was Merlin a real person in history or was he a mere mythological figure? if he was real, was he really King Arthur's advisor? who were his parents?
2007-02-14 13:05:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It is not really known, but the tale comes from an author, oh dang I just forgot his name, but you might look into the author
2007-02-14 13:08:56 · answer #1 · answered by Michelangelo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think he was one of those TALL TALE figures when some of them are real and some is made up. I think no one actually knows who his parents are(sorry I couldn't help). I'm pretty sure Merlin was the mythological King Arthur's advisor. I don't know for real.
Sorry that I couldn't help much!=(
=D
Read: sword of the rightful king
is about What if someone else drew out the sword from the stone.
2007-02-14 13:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by LadyDragonRider 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Merlin seems to have been wholly a creation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's brain". There may be an association between Merlin and the earlier Welsh prophet Myrrdin. In Malory he is the one who arranged the sword-in-the-stone contest, and in another account he was the one who made the Round Table. He has no mortal for a father, his parents having been a nun and a devil.
2007-02-14 13:58:30 · answer #3 · answered by WMD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both myth and legend...that's how old the ideas surrounding this character are. Malory makes him the son of a witch and a demon; either way, his role as a prophet placed him firmly in Arthur's court and an important link between the ancient traditions of a Celtic past and the new environment of chivalry and Christianity.
2007-02-14 13:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by Tree of Jesse 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋