Do you believe in Avalon and Merlin?

Question

Do you think that real or not Merlin is a great Role model for all young Witches?

For those of you who believe witches are real.

BTW we are real :)

Answer 1

Avalon is a neighboring universe.I suspect that it more advanced than ours.

Answer 2

Avalon - a legendary 'Isle of Apples', thought to be present day Glastonbury Tor.

Merlin - King Arthur's 'Druid' or 'Wizard' in modern lore, but actually a combination of several figures from history according to Nennius (the first Western European writer to write it all down). Those two figures were 'Merlinus Caledonius' and 'Aurelius Ambrosius'. The first had no connection to the Arthur saga, the second was actually one of the original names of King Arthur himself.


Myrddin- In the original 'Celtic' (which in this case you have to go to Welsh literature) this is more of a position amongst the Druids than anything else. The Celts had been pushed back by the Anglo-Saxon invaders into the 'stranger/ foreigner' and the Saxon name for that was 'Waels'. The Myrddin was a position that would be closely equal to a "High Druid" (Ard-Draoi in Gaelic).

Merlin is said to have taught Morgan le Fey everything he knew and then 'disappeared under the earth' in the original storyline. Now that storyline has two alternate endings; under a stone and in a crystal tower with Nimue. Morgan le Fey is now known as "Queen of the Witches".


Take this story as if it really happened in the 4th century when Druids were being actively hunted and killed by roman and Christian alike.

The 'Last High Druid' takes a student and teaches her everything he knows and goes underground (in hiding). Once he disappeared, she would have begun teaching others the skills, and they could not call themselves Druids..... and she would have definitely been "Queen of the Witches".

The very word "Witch" only goes back so far, and it does not go back to even the time of Arthur.

Answer 3

I believe in the concepts, but not necessarily the actual person/place. That's not to say that it is only fictional, but I don't think it is real. As far as a role model, didn't he use magick to manipulate people? I would say his enchanting of Uther into looking like another man (it is escaping me as to who) to sleep with his wife would not be the best practice to follow. However, it can also be said that even Merlin makes mistakes and bears the consequences...trying to make right what he did wrong. Personally, I like Merlin, and Avalon sounds like an awesome place as well!

Answer 4

As a Celtic Pagan the tales of Avalon and Meryddin (Merlin) are a very importent part of my belief system. i think that the sage is a great role model. and is very real.

Answer 5

i dont think anyone has to be a real life character for them to influence you
if the story of Merlin has done so for you in a possitive way , then no harm done at all
as long as you know what is real and what isnt , i think thats all that matters
but i have found lots of fictional characters to be great role models

Answer 6

I don't know if they were real or not, but I have been to the legendary site of Camelot...