Pendragon
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Pendragon or Pen Draig, meaning "head dragon" or "chief dragon" (referring to a battle standard), is the name of several traditional Kings of the Britons:
- Aurelius Ambrosius, the son of Constantine II of Britain, is called "Pendragon" in the Vulgate Cycle.
- Uther, brother of Aurelius and father of King Arthur, is called Uther Pendragon because he was inspired by a dragon-shaped comet (In the Vulgate, he took the name from his brother).
- King Arthur, the son of Uther.
"Pendragon" can also refer to:
- Pendragon (band), a British progressive rock band
- Pendragon (role-playing game)
- The Pendragon (fiction series), a short-lived trade paperback line of classic Arthurian reprints, as well as original novels and anthologies.
- Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle of fantasy books.
- The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale
- Pendragon PLC, a UK car dealership chain.
- Knights of Pendragon, a Marvel UK comic during the early 1990s
- A rank achieved by Elwin Ransom in C. S. Lewis' novel That Hideous Strength
- The Pendragon Legend, a 1933 novel by Hungarian author Antal Szerb
- The Pendragons, a husband and wife team of illusionists.
- Pendragon Records, a record label
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