Merlin Sword
What are the “sword in the stone” legends?
Ok, so everybody knows about Merlin sticking a sword in the stone for Arthur to draw out later.
I just noticed the same motif in the Völsunga saga with Sigmund drawing Gram (or Balmung/Nothung depending on the version) out of the tree where Odin had stuck it.
Are there more instances of that kind of legend?
The Sword in the StoneThe Sword in the Stone is a novel by T. H. White, published in 1938, initially a stand-alone work but now the first part of a tetralogy The Once and Future King. It was made into a film by Walt Disney Productions.
In Norse legend Beorn magically forced three weapons into the rock of a cave wall, and when each of his three sons came of age, each tried to gain a weapon. The youngest, Boðvar-Bjarki, gained the sword. In the Volsunga Saga the god Óðin pushed a sword into an oak tree, which sword could only be removed by the greatest warrior, in this case Sigmund.
In Greek mythology after Aegeus of Athens lay with princess Aithra of Troizen, he placed his sword and sandels under an enormous rock, and ordered that if Aithra bore him a son, he should not be told his parentage until he was able to retrieve the sword and sandals. The son, Theseus, did so at age eighteen.
Dr. Linda Malcor traces this motif back to Scythian/Sarmatian culture, but her theories are not generally accepted except among her own followers.
Merlin and the Sword (aka. Arthur the King) Trailer
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