# sword in the stone...how did it get there?

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**Created:** [December 9, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-in-the-stone-how-did-it-get-there/563580 "2010-12-09T20:50:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-in-the-stone-how-did-it-get-there/563580/41 "2010-12-12T00:35:12Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Carrot put it there.

I third this.

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> I recall a novel (by Peter Straub IIRC) where a character proposed the interesting idea that it was a metaphor, that Arthur was actually the man who brought the knowledge of how to extract and forge iron to Britain. So it wasn’t a singular sword that he pulled from a singular stone, but swords in general.

I remember hearing that one- I wasn’t too impressed with whatever book I read it in, but I liked the explanation a lot.

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