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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 ...
The merlin (Falco columbarius) is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, [2] with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia.A bird of prey, the merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.
The earliest (pre-12th century) Welsh poems about the Myrddin legend present him as a madman living an existence in the Caledonian Forest.He was born in 540. [citation needed] In the forest he ruminates on his former existence and the events of the Battle of Arfderydd, where Riderch Hael, King of Alt Clut (Strathclyde) slaughtered the forces of Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio, and Myrddin went mad ...
The 1662 first edition of The Birth of Merlin was a quarto printed by Thomas Johnson for the booksellers Francis Kirkman and Henry Marsh; it attributed the play to William Shakespeare and William Rowley. Merlin is thus one of two plays published in the seventeenth century as a Shakespearean collaboration, the other being The Two Noble Kinsmen ...
Merlin was then forced to ask the Great Dragon for help, and discovered that the only way to break the enchantment was to have Uther cry tears of "true remorse". Merlin and Gaius persuaded Arthur to take a tincture that simulated death, and Gaius retrieved Uther, who wept over his son's seemingly dead body.
A documentary series called Merlin: Secrets and Magic explains how the series was created. Apart from the initial 50-minute special, which was broadcast directly after the series two premiere, all new 50-minute episodes were shown after each Merlin episode repeat on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, or Friday evening on BBC Three. [24]
The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen (first published between 1996 and 1997), featuring the novels Passager, Hobby, and Merlin, re-imagines the story of Merlin in his boyhood. Abandoned by his parents and left to live in the woods at the age of eight, he discovers his powers at twelve. [23]
Merlin (voiced by Jim Meskimen) has a cameo appearance in the short film Once Upon a Studio (2023), where Moana asks him to help Flounder needing water for the fish, so Merlin conjures water inside the Mad Hatter's hat to save him. Later, Merlin appears as part of the group photo along with the rest of characters from Walt Disney Animation ...