Camlan

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Camlan is the legendary battlefield in Arthurian tradition where King Arthur is said to have fought his final, fatal conflict.

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Camlan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary battlefield
location in Arthurian legend
mythological event site
associatedWith King Arthur
Mordred
culturalSignificance symbol of the end of a golden age
symbol of tragic heroism in Arthurian lore
describedAs place of Arthur’s fatal conflict
site of King Arthur’s final battle
followedBy Arthur’s departure to Avalon (in many accounts)
hasEvent final battle between Arthur and Mordred
hasGenre myth and legend
hasLanguageForm Welsh: Camlan
hasMedium historical and literary criticism
medieval literature
modern Arthurian fiction
poetry about King Arthur
hasNameVariant Battle of Camlann
hasOutcome death of King Arthur (in many versions)
death of Mordred (in many versions)
hasTheme betrayal
civil war
end of Arthur’s reign
fall of Camelot
hasUncertainHistoricity yes
hasUncertainLocation yes
linkedToCharacter Knights of the Round Table
Sir Bedivere (in some versions)
linked to: Sir Bedivere

Sir Lucan (in some versions)
linked to: Sir Lucan
mentionedIn Arthurian romances
Welsh Annals (Annales Cambriae)
linked to: Annales Cambriae

later medieval chronicles about Arthur
narrativeFunction climactic end of Arthurian narrative cycle
transition point to Avalon legends
partOf Arthurian tradition
linked to: Arthurian legend

Matter of Britain
possibleRealWorldLocation somewhere in Britain (various theories)
relatedConcept Arthurian death prophecy
Avalon
Camelot
Round Table
studiedIn Arthurian scholarship
Celtic studies
timePeriod late 5th or early 6th century (traditional dating)
sub-Roman Britain (legendary setting)
linked to: sub-Roman Britain

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camlann hasWelshName Camlan
subject linked to: Camlann (Welsh: Camlan)