Literature cycle

Groups of stories grouped around common figures, based on mythical figures or loosely on historic ones. The most famous is the [Arthurian cycle]?, the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Also there is a [Charlemagne cycle]?, the [Robin Hood cycle]?,...

Irish literature includes four cycles, [Fenian cycle]?, the tales of Finn mac Cool and the Fiana; the [mythological cycle]?; the [historical cycle]?; and the [Ulster cycle]?, the tales of Cu Chulain.

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.