ôSome people believe that King Arthur is so inextricably tied up in Celtic Mythology that he must, in origin, have been, not a man at all, but a Godà.Arthur in his earliest form appears almost entirely mythical. He and his companions have superhuman strength and abilities, and consort with giants and other mythological creatures (ôArthur the Mythö 1). He grew in legend to be a great Christian knight. Geoffrey of MonmouthÆs Historia Regum Brittaniae, written c. 1136, chronicles the history of the famous ôKing of the Britonsö and the character traits of the epic heroùespecially his bravery-- are already in place. In the medieval period, ArthurÆs virtues are the core of what are called the French romances, and in the hands of the monks, these became the tales of the great Christian knight who began to embody the highest ideals of medieval Christianity (ôArthurian Legendsö). The romance is ôa medieval narrativeà.treating of heroic, fantastic, or supernatural events, often in the form of allegoryö (Abrams, 284.) The tale of King Arthur
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