Flying Kings and Pigs

King Bladud

On a quick look around for more on King Bladud, an interesting myth arises. It seems one story about Bladud is that he came to a sticky end after constructing wings for himself and trying to fly to the temple of Apollo in London. Poor man apparently crashed into the walls and died. I wonder if this has anything to do with the origin of the 'Pigs can/might fly' saying?

For more info on Bladud you can click on the links below-

Bladud Legend on the King Bladud's Pigs Site

Bladud on Wikipedia

One other story is that is the Bladud was King Lear's father.