American values through the images of the Arthurian myth in educational paradigm of the USA and scouts literature at the beginning of the XX century

The present article discusses an issue of cultural values subject to transference and their verbalization in the case of exploiting the world-known myth about King Arthur and his knights. Being brought to Ameri­ca, the Arthurian images go through several stages of attitude, starting with ironical disapproval and ending with transformation within the well-established ideology and values of the society. These changes become especially salient in educational paradigm at the beginning of the XXth century. Some original characteris­tics are brought to the limelight, some are degraded and hidden away, which becomes apparent while analyz­ing texts for scouts. Despite its origins and preservation of many of its traits, the myth gets a different evalua­tion in a different socio-cultural environment. Different from British, the traits are brought to the fore and fully correspond to the goals and values of the American nation.