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Arthur and Merlin is a 2015 independent British feature film directed by Marco van Belle and written by Kat Wood and Marco van Belle. The film, which stars Kirk Barker, Stefan Butler, Nigel Cooke and David Sterne, is based on the original Celtic tales of Arthur and Merlin.
The narrative of Merlin is largely based on Geoffrey's familiar tale of Vortigern's Tower, Uther's war against the Saxons, and Arthur's conception. New in this retelling is the episode of young Arthur (who had been secreted away by Merlin) drawing the sword from the stone, [50] an event
Of Arthour and of Merlin, also known as just Arthur and Merlin, is an anonymous Middle English verse romance giving an account of the reigns of Vortigern and Uther Pendragon and the early years of King Arthur's reign, in which the magician Merlin plays a large part. It can claim to be the earliest English Arthurian romance. It exists in two ...
Merlin soon learns that the reason for his gift is to protect Arthur, but Merlin must hide his powers because magic was banned in Camelot by Arthur's father, King Uther Pendragon, and those caught practising it are executed. Over the years and after several adventures together, Merlin and Arthur become trusted friends and companions, with the ...
King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain .
In John Cowper Powys' novel Porius: A Romance of the Dark Ages (1951), Myrddin Wyllt, or Merlin the Wild, is the Emperor Arthur's counselor, a major character in the story. Powys identifies him with Cronos, or Saturn, the father of Zeus. [18] Merlin also plays an important part in Powys's A Glastonbury Romance (1934) [19] and Morwyn (1937). [20]
Merlin thwarts Morgause's plan for Arthur to eventually kill Uther (having opened a brief gateway, in order to call Ygraine to her son- and reveal Uther's part in his mother's passing, and most importantly: the fact that Arthur was born with the aid of magic) – Arthur, enraged at decades of destruction and hatred due to Uther and his lies ...
Merlin finds out and tells Arthur, who accuses Valiant of cheating, but the only 'worthy' witness has died and a servant's word is useless against a knight. Humiliated, Arthur fires Merlin and prepares for his own match with Valiant, expecting to die but hoping to prove he was right.