Arthurian Legend: People and Heroes: Merlin
[ Arthur ] [ Gawain ] [ Guinevere ] [ Lancelot ] [ Merlin ] [ Morgan Le Fey ]
Merlin was best known as Arthur's advisor, prophet, and magician. He originally
served Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, but was later given Arthur to care for and raise as a man.
History: It is said he is the creation of Geoffrey of Monmouth, who in his twelfth-century History of the Kings of Britain (known as Historia Regnum Britanniae or History of the Kings of Britain) combined the Welsh traditions about a bard and prophet named Myrddin with the story that the ninth-century chronicler Nennius tells about Ambrosius.
Mother: Nun of Royal Birth
Designs: Round Table, Camelot, and Stone Ring at Stonehenge
Master: Bleise
Other Names: Myrddin, Merdinus, Merlinus, Merlin Ambrosius
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