Merlin: A Brief Story Of The Great King Merlin

King Arthur is an outstanding British leader of the 5th and the 6th centuries, son of Uther Pendragon and the Lady Igraine. Arthur is one of the greatest mythical heroes that the world has ever known. Arthur has had a great influence on other people and many of them looked up to him. The coming of Arthur was prophesied years before he was even born. Arthur was born into a world of chaos and disorder, full of love and tragedy. Nowadays, many of the scholars continue to argue whether or not King Arthur was a real person or just a mythological figure. Based on facts however, many believe that Arthur was not a real person; just a legendary British leader in the 5th and 6th centuries. According to history, there wasn't anyone named King Arthur

Both of these people he serves before adopting his real position under Arthur. Almost ironically, his first task in this position is to make it so that Arthur is an illegitimate son as well. Although Merlin is recognized by his father, and has a strong de facto claim to the throne, he not only has no desire to take the throne, he also has been chosen for his assignment as sourcerer. While Merlin himself gave up his claims to the throne, he spends the next portion of his life solidifying Arthur’s claims, until he is recognized as

In Disney’s The Sword and the Stone, Merlin fulfills the role of the mentor as described by the hero’s

Merlin has successfully brought up King Arthur to become a virtuous man and a worthy king who is exceptionally capable of fulfilling Machiavelli’s guidelines. For example, Machiavelli states in “Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, are Blamed” from The Prince that “…a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.” Merlin taught Arthur integrity and goodness. King Arthur takes this wisdom to build the

King Arthur does not just magically become the amazing king he grows up to be. He is trained to become a trusted ruler and a worthy knight. He learns the best lessons from his tutor, Merlyn. Merlyn helps Arthur when he’s a young boy who is under the rule of Sir Ector. Merlyn uses the most extraordinary lessons to get Arthur to become successful in the long run. Not many people helped Arthur as a young boy to become something other than Sir Kay’s assistant. Overall, Merlyn’s extravagant lessons helped shape the Wart into the True-Born King of Britain.

Young ones have heard little stories of the legend of how the knights fight bravely for the ones whom they love, heroes slaying the big dangerous dragon, A kingdom called Camelot, run by King Arthur and a wise wizard Merlin being by the king's side.The legend is a great example of a hero lost their way of destiny and power, due to the child being kidnapped at birth. Which lead to growing up a hard worker and independent child. Although young Arthur got the opportunity to be apart of a mystical sword that was only be taken out by only its true identity, the path of becoming the next air of Camelot, Arthur was determine to pull it out and be the next

Arthur is a successful king, because he worked hard to understand Merlyn’s morals and apply it to his own system of governance. In order to obtain great power like Arthur did, you need might. Arthur utters his explanation through a few words saying, “Why can’t you harness Might so that it works for right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is no such thing. The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can’t neglect it. You can't cut it out, but you might be able to direct it, if you see what I mean, so that it was useful instead of bad.” (241). This quote shows that T.H. White proves force to equal justice and that Arthur can make a seperation between power and justice. Arthur is remembered for his image of a civilized society, and not for his role on the battlefield. He notices the good and bad of common people and allows them to equal each other out. For example, under King Arthur's rule, Knights are allowed to fight for a reason, but not for pity fun. Arthur uses Merlyn’s knowledge from the lessons and turning into multiple creatures to maintain a just political system with a progressive civilization. All of his encounters with the warlike ants and the wise badger taught him to find might equals right. He grew to believe in doing what is right and that everything in his society is considered right. His success

Here we first meet the character Merlinus ("Merdinus," a more exact Latinization of the original Welsh, was impractical because of its similarity to the Latin or French word for excrement, surely an inappropriate name for a great hero). (Bruce) Yet the Merlin of this story is not the great magician of later works. In his tale, Geoffrey uses not the Latin word "magus," which would imply that Merlin was some sort of sorcerer, but rather the word "vates," commonly indicating a poet or, often, a prophet or seer. (Tatlock) Merlin does exhibit many features of a mystic in Geoffrey's Historia: he uses clairvoyance in the familiar case, borrowed from Nennius, of Vortigern's vanishing tower; he foretells Vortigern's death and prophesies to Aurelius and Uther of Arthur's coming reign, also making several predictions about political events occuring just prior to the publication of the Historia; and he interprets to Uther Pendragon a portent of the death of the king Aurelius Ambrosius. (Bruce) Clairvoyance, prophecy, and the interpretation of dreams are all rather shamanistic actions that would fit Merlin's Welsh character as a druid.

King Arthur is placed into two categories amongst historians. The first is a legend of King Arthur but it’s nothing more than a myth. The second is historical Arthur, which believes that he did exist. Arthur is a prominent figure in history regardless of the debate over his existence. Historians and archeologists have spent a great amount of time trying to prove who Arthur is and many of these researches have different objectives and ideologies to this monumental figure in history. Arthur has supporters but also has critics in the issue of his existence. R.G. Collingwood, Geoffrey Ashe, and Leslie Alcock are all advocates of Arthur, but they have different arguments, methodologies and writing styles for the “historical” Arthur. Collingwood

King Uther, whom Merlin serves, falls in love with Igraine, the wife of a neighboring duke, but the duke refuses to allow Uther to have her, and Igraine is too loyal a woman to willingly commit adultery. So, Merlin devises a plan, telling Uther, "this night ye shall lie with Igraine . . . and ye shall be like the duke her husband, Ulfias will be like Sir Brastias . . . and I will be like Sir Jordanus" (Le Morte, 5). Merlin had disguised the men so well that they took on the appearance of other people, enough that Igraine believed Uthor was her husband. Merlin's greatest feats usually involve shapeshifting and disguise, as well as perhaps prophecy. After Merlin comes to Arthur in the guise of a child, and then an old man, to tell him about his parentage, he says, "But I ever ought to be heavy, for I shall die a shameful death, to be put in the earth quick, and ye shall die a worshipful death" (Le Morte, 23). This foreshadows Merlin's death at the hands of his protégé Nineve, and Arthur's death at the end of the book, and illustrates that Merlin has some knowledge of the events in the future. He demonstrates this once again after subduing Sir Pellinore, when he tells Arthur, "And he shall tell you the name of your own son begotten of your sister that shall be the destruction of all this realm" (Le Morte, 29). Through his powers of foresight, Merlin can pinpoint what will bring about the end of Camelot. Gandalf, although immortal and powerful, rarely shows these powers of foresight. The future in Lord of the Rings is something that cannot be known, only fought

Merlin was the one responsible for the birth of King Arthur. Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur, was at a party when he met the beautiful Igraine. Igraine was married at the moment, but Merlin helped Uther look like Gorlois for the night to hook up with her for the night. The only thing Merlin asked for was to be the keeper of the baby. “Merlin took the child to a priest, who baptized him with the name of Arthur, and thence to Sir Ector, whose wife fed him at her breast. (Malory 907)”

Merlin, Arthurs advisor, prophet and magician and the best friend of King Arthur. He is also a man of mystery. He wore many hats since he was a wizard or sorcerer. He was a young boy with no father. He was full on knowledge since he had learned a lot about life a young age because he had no parents his appearance was like an old wise man who would give anyone his wisdom for successive British kings. He was also very much attracted towards women since he was full of lust for beautiful bodies who held him in fear and contempt. Merlin also knew how to talk to animals when He had fled into the forests which is one of the reasons he was known as the wild man of the woods. He was the last of his kind druid the Celtic shaman, priest of nature and

He is always trying to protect his loved ones, and goes against his emotions to defeat his spiritual mother, queen mab. Merlin is a wizard in training but is still able to use his powers. When he does have the ability to use them, or has prophetic visions, he is able to make wise choices as to what to use them for, such as saving Nimue, or using his vision of the dragons to know who is next in line for the throne, rather that using his powers for evil and the upkeep of the old ways. Merlin is also a protective person. In the movie, the adulterous lover of Lancelot was being burned at the stake for treason.

Merlin, a prophet with the gift of sight in Mary Stewart’s “Hollow Hills” plays the protagonists in the quest to make Arthur King. He has several magical abilities including most notably his gift of sight and magic. These powers bring him comfort in time of despair and guidance in his quest to make Arthur King. These powers are what Merlin is most known for but without his “human powers” Merlin wouldn’t be who we picture him to be today. Merlin has several human characteristics such as a gift of dialect and the ability to manipulate and adapt to his environment that serves as powers in his quest.

Referring to the agreement Merlin and King Uther Pendragon it was also first mention in Le Morte D’Arthur, “This is my desire: the first night that ye shall lie by Igraine ye shall get a child upon her, and when that is born, that it shall be delivered to me for nourish there as I will have it; for it shall be your worship, and the child’s avail as mickle as the child is worth”(Malory, 11). King Pendragon wants to fulfill his desire at any cost and does not measure the consequences of his acts. The act is not appropriate for children because King Pendragon technically rape Igraine (The mother of Arthur). It can be argued that event is important to the legend and is the start for the Arthurian Legend because this is the event of how Arthur