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Merlin (Welsh: Myrddin, Cornish: Merdhyn, Breton: Merzhin) [note 2] is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a magician, with several other main roles.
Merlin and the others find a village which was slaughtered on the outskirts of Queen Annis's kingdom. Merlin hears someone calling him Emrys and he enters a dark cave to meet a dying Druid man. The man tells Merlin of Arthur's bane which he says "stalks him like a ghost", before showing him a vision.
When Daegal, a Druid boy, asks for Merlin's aid in helping his sick sister, Merlin agrees and begins the journey to the Valley of the Fallen Kings. This turns out to be a trap for Merlin set by Morgana. Daegal reconsiders, and saves Merlin. In the meantime, Arthur is entertaining the fearsome Lord Sarrum with peace treaties.
Merlin is a 1998 two-part television miniseries starring Sam Neill as Merlin, recounting the wizard's life in the mythic history of Britain. Loosely adapted from the legendary tales of Camelot , the plot adds the antagonistic Queen Mab and expands Merlin's backstory before the birth of King Arthur .
In Chapter 19 of James Rollins' sixth Sigma Force novel, The Doomsday Key (2009), Father Rye and historian Wallace Boyd tell the group seeking the Doomsday Key that Bardsey Island was home to Fomorian royalty and that Merlin was a famous Druid priest, buried on sacred Bardsey Island with other prominent Druids. Kristine Papin Morris explores ...
Iseldir, Druid chieftain and temporary guardian of the Cup of Life in the TV series Merlin. Atticus O'Sullivan, real name Siodhachan O Suileabhain, last of the druids in The Iron Druid Chronicles series. Keyleth, the druid portrayed by Marisha Ray in the long-running web series Critical Role.
When a druid is caught by the king's guards, his son sends out a telepathic call for help. Merlin responds and hides the boy, Mordred, in Morgana's chambers. Morgana forms a close bond with Mordred and risks her life attempting to smuggle him out of Camelot. When this fails, Arthur joins in the plot to help Mordred escape.
"Druids sacrificing to the Sun in their temple called Stonehenge", a 1722 engraving of the site as imagined by William Stukeley. The first academic effort to survey and understand the monument was made around 1640 by John Aubrey. He declared Stonehenge the work of Druids. This view was greatly popularised by William Stukeley. Aubrey also ...