Excalibur does exist.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
November 5, 2019 6:35pm CST
The sword of St Galgano
Galgano Guid8tti was a noble from Chiusdano and it was said that he was arrogant and selfish. It wasn't until he saw a vision of Archangel Michael that Galgano changed his ways. He retired to a cave to become a hermt, but was lured out by his family. Another vision came after he was thrown from his horse. This vision instructed him to give away his material possessions.
He supposedly said that It would be as difficult as splitting a rock. To demonstrate his point, he unsheathed his sword and stuck it through a nearby rock, which yielded like butter under his touch.
The sword has been dated and while it's not an exact science, they believe it to be from the 12th century. A ground radar has revealed that there is a cavity that is thought to be a burial ground. It's supposed that the remains interred are that of the Knight in question. No burial excavations have been made.
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@frankie2013 (380)
• Canada
6 Nov 19
It is weird but I read an article not too long ago about a supposedly Excalibur sword found in a lake but this was in Bosnia if I remember well. The article mentioned that there have been a fair amount of these types of swords found in boulders and in lakes. Your story though has another twist to it because the man became a hermit and is supposedly interred under the bolder. Very interesting...
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@frankie2013 (380)
• Canada
6 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum The archeologists who found the sword in Bosnia readily admit that it is not the famed Excalibur. They also mention that several of these types of swords have been found throughout Europe. If you are interested the article is from The Daily Mail from the 23rd of October 2019...
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
@frankie2013 Thank You. I think I may have come across that article before. I read The Daily Mail occasionally.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
I believe there is also supposed to be a sword in Ireland that was supposed to be the "real - life" legend.
i am sure atleast one of these sightings are based in fact, but you can't fault people for wanting to attribute their homeland to the legend.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
Yes, I was surprised that it came up as a bad word.
Was there a plaque that explained how the sword came to be in the stone?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
@LadyDuck did the plate mention anything about him being buried under the sword? Or where he is buried? The article I read said that there had been remains found (via ground radar) but without digging it up, they had no idea who it was.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
6 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes there is a plate that explains that Galgano Guid8tti himself planted the sword in the stone. He had a vision and wanted to plant a cross, but having no cross he decided to plant his sword in the ground. The legend tells that the sword went through the stone like a knife through butter and no one could get it out.
@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Nov 19
That is very interesting to know about the Excalibur
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
Yep, I like finding out these litlte tidbits of knowledge.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Nov 19
I am amazed by the story of Excalibur when I was in grade school. It was told by our teacher. There were no audio-visuals yet at the time.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
We were told about it several times in our school days, and of course there were books made for children about it. It was really interesting, but not my favorite story.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum in those days in public elementary school, pupils were dependent on the knowledge of teachers. There were no literary books.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
@Alexandoy We had literary books when I was in school, I started school in the 1990's.
@whiteream (8567)
• United States
6 Nov 19
Very interesting. I have seen and read fictional stories about Excalibur.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
Oh, I have as well. It's an interesting legend.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
6 Nov 19
@JustBhem King Arthur was just a legend, not really true. There have been a few cases of swords in stone that are supposed to based off of the legend, or atleast I guess it is supposed to be based off of the legend.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
6 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I thought it’s from King Arthur?
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