The Griffish Isles and arthurian myth.

[GreenGreenWhirlWind 161]

Before we start, i believe i should give a bit of backstory on how this topic came to be: i've recently bought a book named "King Arthur and The Knights of The Round Table", the subject matter of which is made pretty clear by the title, and now that i've started reading it i've been thinking a lot about arthurian myth. As a result of that, when i rembered that there's a place in the show's universe called "The Griffish Isles":

(As shown here, taken from this image)

Which is clearly inspired by the British Isles, i began thinking: how strong exactly are the parallels between the griffons and the british? Are the two's histories and cultures similar? If so, then is there a griffon equivalent to king Arthur?
We already know that MLP, despite not necessarily being a fantasy show, takes most of its inspiration from fantasy stories - shown by the presence of gold-hoarding dragons, the vague and mysterious nature of its magic system, its very fantasy-esque setting, races and concepts, etc. - and fantasy as a genre, as far as i know, is mainly influenced by three things: world mythology, The Lord of The Rings and, of course, arthurian myth. 

Plus, the universe of MLP:FIM already kind of has its very own Merlin in the form of Starswirl The Bearded, who just like Merlin is a greatly powerful wizard within his own story's universe and has a large amount of influence over the story's plot, despite not exactly being amongst the protagonists.

Thus, i made this topic to ask: is it possible that, either within the show's actual universe or within the folk tales of the griffons, there is some kind of griffish parallel to king Arthur? Furthermore, what other characters from mythology and literature do you think have or could have a parallel to them within the world of MLP? I'd love to hear what you guys think.

Edited February 23, 2018 by GreenGreenWhirlWind

[Goat-kun 2,530]

It would be awesome to see Gawain and Galahad as griffins, but I'm afraid the Isle is only there to justify British accents of some ponies. Our glorious writers decided to grant griffins only the writings of Herodotus as foundations for their lore.