Geraint be identified as the real warrior eulogized in connection with the Battle of Llongborth in the poem, despite its title. Bryce identifies Llongborth with the 710 battle between that Geraint and Saxon leader Ine of Wessex. Strathclyde had rulers named Geraint and Erbin/Elfin in the same era, and was also known as Damnonia, after the Dumnonii tribe of the area in Romano-British times, and thus easily confused with Dumnonia/Devon. He is possibly most famous as the protagonist in the Welsh tale "Geraint and Enid", where he becomes the lover of Enid. "Geraint and Enid" is one of the three Welsh
The Sword in the Stone (novel) rather limited, although what it did take from the Arthurian legend was accurate. It was awkward to treat this as the first part of a more serious treatment of the Arthurian legend. It is also possible that White felt in a darker mood after the Second World War. It has also been said that due to wartime censorship, the publishers did not want to print some of White's more strident anti-War sentiments (which are very prevalent in "The Book of Merlyn"). Walt Disney made an animated movie adaptation of "The Sword in the Stone", first released on 25 December 1963