According to The New York Post, citing a report by The Telegraph, n sword that is regarded as France’s “Excalibur” has vanished from its stone. Per the publication, locals in the French town of Rocamadour believed the sword, Durandal, had been lodged in rock for around 1,300 years. A main attraction for the town, the sword could be found stuck in a sheer rock wall about 100 feet off the ground
Authorities in France are working to determine how the sword was taken from the 100 foot sheer rock face.
They didn’t include a picture of Durandal in the whole article.
I never knew that was a cliff face? Unless this isn’t the real one.
Close upSaw this article posted somewhere yesterday, and someone there commented that the sword on display is a reproduction. The original sword is in a museum or something.
IT BELONGS IN A… oh, never mind. Carry on.
Honestly, was probably Britain stealing it for a museum.
The original is long lost I think.
Right? It looks super easy to get off of there. Getting up there and leaving with it might be a different story but physically it doesn’t look like it would take much effort.
So who’s the new king of France?
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Looks at the United States government as a citizen
I’ll take my chances.
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
I order you to shut up, peasant!
Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! — HELP! HELP! I’m being repressed!
To be fair, it would be quite hard to do worse than the entrenched 2-party FPTP + gerrymandered electoral college bullshit system we have now.
“Hold my beer!”
— America
Nah, it’s an automatic emergency response to the recent election.
Anything is better than this right wing shit show they just elected?
Elections are this sunday. Nobody’s been elected yet.
I admit, I’m not well informed here. I’m just seeing everywhere about the far right and LePenn’s big win and headlines that talk about it as if it is a done deal.
I appears he had a disagreement with the locals and some people lost their heads
The house of Orléans still exist, they’re just not allowed to rule lol
Uhg.
It’s not Excalibur. It’s durendal
It was carried by Roland, a paladin of Charlegmane’s court. The sword that was at Rocamdor was a replica (or a fake.
As an incorrigible nerd, I take offense at confusing magic swords like this….
Also. It’s not the only sword in stone. There’s the sword of St. Galgano Italy
Maybe that’s why they used “quotes” around “Excalibur” and mentioned its real name in the article.
Most tone-deaf “Umm actually…” I’ve ever seen lmao
Edit: “Excalibur” is obviously a metaphor for “sword in stone”
I’m being a bit tongue in cheek, though for the record it’s unlikely that Arthur or Excalibur actually existed. Where it’s known that Roland and Durendal did. (Albeit, without all the fantastic and magical attributes ascribed in the Matter of France).
I’m just a huge nerd and get annoyed when people mix up their magical swords.
That’s why I called you tone-deaf, not even the article “mixed up” their magical swords. It’s saying “France’s ‘Excalibur’” referring to a sword-in-stone myth located in France, using its proper name a few lines in.
Using metaphors like that in titles is just a way to capture the readers attention. It’s the fastest and most succinct way to discribe the news and have everyone understand the point of the article. It’s not wrong, it’s a metaphor.
get annoyed when people mix up their magical swords
I get annoyed by people reading only the headline and feeling like they have something useful to contribute.
I get annoyed by people reading only the headline and feeling like they have something useful to contribute.
how about people who do nothing except complain?
Like your OP?
Maybe the most deliberate “D’oh”
Uhm ackshually I think it’s more a metonymy than a metaphor :D
I’m ackshually one of the lucky 10000!
There’s got to be a better headline - the sword’s name and legend looks just as compelling as Excalibur even if not as well known (outside France)
The point is that Excalibur is well known and Durendal isnt. They want eyes, and so make the article headline reference something everyone knows, then educate in the article body.
Paladins are real?
Without the magical abilities and skills, yes.
Wow, TIL. Thanks!
Yes, Konsi
Charlemagne
from Latin magnus -> “Charles the Great”
I believe he was referring to the dude who’s appendage was burnt to a crisp. You know, char leg man
Was it by Stefano Ghisolfi after climbing Excalibur?
Now what the hell? How was the sword put into the rock 100 feet up 1300 years ago?
I mean humans didn’t just spontaneously develop the ability to climb mountains 500 years ago or something.
Okay let’s start with a sword stuck into the stone. Did that ability spontaneously disappear 500 years ago?
No, it disappeared with the rise of technology. We could still stick swords into stone as late as 1850. But after that the mass production systems meant wizards just weren’t in demand anymore and the portals to their plane were closed.
That sucks bro. We basically just put all the wizards out of work
These days it’s all “Glock in a rock”
The march of technology is really bringing down the level of charm, if you ask me.
Also, that’s my next public art exhibition, so nobody steal that idea while I work on becoming a famous avant-garde artist.
Beretta in a boulder?
AR-15 in an avalanche.
Luger in a log?
- rifle in a ravine
- pistol in a pinetree
- Mossberg in a mountain
- flechette in a forest
- grenade in a garden
…Okay I think I got it out of my system now.
How the hell could a sword, exposed to the elements for 1300 years, not disintegrate into a pile of rust?
