| Similarity | 
Harry Potter | 
King Arthur |
| Trained under the eyes of a wise old wizard | Dumbledore | Merlin |
| Taken at a very young age to live with foster parents | Taken to live with the Dursleys | Raised by Sir Ector and his family |
| Two friends - a boy and a girl - who may have a thing for each other | Ron and Hermione | Sir Lancelot and Guinevere |
| Under death threats to prevent them from fulfilling their destiny | Life is frequently endangered by Lord Voldemort | People such as Lot of Orkney try to kill him to prevent him from becoming king |
| Pulls a sword out of a place they shouldn't be able to | Pulls Godric Gryffindor's sword out of the Sorting Hat | Arthur pulls the sword Excalibur out of the stone |
| Actor Richard Harris in both movies | Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies | King Arthur in "Camelot" |
| Lives commonly without knowledge of their special destiny from the past | Doesn't know he's a wizard until he's eleven years old | Doesn't know he's heir to the throne until he pulls the sword out of the stone |
| Once 'aware' of the their destiny, must begin rigorous training | Has to devote years of his life to learning spells at Hogwarts | Has to go through an academic schooling as well as training in the knightly arts |
| Special wooden cup with magical properties | Goblet of Fire | Holy Grail |
| Bloodline prejudices | Many people consider wizards and witches with Muggle family to have dirty blood, meaning they are on a lower rung of society | The royals don't consider Arthur a king at first because they don't believe he has royal blood. |
| A special place that keeps them longing to go back | Wishes he was at Hogwarts when he's spending the summer at the Dursleys' | Longs to be back in Camelot when away on quests |
