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Literature cycle
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Literary cycles are groups of stories grouped around common figures, often (though not necessarily) based on mythical figures or loosely on historic ones.
- One well known such cycle is the Arthurian cycle, the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table.
- Another cycle that is frequently drawn upon is centered on the Trojan War; the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and countless other epic poetry that draws on this body of tales.
- There is a Charlemagne cycle, also known as the Matter of France; a Robin Hood cycle featuring Robin Hood; there are many more.
- Irish literature includes four cycles: the Fenian Cycle (the tales of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fianna); the Mythological Cycle; the Historical Cycle; and the Ulster Cycle (the tales of Cúchulainn).
- The York cycle of mystery plays described the entire history of salvation in 47 plays that were developed in York in the 14th through 16th centuries.
- The Cthulhu Mythos, sometimes known as the Cthulhu Cycle[citation needed] is composed of stories written by the originator H. P. Lovecraft as well as those written by other authors inspired by him.
Folklorists collect jokes into cycles.
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