There have been countless tellings of the story of King Arthur and Merlin BUT why would this all-powerful magical guy submit to his own death?

Disney's The Sword in the Stone premiered in 1963, just three years before the death of Walt Disney. The movie was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman -- one of Walt's fabled "Nine Old Men" -- with a ...

However, the story of Arthur's sword, Excalibur, may have had its roots in Welsh literature. While it was not said to have possessed magical properties, Geoffrey of Monmouth mentions a weapon, ...

Uthur Pendragon (Gabriel Byrne) is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death, Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of ...