So if King Arthur's Merlin really was a Glaswegian, doesn't that make him MacMerlin?

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Answer 1

Aye and Jimmi MacMerlin as well

Answer 2

Since Merlin was fictional he could only have been born in the mind of the author. However the character was based on several historical people some real some only known by legend. Merlin is best known as the wizard featured in Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historian Regum Britanniae, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures. Geoffrey combined existing stories of Myrddin Wyllt (Merlinus Caledonensis), a northern madman with no connection to King Arthur, with tales of Aurelius Ambrosius to form the figure he called Merlin Ambrosius.

Geoffrey's version of the character was immediately popular, and later writers expanded the account to produce a fuller image of the wizard. His traditional biography has him born the son of an incubus and a mortal woman who inherits his powers from his strange birth. He grows up to be a sage and engineers the birth of Arthur through magic. Later Merlin serves as the king's advisor until he is bewitched and imprisoned by the Lady of the Lake. Other legends say that he was in love with her and went away to live happily with her.

There is evidence that the two main inspirations for Merlin are a Welsh hermit and the illegitimate son of a Roman General. I suppose in those cases he could have been called Tafmerlin or Merlinus.

Answer 3

I would prefer him to be a Glaswegian (where did you get this revelation from) that an Aberdonian though , but McMerlin not MacMerlin as it makes him sound like a MacMillan nurse.

Now they do perform wonders and do deserve to be called wonderful.

Answer 4

rather Merlin MacMagic, don't you think?

Answer 5

they came from glastonbury
everyone knows that

Answer 6

i think i had one of those in McDonalds