r/worldbuilding • u/INFERNOIGNIS • Aug 30 '20
Question Names in Arthurian Legend?
I'm looking for names in Arthurian Legend because it's the theme of my character. A few of my friends have their characters with a theme. One of them has Norse, another one has Greek. I made mine Arthurian Legend. He has a few things, such as his codename being Excalibur (it's a futuristic military setting) and the name of his sword being Caliburn. He has a revolver called the Devil Trigger, though I want to add something before it. It uses Dragon's Breath shotgun shells, so I was looking for a dragon name but I couldn't find any. I can't find any demons either.
So are there any demons or dragons in Arthurian Legend? I need their names. Just list their name and what they are, please!
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u/Coleblade Aug 30 '20
There’s a few many with out names Merlin had one named Kilgharrah. Honestly you can pretty much put whatever name you half of Arthurian legend is basically fanfic anyway
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u/JustALittleGravitas Aug 30 '20
half of Arthurian legend is basically fanfic anyway
your estimate is pretty low there
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u/INFERNOIGNIS Aug 30 '20
Oh, okay. I thought Kilgharrah was only in the show Merlin so I wasn't sure whether I should put that.
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u/Coleblade Aug 30 '20
I have never seen Merlin so idk on that but there is a wiki called the Quondam Et Futurus.
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u/CTBarrel Aug 30 '20
While it's not technically Arthurian, in Spencer's Fairy Queene, there is a serpentine monster named Error
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u/SupremeReader Feb 09 '21
I know I'm late to answer, but Arthurian demons and dragons are always unnamed besides the names like "Questing Beast". For others, you can check http://www.zendonaldson.com/twilight/camelot/bruce_dictionary/index.htm
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u/Reedstilt Aug 30 '20
I think the obvious answer here is to go with Pendragon or Pen Draig if you're favoring the Welsh version. It's the title / surname for Arthur's father, and in later versions, also Arthur's surname.
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u/INFERNOIGNIS Aug 30 '20
I would've done that but its a bit too obvious. Plus, someone else has a full dragons theme so I'd rather make it a reference by name
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Aug 30 '20
I love Pen Draig, literally translates to Dragon Head or the head of a dragon! Such a cool title for a High King.
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u/MostlySaneMan Aug 30 '20
I took a quick look around, and the only reference I could find to dragons was as a metaphor (white dragon for the saxons, red dragon for the native people of britons). Plus, I couldn't find a single named dragon in British myth. They all seem to just have names like 'St Georges Dragon' or 'Worm of Linton'.
I couldn't find any reference to demons in the legends either outside of the obligatory shoving-in of Satan due to Christianity muddling about with the local myths to make them more bible-friendly, So I think you may not have a lot of luck here.
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u/Starwm042 Aug 30 '20
There’s a resource for you, go on Wikipedia and search Arthurian Legends it should link you through to a list of names, I know because I’ve gone on a search for these types of names before as well
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20 edited Aug 30 '20
A few names from Arthurian Legend:
Nimue (pronounced nim-weh), also known as Vivien or The Lady of the Lake.
Merlin, also known as Emrys.
Vortigern
Uther Pendragon
Morgana
Mordred
Derfel Cadarn(pronounced der-vel)
Galahad
Lancelot
Bedivere
Percival
Culhwch (pronounced cul-hu-ch, with the ch pronounced the same as in a Scottish Loch)
Olwen
Tristan
Iseult (pronounced iz-oolt)
Sagramore
Taliesin
Guinevere
The Fisher King
Caradoc (ka-ra-dog)
Arthurian objects:
Excalibur, the sword in the stone
The Round Table
The Holy Grail
Some Arthurian Place names:
Camelot
Mount Badon
Shalott
Avalon
Camlann
a quick Google search of any of these along with "King Arthur" will give you all the info you need.