Featured Legend
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The Death That Wasn't — King Arthur & the Isle of Avalon
Arthur does not die at the Battle of Camlann. Mortally wounded, he is carried by three mysterious queens to the Isle of Avalon — a place beyond the edge of the known world. There he sleeps, waiting. The inscription on his legendary tomb reads: Rex Quondam Rexque Futurus — the Once and Future King. He will return when Britain needs him most. In over a thousand years, that promise has never been withdrawn.
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■ Irish Mythology
When the hero Cú Chulainn knew he was dying, he tied himself to a standing stone so he could face his enemies on his feet. The ravens wouldn't land on him until he was already dead.
Explore Irish Mythology →■ English Legends
Beowulf — the oldest surviving poem in the English language — ends not with a young hero's triumph, but with an old king walking knowingly to his death to protect his people from a dragon.
Read about Beowulf →■ Wales & Scotland
The Giant's Causeway in Ireland and the identical rock formations on the Scottish island of Staffa are geologically the same lava flow — 60 million years old. Folklore says a giant built a road between them.
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King Arthur & Robin Hood
Camelot, the Round Table, Merlin, the Once & Future King — and the outlaw hero of Sherwood Forest.
English Legends
St. George & the Dragon, the Knights of Medieval England, and Beowulf — the first English hero.
Irish Mythology
The Tuatha Dé Danann, Cú Chulainn, and the Banshee — the richest mythological tradition of the Isles.
Wales, Creatures & Spirits
The Red Dragon, Deirdre of the Sorrows, Nessie, Kelpies, Am Fear Liath Mòr, and Fionn Mac Cumhaill.
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