I’ve had this site since the 90s, at first with the domain .com which I later changed to .se (for Sweden).

I’m constantly working on it and get e-mails from people around the world about different subjects. I have regular contact with authors, scholars as well as individuals.

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About Me

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Nightbringer FAQ

• Do you accept ads on Nightbringer?
  I have accepted temporary ads over the years on the main pages (not on every subpage). Contact me if you have more questions.
  
• How many visitors do you have?
  The statitics show an increase by every year. In 2023 I had nearly 452.000 unique visitors!
  
• There are many books about King Arthur – have you read them all?
  I have a nice collection and I browse them now and then. The legends about him, the knights and the Grail is fascinating… I would lie if I said I have read all the literature there is, but I have read many.

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Credits

Some parts of my site is borrowed from books as well as my own research over the years. Some of the sources are listed below, and the list will grow.

THE LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR

The list is incomplete. See Arthurian Sources and Arthurian literature as well.

• Arthurian Name Dictionary
  Christopher W. Bruce, (1998). With special thanks! =)
• Arthurian Companions
  Phyllis Ann Karr (1997).
• A Companion to Arthurian and Celtic Myths and Legends
  Mike Dixon-Kennedy (2006).
• Gerald of Wales
  Translation by Lewis Thorpe.
• The History of the Kings of Britain
  Geoffrey of Monmouth (1966).
• The Illustraded Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legend
  Ronan Coghlan (2002).
• The World of King Arthur
  Christopher Snyder (2000).
• Merlin, Priest of Nature
  Jean Markale (1995).
• Merlin’s Tomb
  Translated from Le tour de Brocéliande, a tourist publication published by the Comité F.F.R.P. d’Ille-et-Vilaine.
• Tales from King Arthur
  Edited by Andrew Lang (1993).
• Alliterative Morte Arthur
  A poem, composed in Middle English, consisting of 4346 lines and dealing with Arthur’s Roman war, Mordred’s rebellion and Arthur’s final battle (maybe c. 1400).
• Annales Cambriae
  A set of Welsh annals which mention the battles of Badon and Camlann, and also that Arthur and Mordred fell in the battle of Camlann (tenth century).
• Arthur and Gorlagon
  A Latin work which features a werewolf (thirteenth century).
• Arthour and Merlin
  English poem (fourteenth century).
• Beroul
  A twelfth century French writer, author of Anglo-Norman Tristan romance.
• Birth of Arthur
  A Welsh work which gives unusual details about Arthur’s family (fourteenth century).
• Boece, Hector
  Died 1536 | A Scottish historian. His Scotonum Historia contains some Arthurian information written from an anti King Arthur standpoint.
• Childe Rowland
  A medieval Scottish ballad telling of the rescue of Arthur’s daughter, Ellen, from an Otherworld prison by her brother Rowland. The ballad is quoted (or perhaps misquoted) by Shakespeare.
• Chrétien de Troyes
  A twelfth century French poet, of whom few biographical details survive. He wrote several Arthurian romances: Le chevalier de charette (also called Lancelot), Cligés, Le chevalier au lion (also called Yvain), Le conte de graal (also called Perceval) and Erec et Enide.
• Claris et Laris
  French verse romance (thirteenth century).
• Continuations of Chrétien.
  Because Chrétien left Le conte de graal unfinished it inspired various continuations. The first continuation appeared about 1200, the second continuation in the thirteenth century. There were also continuations by Gerbert and Manessier which also appeared in the thirteenth century.
• Culhwch and Olwen
  A complex and possibly incomplete Welsh romance, part of the Mabinogion, telling of Culhwch’s attempts to carry out various tasks in order to win the hand of Olwen (pre-eleventh century).
• De Ortu Waluuanii
  A Latin romance of uncertain date, concerning the adventures of Gawain as a young man.
• Didot Perceval
  A French prose romance telling of Perceval’s quest for the Grail (c. 1200).
• Dream of Rhonabwy
  A Welsh romance in the Mabinogion.
• Dryden, John (1631-1700)
  An English poet whose opera, King Arthur (1691), borrows little from Arthurian legend, having Arthur in love with a blind girl, Emmeline, who is also loved by Arthur’s enemy, the Saxon, Oswald. The music for the opera was by Henry Purcell (died 1695).
• Due Tristani
  An Italian romance which gives details of the son and daughter of Tristan and Iseult (1551).
• The Arthurian Court List in Culhwch and Olwen
  Morris Collins, The Camelot Project, 2004.
• The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens
  Mike Ashley (2012)
• ParanormalDatabase.com
  Haunted location (Moel Arthur).

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