Mystical Angels

Has anyone ever wondered what Avalon is really like? In history it is known as the mystical place?

of the supernatural neither living nor dead with unearthly powers both good and evil. It had to do with King Arthur's history.

Public Comments

1. Avalon is not known as “the mystical place” in any medieval tale. Possibly it is so known in some modern novel. Avalon is not mentioned in ANY historical text, except arguably some that attempt to identify it with the town of Glastonbury and the surrounding region. Avalon is a fairy isle to which Arthur was supposedly taken after his last battle to be healed of his wounds and from which he will eventually return. It was ruled by Morgain the Fay, or at least she had great power there. Some medieval tales imply it is near Britain and some place it in the Mediterranean Sea. In some tales Morgain the Fay is said to live on Mount Aetna in Sicily and it may be that some had identified Avalon with Sicily, although this identification is not specially made in any medieval text. In Welsh texts Avalon is known as “Ynys Avallach” which means “Isle of Apples”. Enchanted islands in the western sea studded with apple trees are common in Irish medieval tales. Avalon is NOT known from history but from legends and from commentary on legends. No medieval text has a phrase anything like “neither living nor dead with unearthly powers both good and evil”.