The legend of King Arthur - The Mother of all Fantasy Stories
Admittedly including this in a nerd blog seems like quite stretch but medieval literature being another of my passions I couldn't ignore the parallels. I believe that the gerne of fantasy is deeply linked to this the old legends, not just King Arthur but also Beowulf & Grendel and many others. First of all there is not "THE" King Arthur Story but rather a collection of stories. It seems likely that many occurances were simply linked to him or made up by people hearing stories about King Arthur and just wishing to continue it. Doesn't this sound awefully familiar? I guess you could consider this sort of storytelling the first fanfictions. People were adding to stories they loved and found inspirational. Scholars are still debating wether King Arthur has existed in one or another way or if he is just this a legend. Assuming he was a real ruler, he has most likey lived sometime during the 5th and 6th century, despite the most popular stories putting him somet...