds but he ascends to a higher plane by going to Avalon. It is thought that there he was healed from all of his wounds and is not waiting to come back to Britain to rule again someday.

Arthur was put through a number of obstacles during his life. In his early reign, many powerful dukes and barons resisted Arthur’s effort to unify Britain. With Merlin by his side, he spent his first years of reign fighting dukes of many countries in order to gain land and unify it. During this same time as he was fighting, he met a woman, Queen Margawse. She was married, however, and also (although Merlin didn’t reveal this until after Arthur and Queen Margawse slept together) she was Arthur’s half sister. Merlin informed Arthur

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