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Le Morte De Arthur

Sir Balin Le Savage was also known as The knight with two swords . He was the twin brother to Balan . Though there are no direct references to this effect , an event that might allude to this fact is that they were buried together in one tomb by Merlin . This is in accordance with what is recorded in most Celtic legends . In these legends

Sir Balin Le Savage was also known as The knight with two swords . He

was the twin brother to Balan . Though there are no direct references to this effect , an event that might allude to this fact is that they were buried together in one tomb by Merlin . This is in accordance with what is recorded in most Celtic legends . In these legends , twins were considered single individuals who by fate of the gods were split into two and in most stories they are directly opposite each other in character (Scudder , 1917 . Balin was native to Northumberland in north eastern England

In Le Morte de Arthur (the death of Arthur , Sir Balin is portrayed in the best of lights . First he is given the best ever by the damosel this is a passing good knight , and the best that ever I found , he also shows himself to be the noble by the way he speaks and acts . He for example beseeches the lady to let him try himself also at the sword

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