Excalibur or Caliburn is the legendary sword of King Arthur sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. However, in what is sometimes called the Post-Vulgate Merlin, part of the Lancelot-Grail cycle. Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake sometime after he began to reign. […]
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Guan Yu
Posted in History, Three Kingdoms on May 15th, 2008
Guan Yu (Chinese: 關羽; ?–219) was a general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of the Kingdom of Shu, of which Liu Bei […]
Red Hare
Posted in History, Three Kingdoms on May 15th, 2008
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, the life of the Red Hare was fleshed out. It was originally a treasured horse of Dong Zhuo, but at Li Su’s suggestion, he gave it to Lü Bu to persuade him to murder his stepfather Ding Yuan, and join Dong Zhuo. Red Hare was said to […]