Pendragon
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Pendragon or Pen Draig, meaning "head dragon" or "chief dragon" (referring to a battle standard), is a Celtic title, and hence 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.
Inspired by this, "Pendragon" can also refer to:
- Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle of fantasy books
- Peter Pendragon, star of Aleister Crowley's Diary of a Drug Fiend
- Pendragon (band) a British progressive rock band
- The 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
- Knights of Pendragon, a Marvel UK comic during the early 1990s
- In the book That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis, "Pendragon" is a title, said to have been passed down from Uther Pendragon, which is given to Elwin Ransom and by which the revived Merlin accepts him.
- D. J. MacHale's Pendragon Series of fantasy books
- The 1933 novel The Pendragon Legend by Hungarian author Antal Szerb
- Pendragon Cars, a UK car dealership chain.