Sir Lionel - Later Appearances

Later Appearances

Sir Lionel is the subject of the late-medieval folk ballad "Sir Lionel", recorded as Child Ballad 18, in which he slays a giant wild boar. This song has much in common with a medieval tale about a knight who slays a terrifyingly fiendish boar in Sidon, in the fourteenth century romance of Sir Eglamour of Artois. The terrible swine is a frequent foe in romantic tales, for instance the beast Twrch Trwyth in Culhwch and Olwen. The song was recorded in Appalachia as late as the early 20th century. Popular variants include "Old Bangum" and "Wild Hog."

In the musical Camelot, Lionel is the knight brought back to life by Lancelot after he accidentally kills him in a Joust.

Lionel appears in the 1998 Warner Bros. animated film Quest for Camelot as the father of the protagonist, Kayley, who wished to follow her father's footsteps. During the beginning of the film, Lionel is killed by the main antagonist, Sir Ruber, who intends to claim the throne of Camelot for himself, while trying to kill King Arthur, whom Lionel defended before he died.