ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Merlin the Magician, the legendary wizard, used his magic to cast a sword in stone, and proclaimed that only a person of royal lineage or ‘the true king’ would be able to pull the sword out.

Detailed explanation-2: -Excalibur, in Arthurian legend, King Arthur’s sword. As a boy, Arthur alone was able to draw the sword out of a stone in which it had been magically fixed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Merlin put the sword in the stone, in order to ensure the proper King ruled Britain. After Arthur’s father, Uther, died, the nobles of Britain began disputing the right of succession. To ease their fears, Merlin erected a great sword stuck inside an anvil set atop a stone.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘sword in the stone’, however, is the story of the youthful Arthur who was able to pull a sword embedded in a stone to demonstrate that he was the legitimate king.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Excalibur was made by an elf. Later the sword was stolen by his sister and it was the time when the scabbard (sword coverage) was lost. In the battle of Camlann, Arthur was hurt, and he told Bedwyr (Griflet) to return the Excalibur to the lake.