the sword in the stone Flashcards
where was the stone with the sword located?
in the church yard
who is Sir Kay’s dad?
Sir Hecter
to lift up the sword, what did Arthur pull it by?
the hilt
what was sir kays “big lie”
that he pulled out the sword and he will be king
who replace the blade back in the stone
sir kay
when sir kay was lifting the sword what did it describe that it felt like he was lifting
trying to lift a church
how did sir kay feel when he couldn’t pull it out
ashamed
what occupation did Arthur have?
sir kays squire
what was the handle?
jeweled
when he pulled it out what did they say it was like?
as if he were lifting it from clear water
who was sir hectors closest friend
Merlin
what did the white and red dragon stand for
white=Saxons
red=britains (king vortigern)
what were the dragons before they became dragons?
serpents
what did the dragons fight on?
a silk tent
how long did the nobles fight for?
12 years
how long has it been since Merlin took Arthur In between when Arthur pulled out the sword
15 years
what were the three predictions?
1 the pool underneath the tower
2 vortigerns death
3 the outcomes of the wars (uther’s)
what was unscripted in the stone
whosever can pull this sword out of this stone is the true king of Britain
who said that King vortigerns would need the blood of a boy with no father in order for your tower to stand?
the Kings astrologers and wise men
why did the Kings men say that you would need the blood of a boy with no father to put into the cement?
to make it sturdy
what was Arthur’s fathers name?
King uther pendragon
why did Merlin want Arthur?
to raise and educate him
-uther owes him a favour for all that Merlin has predicted
what did the queen wrap Arthur in before giving him to Merlin
gold cloth
what was Arthur’s mothers name?
queen igraine
what was Merlin dressed as when 2 Knights and 2 ladies gave Arthur to Merlin?
a beggar
how long after arthur was born did uther fall ill
3 years after
what did Merlin do to protect Arthur when the nobles fought for 12 years,
kept him in hiding
who raised Arthur?
sir hector
who were the two people that resemble Arthur a little but?
Daniel and Joseph
what were the two traits that Arthur had that we could have in our next leader?
pure soul/heart
shouldn’t be arrogant or proud
serve people
when did this story take place?
5th century
what was the wicked kings name?
king vortigern
how many times did vortigern build his tower to defend his kingdom?
three
what did the kings messengers come across?
two boys quarelling
what was Merlins father?
an Incubas invisible to the eye
How old was Merlin when the messengers cam eto him?
seven
What did merlin say that what was making the tower unsteady?
the pool underneath the tower
after the men were to drain the pool what are they to find?
two stones and inside the stones two sleeping dragons
what do the two dragons stand for?
that the white is the warriors that will once slay you
When uther pendragon became king what did merlin become?
his chief magician
How did uther win over the person he desired most?
with merlins help
how many nobles tried to lift the sword?
250
how many men guarded the mysterious sword?
10
who rejoiced?
the commoners
what doies citadel mean?
tower
what the other name for merlin?
Myrddin Emrys
who is the kings council?
astrologoers, wisemen
what does delve mean?>
go down
In the pool what are did merlin say they would find/?
two vessles
two vases that joined neck to neck in the pool
what was in the two vases?
a silk tent
whats inside the tent?
two serpents one red and one white
once the serpents were exposed to the air what did they turn into?
dragons
how many times did the white dragon assail the red
three
who ended up winning the battle?
the red dragon
once Merlin could not see the dragons anymore what did he do?
turned to the councillors to see if they knew what their actions had meant
but again they could not answer
what does the pool stand for?
our world
what is the tent?
king voritgerns kingdom
what is the red dragon?
dragon of the Britons
what is the white dragon>?
saxons
what did vortigern do with his councillors?
put them to death
what was Emrys later known as?
Mage Myrddin Emrys (merlin in english)
the mountain which has housed the captive dragons was renamed what?>
dinas emrys
the red dragon went on and became the symbol of what?
the welsh people
t/f two dragons emerged from the stones
true
t/f merlin was seven when the messengers found him
true
merlins father was invisible to the eye t/f
true
sir hector was arthurs closest friend t/f
false merlin was
the white dragon was killed by the red dragon t/f
true
sir hector placed the sword back into the stone t/f
false sir kay did
what might this myth be trying to explain?
an act that can only be preformed by a person of pure heart and willing to sacrifice himself for others.
what did the fight between the dragons mean?
that the king would drive off the saxons and that the king would eventually die at the hand of saxons
what might this myth be trying to say about what our future leader may be?
- amongst the commoners
- arthur was truly of the poeple
- arthur had purity of mind and soul
how does david connect with arthur
- shepard unnoble
- servant bringing food for the people who fought
- david beats the giant
- becomes king
how does joseph connect with arthur?
- son of jacob who was a chiefton
- bunch of dreams
- predicted that he would be ruler
- given coat of many colours
- brothers sold him
- went to egypt
- predicted dreams for the king
- 0becomes ruler
