What is Bedivere?
[[File:Bedivere.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|''How Sir Bedivere Cast the Sword Excalibur into the Water''. <ref>Illustration from: Sir Thomas Malory, ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' (London: Dent, 1894)</ref>}}]] '''Bedivere''' ({{lang-cy|Bedwyr}}) is a [[fictional character|legendary character]] in the [[King Arthur]] stories. He is a [[Knight of the Round Table]]. He is a [[fear]]less [[war|fighter]] and one of Arthur's most trusted [[knight]]s. In the early [[legend]]s he is the [[cupbearer]]. Later legends have him as the one who returns Arthur's sword [[Excalibur]] to the [[Lady of the Lake]].<ref>Jeremy Roberts, ''King Arthur'' (Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 2001), p. 95</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Dr-Fi/Excalibur.html |title=Excalibur |publisher=Myths Encyclopedia/Advameg, Inc. |access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> He then put the dying Arthur in a [[boat]] to take him to [[Avalon (mythology)|Avalon]].{{efn|In [[Celtic mythology]], Avalon was a [[peace]]ful island where it was always [[summer]].<ref name=Hemingway52>Annamaria Hemingway, ''Myths of the Afterlife Made Easy'' (WInchester, UK: O Books, 2011), p. 52</ref> It was a place where [[soul]]s went after death to rest before they started a new life.<ref name=Hemingway52/>}}<ref>Patricia Monaghan, ''The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore'' (New York: Facts On File, 2004), p. 39</ref> In some legends Arthur gives him rule over [[Normandy]].<ref>David Dom, ''King Arthur and the Gods of the Round Table'' (Raleigh, NC: Lulu, 2013), p. 249</ref> In stories he is frequently associated with [[Sir Kay]]. [[Sir Lucan]] is his brother. [[Sir Griflet]] is his cousin. == The knight == In the legends Sir Bedivere had a grandfather also named Bedivere who was the founder of the city of [[Bayeux]].<ref name=KA>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingarthursknights.com/knights/bedivere.asp |title=Sir Bedivere |publisher=King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> His son was named Amren. He also had a d