Merlin
 
 

An ancient magician of Britain, who supposedly dwelt at the court of
King Arthur. His origin is obscure, but he was probably an early
Celtic god, who with the passage of time ended up being regarded as a
great wizard.

There appears to have existed more than just one Merlin, the welshman
who became a bard of King Arthur (and supposedly died after a
terrible battle between Britons and their Romanized compatriots circa
AD 570) and the warlock Merlin Caledonius. A probability is that both
characters sprung from the same origin or idea.

In Arthurian legend Merlin was a sorcerer and counselor of Uther
Pendragon and his son Arthur. It was on Merlin's advice that Uther
established the Round Table and found his true heir through the sword-
in-the-stone test.

According to legend, immediately after his birth, Arthur was given
into the keeping of Merlin, who then took him to Sir Hector, who
brought the child up as his own son. Later, Merlin tutored and
prepared the young lad for his future role as king.

Merlin disappeared forever when Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, using
magic he taught her, betrayed and imprisoned him in an enchanted
thorn bush (some say a rock, and others a tower).

The Arthurian Merlin probably represents an amalgamation of a Celtic
sky deity and a Welsh or British bard who lived about AD 500.
According to some legends, Merlin was the offspring of an unholy
union between an incubus (from whom he inherited his supernatural
abilities) and an unsuspecting, sleeping human female

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