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Zeus posted...

Not to mention that Arthurian legends have rather explicitly referenced Christianity at times, which would be a hard thing to do if it preceded it.

Not really. Arthur stories explicitly picked up tons of elements along the way (like Lancelot coming into the story hundreds of years later via French retellings of the story, or the concept of medieval "chivalry" being grafted on centuries later making the stories anachronistic as fuck).

The Christian elements of Arthur's story are mostly later additions, in the same way that most Christian references in Beowulf (like Grendel being descended from Cain) were blatantly added later but were completely absent from the original story.



Revelation34 posted...

They would have been too far away to take away from Greek or Egyptian mythology. It was independently developed

British Celts and Greeks were fully aware of each other long before either Jesus or Arthur would have existed. Bronze Age civilization was a lot more connected than most people today realize, and there were established trade links that were tied to the tin mines in Britain.

The term "Celt" (or "Keltoi") itself is a Greek word, that predates the earliest references to Jesus by about 600 years, and the earliest references to Arthur by about 1400 years.

So yes, they could easily be influenced by similar sources.


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