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The north (represented by these circumpolar constellations) is the center of eternal power, immobile in the sky.
Draco is the guardian of the axis of the world (axis mundi).
Ursa Major is sometimes called the king's chariot or celestial throne.
In cultures such as the Indo-Iranian, Greek and even Chinese, the bear was associated with the immortal emperor or spirit of the ancestral king.
This fits perfectly with the myth of Arthur sleeping in Avalon, waiting to return, as an ever-present constellation, eternally rotating in the night sky of the northern hemisphere.
In Celtic mythology, the dragon was a symbol of earthly strength and war.
The banner of the Red Dragon of Wales (Y Ddraig Goch) is directly linked to Arthur's lineage.
The bear (Artio) represented tribal power and ancestry.
These two cosmic figures, bear and dragon, appear in opposition and balance, as guardian and warrior, or king and destroyer.
Based on all this, some scholars suggest that Arthur is a mythologized version of a celestial or shamanic "Polar King" archetype:
He who rules the immobile center of the world (the Celestial North Pole/Polaris, not the earthly/physical one).
He sleeps and wakes in cycles, like the polar constellations that never set, and is guarded by the bear (the tribe/earth) and has dominion over the dragon (the celestial/chthonic force).
The north (represented by these circumpolar constellations) is the center of eternal power, immobile in the sky.
Draco is the guardian of the axis of the world (axis mundi).
Ursa Major is sometimes called the king's chariot or celestial throne.
In cultures such as the Indo-Iranian, Greek and even Chinese, the bear was associated with the immortal emperor or spirit of the ancestral king.
This fits perfectly with the myth of Arthur sleeping in Avalon, waiting to return, as an ever-present constellation, eternally rotating in the night sky of the northern hemisphere.
In Celtic mythology, the dragon was a symbol of earthly strength and war.
The banner of the Red Dragon of Wales (Y Ddraig Goch) is directly linked to Arthur's lineage.
The bear (Artio) represented tribal power and ancestry.
These two cosmic figures, bear and dragon, appear in opposition and balance, as guardian and warrior, or king and destroyer.
Based on all this, some scholars suggest that Arthur is a mythologized version of a celestial or shamanic "Polar King" archetype:
He who rules the immobile center of the world (the Celestial North Pole/Polaris, not the earthly/physical one).
He sleeps and wakes in cycles, like the polar constellations that never set, and is guarded by the bear (the tribe/earth) and has dominion over the dragon (the celestial/chthonic force).
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