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This was the last animated Disney feature film to have the words in the voice talent credits saying "With the Talents of." Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ: Sultan • Samson • Vanellope von Schweetz • Fix-It Felix Jr. • Sergeant Calhoun • King Candy • Sour Bill • Cy-Bugs • Hero's Duty Troops Karl Swenson as Merlin, an old and eccentric wizard who aids and educates Arthur. Reitherman estimated that 70 actors read for the part, but "none evidenced that note of eccentricity that we were seeking. We wanted Merlin to be eccentric, but not hokey." Swenson initially read for Archimedes, but the filmmakers eventually decided to cast him as Merlin. [4] Hook, David (15 June 2015). The Arthur of the Iberians: The Arthurian Legends in the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. University of Wales Press. ISBN 9781783162437. In 1946, White settled in Alderney, the third-largest Channel Island, where he lived for the rest of his life. [5] The same year, he published Mistress Masham's Repose, a children's book in which a young girl discovers a group of Lilliputians (the tiny people in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels) living near her house. Mistress Masham's Repose was influenced by John Masefield's book The Midnight Folk. [8] In 1947, he published The Elephant and the Kangaroo, a novel in which a repetition of Noah's Flood occurs in Ireland. [7]

villein any of a class of feudal serfs who by the thirteenth century had become freemen in their legal relations to all except their lord, to whom they remained subject as slaves. Merlin • Arthur • Archimedes • Madam Mim • Sir Ector • Sir Kay • Sir Pellinore • Scullery Maid • Sir Bart • Wolf • Girl Squirrel • Granny Squirrel • Merlin's sugar bowl Phillips, Graham (11 April 2016). The Lost Tomb of King Arthur: The Search for Camelot and the Isle of Avalon. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781591437581.In 2008, The Sword in the Stone was one of the 50 films nominated for the American Film Institute's Top 10 Animated Films list, but it was not selected as one of the top 10. [41] Music [ edit ] Dozmary Pool, a lake in Cornwall associated with the legend of Excalibur due to its proximity to Slaughterbridge, a potential location of the Battle of Camlann [21] Keenan, Hugh T. “T(erence) H(anbury) White” in British Children's Writers, 1914–1960, ed. Donald R. Hettinga and Gary D. Schmidt, Gale Research, 1996. Disney Writers Prep for Trio of New Features". Variety. June 28, 1944. p.3 . Retrieved December 26, 2019– via Internet Archive. The King of Britain, Uther Pendragon, dies, leaving no heir to the throne. As his most powerful knights fight to decide who will succeed, a mysterious sword appears in a stone. Whoever pulls the sword from the stone will be the next king.

Ivor Arnold's edition uses 22 manuscripts including fragments, and as to base text, considers the continental N (BnF français 1454) best, and D (Durham, Cathedral Library, C. IV. 27) and P (Penrose) best among the insular (Anglo-Norman) copies. [10] Ginny Tyler as the Little Girl Squirrel, a young female squirrel that immediately develops an attraction to Arthur upon encountering him as a squirrel, in a scene in which the Girl Squirrel chases Arthur and tries to kiss him. In the Welsh tales, Arthur's sword is known as Caledfwlch. In Culhwch and Olwen, it is one of Arthur's most valuable possessions and is used by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron. Though not named as Caledfwlch, Arthur's sword is described vividly in The Dream of Rhonabwy, one of the tales associated with the Mabinogion (as translated by Jeffrey Gantz): "Then they heard Cadwr Earl of Cornwall being summoned, and saw him rise with Arthur's sword in his hand, with a design of two chimeras on the golden hilt; when the sword was unsheathed what was seen from the mouths of the two chimeras was like two flames of fire, so dreadful that it was not easy for anyone to look." [26] [e] King Arthur appears in myths and legends from the medieval period. He may have been based on a historical figure, a military leader in Roman Britain, who fought against the Saxons in the 5 th and 6 th century and who appears in Welsh stories. In the 9 th century Nennius of Wales wrote a History of the Britons which lists a number of battles which at which Arthur fought and which records his death in 537AD. The Arthur of the legends is mentioned in the Mabinogi, a collection of Welsh stories. In the 12 thEarly-Arthurian Welsh tradition knew of a dagger named Carnwennan and a spear named Rhongomyniad that belonged to him. Carnwennan ("little white-hilt") first appears in Culhwch and Olwen, where Arthur uses it to slice the witch Orddu in half. [1] [44] Rhongomyniad ("spear" + "striker, slayer") is also mentioned in Culhwch, although only in passing; it appears as simply Ron ("spear") in Geoffrey's Historia. Geoffrey also names Arthur's shield as Pridwen; in Culhwch, however, Prydwen ("fair face") is the name of Arthur's ship while his shield is named Wynebgwrthucher ("face of evening"). [1] [4] Excalibur as a relic [ edit ] The Sword in the Stone is a novel published by T. H. White in 1938. It was originally a stand-alone work, but was adapted into the first part of his tetralogy The Once and Future King. A fantasy of the boyhood of King Arthur, it is a sui generis work which combines elements of legend, history, fantasy and comedy. Walt Disney Productions adapted the story to an animated film, and the BBC adapted it to radio.

Stories about Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table appear all over Europe. Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur was published in 1485. There have been numerous retellings and stories based on the legends. One of the most famous novel adaptations is T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, which was published in 1938. Walt Disney made a film version of the novel in 1963. “The Sword in the Stone” is also a two-part episode in the 2011 BBC series Merlin. Marc, Christopher (December 2, 2018). " 'Pan's Labyrinth' Production Designer Confirmed To Work On Disney's Live-Action 'The Sword In The Stone' Movie". HN Entertainment . Retrieved December 31, 2018. Games: Kingdom Hearts • Disney Magic Kingdoms • Disney Emoji Blitz • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode • Disney Sorcerer's ArenaThe Works of Sir Thomas Malory, Ed. Vinaver, Eugène, 3rd ed. Field, Rev. P. J. C. (1990). 3 vol. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-812344-2, ISBN 0-19-812345-0, ISBN 0-19-812346-9. Magic is another major theme in the novel, as Merlyn is shown practicing it repeatedly when he transforms Wart and himself into various animals and battles with a witch. Magic, as portrayed in the story, does not provide perfect, infallible solutions to the characters' problems. Instead, it works as a tool to assist them in various quests. When Merlyn takes the boys to see a giant, they have to firmly clasp hands to maintain invisibility. Likewise, when Wart becomes various animals, he still has to engage with their customs and earn their respect. In this way, magic functions as sort of a proxy for power itself, as it requires constant exertion from its holder and does not elevate them above having to engage with different beings. The Value of Friendship Disney Characters introduced in Birth by Sleep: Prince Phillip • Maleficent's Goons • Doc • Grumpy • Happy • Sleepy • Bashful • Sneezy • Dopey • The Prince • Evil Queen • Magic Mirror • Prince Charming • Jaq • Lady Tremaine • Anastasia • Drizella • Lucifer • Grand Duke • Grand Councilwoman • Captain Gantu • Jumba • Experiment 221 • Lost Boys

J. K. Rowling has said that White's writing strongly influenced the Harry Potter books; several critics have compared Rowling's character Albus Dumbledore to White's absent-minded Merlyn, [19] [20] and Rowling herself has described White's Wart as "Harry's spiritual ancestor." [21] Author Neil Gaiman was asked about the similarities between Harry Potter and Gaiman's character Timothy Hunter, and he stated that he did not think Rowling had based her character on Hunter. "I said to [the reporter] that I thought we were both just stealing from T. H. White: very straightforward." [22] The novel, which White described as "a preface to Malory", [4] was titled The Sword in the Stone and published in 1938, telling the story of the boyhood of King Arthur. [8] White was also influenced by Freudian psychology and his own lifelong involvement in natural history. The Sword in the Stone was critically well-received and was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1939. [1] Yes, Wart," said Merlyn. "Or rather, as I should say (or is it have said?), Yes, King Arthur.” Merlyn, p. 225 Roach, William. Chrétien De Troyes: Le Roman De Perceval ou Le Conte Du Graal, Librairie Droz, 1959, p. 173.The huntsman nodded to Robin, who was standing behind, and held the hound's eyes with his own. He said, "Good dog, Beaumont the valiant, sleep now, old friend Beaumont, good old dog." Then Robin's falchion let Beaumont out of this world, to run free with Orion and to roll among the stars. The Wart did not like to watch Master Twyti for a moment or two. The strange, little leathery man stood up without saying anything and whipped the hounds off the corpse of the boar as he was accustomed to do. He put his horn to his lips and blew the four long notes of the mort without a quaver. But he was blowing the notes for something else, and he startled the Wart because he seemed to be crying. Narrator p. 160 When Kay learns that Wart pulled it from the anvil, he knows it is the sword that will determine Uther Pendragon's successor. He tells Sir Ector that he pulled it from the stone. However, when Ector asks him to replicate the feat, Kay admits that Wart was responsible. Wart is terrified when Sir Ector and Kay bow to him as their King.

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