Matter of Britain Topic
The Sarmatian and Scythian origins thesis
- Summary
- Littleton and Malcor's From Scythia to Camelot derives Arthurian motifs (the sword in the stone, the sword returned to water, the draco standard) from Sarmatian cavalry stationed in Britain under Lucius Artorius Castus and from Ossetian Nart sagas. Not accepted by mainstream Arthurian scholarship; influential on the 2004 film King Arthur. Held locally in full.
- Where scholars disagree
- Treat as a reception phenomenon and a good game premise, not as a finding.
Worldviews
Arthur of the Welsh, Revival, Screen and Afterlife
Provenance
- Source method
- Local PDF holding plus web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH