Case file · Folklore / legend
King Arthur inside Mount Etna
Gervase of Tilbury (Otia Imperialia, c. 1211) tells how a bishop's groom chasing a runaway horse on Etna found a palace where King Arthur lay healing his wounds, his old wounds reopening every year.
1211 CE · 37.75, 14.99 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Norman rule in Sicily carried the Arthurian legend south; the Fata Morgana of Messina is named after Arthur's sister.