Merlin
Merlin
Merlin is the wise enchanter and prophet of Arthurian legend, the counselor of King Arthur in medieval British and French literature. His figure draws on early Welsh poetry about the prophet-bard Myrddin and was shaped in the 12th century by Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose Prophecies of Merlin and History of the Kings of Britain made him famous throughout Europe. Geoffrey credits him with bringing the stones of Stonehenge from Ireland, and later romances have him devise the test of the sword in the stone, by which the young Arthur is revealed as the rightful king. In Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and other tales he guides Arthur's court and the Round Table. Merlin stands for wisdom, foresight and learning placed in the service of a just ruler, and he remains the model of the wise mentor in literature.
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Cú Chulainn, the young champion of Ulster, is the great hero of early Irish epic. King Arthur and the wise enchanter Merlin stand at the heart of the Arthurian legends of Camelot and the Round Table. The Old English poem Beowulf tells of a hero who battles the monster Grendel, and English ballads celebrate Robin Hood, the outlaw of Sherwood Forest who aided the poor.
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