Excalibur is the name of King Arthur’s magic sword. It is often confused with the Rock Sword, which was set in granite and could only be extracted from the rock by Arthur, thus confirming his status as the rightful king of Brittany.

The sword of the rock was Arthur’s first weapon, but it was broken in battle. So the Lady of the Lake – a fairy with whom Merlin was deeply in love – asked the elves to make a new sword for Arthur. Excalibur was forged from an enchanted metal so hard that nothing could break it. It had the power to ensure victory for its wearer, even if he seemed weaker than his opponents.

It was thanks to this sword that Arthur brought together all the previously divided camps of Brittany and unified the Breton people, whose finest knights sat around the Round Table in Camelot.

According to legend, Camelot attracted knights from all over the world to join the Round Table in search of adventure, glory and renown, and this quest became a symbol of the search for the absolute… the Grail.

The Grail is said to have been carved by angels from an emerald that fell from Lucifer’s forehead when he fell. It was then entrusted to Adam, who lost it after the original sin, then Seth found it, and from there it reached Christ.

Joseph of Arimathea is said to have recovered the chalice of the Last Supper (Christ’s last meal), and to have brought it to Brittany, via the fortress of Mont-Ségur, the last Cathar stronghold.
From Brittany, the Grail Quest is said to have started and ended in Armorica, among other places, but the Grail was never found.

However, certain legends still tell us that it was buried under an oak tree, and that only once a year, for a few moments during the summer solstice, does this oak become entirely covered in gold…