Avalon

<p><b >Avalon</b>&nbsp;(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >æ</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >v</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ə</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˌ</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >l</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ɒ</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >n</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language" >Welsh</a>:&nbsp;<i>Ynys Afallon</i>; probably from&nbsp;<i >afal</i>, meaning "apple") is a legendary island featured in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_legend" title="Arthurian legend" class="mw-redirect" >Arthurian legend</a>. It first appears in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth" >Geoffrey of Monmouth</a>'s 1136 pseudohistorical account&nbsp;<i ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae" title="Historia Regum Britanniae" >Historia Regum Britanniae</a></i>&nbsp;("The History of the Kings of Britain") as the place where&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur" title="King Arthur" >King Arthur</a>'s sword&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur" title="Excalibur" >Excalibur</a>&nbsp;was forged and later where Arthur was taken to recover from his wounds after the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camlann" title="Battle of Camlann" >Battle of Camlann</a>. Avalon was associated from an early date with mystical practices and people such as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay" title="Morgan le Fay" >Morgan le Fay</a>.</p>