Colin Morgan
Merlin
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- 1. The Dragon's Call Sep 20, 2008
- Merlin arrives in Camelot, where he meets Gaius and Arthur.
- 2. Valiant Sep 27, 2008
- A knight (Will Mellor) with a shield of magical snakes enters the annual sword-fighting tournament.
- 3. The Mark of Nimueh Oct 4, 2008
- The witch Nimueh causes a monster to poison Camelot's water.
She was the wife of King Arthur and Queen of Camelot, sister of the late Sir Elyan and best friend of Merlin. Alongside Merlin and Gaius, was an unofficial member of the Round Table and served as one of her husband's main confidants.
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Though usually a figure who supports Arthur and his vision of Camelot, Merlin is, because of the stories in which he is said to be the son of a devil, sometimes presented as a villain."[1] ^ Alternate forms of Merlin's name include the English Merlyn,[2] the Welsh Merddyn and Myrdin, and the Breton Marzin.[3]
Merlin is the advisor of Arthur Pendragon, former servant of Uther Pendragon, and also an exceedingly powerful sorcerer, but he doesn't want to practice Magick. King Uther desired a woman named Igraine, but since she belonged to the Duke of Cornwall, and Uther was unable to defeat the Duke's...
Sep 28, 2023 · One of the most memorable works appeared in 1960: the Broadway musical Camelot, based on the British writer T. H. White’s series of novels, The Once and Future King (1958), in which Merlin is a...
Jun 5, 2020 · While Merlin the Wizard was a very prominent character in the stories of Camelot, that is not where he originated. Writer Geoffrey of Monmouth is credited with creating Merlin in his 1136 AD work, Historia Regum Britanniae – The History of Kings of Britain.
And ever since the Renaissance, Merlin the magician has remained popular in all Arthurian legends and tales. In The Idylls of the King, Alfred Lord Tennyson makes him the architect of Camelot, and Mark Twain uses him in his works as a villain.
Merlin has remained a popular figure since his appearance in early medieval literature, persisting through the Renaissance period into modern times. He is the architect of Camelot in Tennyson’s poem ‘The Idylls of the King’, a figure later parodied by Mark Twain and painted by the American artist N.C. Wyeth.
