[Wombat101]

Listen, if I went around claiming to be an Emperor or something, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away....

[Wombat101]

Hmm..Let's see, "King" Arthur, according to what little is known of him, appears to have lived in the 5th century AD, and been Welsh, and here we have a sword that has been dated to the 12th century, embedding in a rock in Italy.

By the 12th century, the tales of the Knights of the Round Table were already popular throughout Europe, and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to think that anyone claiming any sort of authority might "borrow" some of these legends in order to achieve legitimacy.

P.S. The Welsh name of Arthur's sword was "Caledfwlch" (Caled-FOLK) which means "Forked Lightning".

[billbears]

Old woman!

[KillTime]

http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/netsam/holy_grail.html