Arthurian
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- adjective
- /ɑrˈθʊəriən/
- Literature
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artúrico
- Basically, a retelling of the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters.
- Arthurian myths
So the original setting of the Arthurian stories is that of the resistance to the Anglo-Saxon invaders.
- So the original setting of the Arthurian stories is that of the resistance to the Anglo-Saxon invaders.
- So Zelazny, he doesn't just work in Arthurian and Celtic and Greek and you know, whatever you want.
- And it's sort of modeled on Lamort Darthur, which is a classic book in Arthurian lore.
- And Robinson says Mars is a great science fiction story space in the way that they talk about the matter of Britain when they talk about all the Arthurian legends.
Examples
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Another 5,000-room hotel built like an Arthurian castle.
Fiction book (1995) -
By the standards of the Arthurian court, her behavior toward both Yvain and Laudine is indeed exemplary.
Fiction book (1996) -
One survivor was said to go to England and form some of what we know as the Arthurian legends.
Blog text (30) -
Distracted from their reading, they kiss and thus never learn of the tragic ending of the Arthurian tale.
Fiction book (1991) -
Morgan the Wise, a vague figure in Yvain, is one of the most powerful female figures in the Arthurian tradition.
Fiction book (1996) -
So the original setting of the Arthurian stories is that of the resistance to the Anglo-Saxon invaders.
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Arthurian myths were authentic in that they were created in England and authoritative in that the people believed them.
Academic text (2002) -
The Dame's servant, like Lunete, works through and with the Arthurian knights to control her destiny, and she appears quite successful at it.
Fiction book (1996) -
His speech conveys righteous anger and reasoned argument, calling into question the ethics of the Arthurian court and its chivalric ideals.
Fiction book (1996) -
Have you ever read any Arthurian stories about knights and chivalry?
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Arthurian comes from the name Arthur plus the ending -ian, which means 'related to' or 'of', just like in Victorian. So Arthurian means 'related to King Arthur' and his legends, which is why we use it for stories about knights, magic, and the Round Table.