King Arthur was mortally wounded at the Last Battle. He had to be carried to the water's edge. His sword Excalibur was thrown to, and caught by, the hand of the Lady of the Lake. A barge then carried King Arthur to Avalon.
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King Arthur was mortally wounded at the Last Battle. He had to be carried to the water's edge. His sword Excalibur was thrown to, and caught by, the hand of the Lady of the Lake. A barge then carried King Arthur to Avalon.
Avalon
The genrally accepted name of the land was Avalon.
Sword in stone, Excaliber, Merlin, Avalon
Traditionally, it was his half-sister, Morgan Le Fay, and some other priestesses from Avalon, who ferried him across on a barge. It was Sir Bedivere who brought the wounded Arthur to the shores of Avalon, where Morgan and the priestesses picked him up.
It was "The Mists of Avalon", published in 1979