English & British Mythology and Folklore

The 7 Fairy Queens and Goddesses & The Stories Behind Them

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Did fairies have kings or queens? Or as a matter of fact, did they even have gods and goddesses they might have worshipped to obtain their powers? The answer is not always straight forward. This is because fairies have a very, very long mythological history where most fairy tales usually mix and match different elements …

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King Arthur’s Camelot: Location & Whether it Was Real

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Camelot was King Arthur’s capital, where he reigned over the Britons before the Saxon invasion, according to legend. It does not appear on any authentic early map from that time period. The words “cam” and “camel” do, however, appear as elements in pre-Saxon British location names. Camelot is never mentioned in Arthur’s earliest known stories. …

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