Merlin

Stannis Baratheon is cited as the King in the Narrow Sea and attempts to take the Iron Throne from the current ruling family. During his attempt to rebuild his powerbase by conquering other Kingdoms, one of his rivals to his claim of the throne sets fire to his camp which results in a loss of food, soldiers and horses. The Red Witch advises a human sacrifice to the Lord of Light, whom is a form of God; However, the human sacrifice must be his beloved daughter, in order to gain the Lord’s favour.…

thrown by trees and buildings. Arthur watched silently as Merlin stopped on the small rise before the bank fell down to the water and removed his boots. Socks were peeled off, and his serviceable brown trousers were rolled up to his knees. "I've never done this before. But it feels like I should be in contact with the Lake if I am to summon Freya." Merlin commented. Arthur simply nodded: he had no knowledge at all about such things. If Merlin wanted to go barefoot that was fine with him. A…

Alfred, Lord Tennyson characterizes King Arthur as an archetype of Christ throughout Idylls of the King. Through Tennyson’s plot development and his use of language, he successfully showed King Arthur as an example of Christ. King Arthur’s actions to his knights resembled the actions and decisions of Christ. In the story “Gareth and Lynette”, King Arthur chooses his newest knight, Gareth, to go on the quest with Lynette (Tennyson 44). Lynette asked for King Arthur’s greatest knight he had,…

Sir Lucan was a brave knight born of the race of Balyn. When Balyn struck the Dolorous Stroke Lucan was cursed to die a painful death. From the moment Lucan was born he was always an adventurous man. So, when Lucan saw a knight of Arthur’s Court, Lucan wanted to become a knight, and he went to Arthur’s Court. When Lucan arrived at Arthur’s Court, he asked to become a knight, and Arthur gave him a quest to go on. The quest was to find the lady that gave Balyn his sword and kill her. So, Lucan…

Geoffrey of Monmouth Also known as Galfridus Monemutensis, Geoffrey of Monmouth was a scholar and wrote several works in Latin. History of the kings of Britain, also known as Historia Regum Britanniae is wildly known for being falsified. This work was released between late 1135 and early 1139, and it changed the people's perceptions of themselves. George claimed that the book originated from an ancient Breton book written in Welsh and that he had translated it to Latin (Geoffrey:1 xxiii).…

The character of King Arthur is unique in literature. It is a conglomerate of characters described by many different authors over a span of fifteen hundred years. There is no single depiction of him, and one cannot trace his origin to a single author for the "definitive" description. As such, the character of Arthur is different depending on the era, culture, and the particular writer who is relating his version of the Arthurian legend. The ideals of King Arthur are reliant on the values of the…

The play our class had the opportunity to go watch was Sueño, performed by the students at the Mendocino College on October 24. The play was about a kingdom whom believed profoundly that the stars held the power to predict the future, specifically the fate of the king's son, Segismundo. Astronomers believed the child was to become an awful tyrant who would ruin the kingdom, and imprisoned Seismundo, immediately after his mother died giving birth, his first believed evil act. Eventually, a woman…

Long ago, there was a fisherman who was poor. One afternoon while fishing, he found an old bottle. It was rusty and heavy with a few gems on the handle. The fisherman, Peter, knew it was some kind of metal and wanted to sell it but not before cleaning it. He dipped a cloth in vinegar and started rubbing the bottle to get the rust off when suddenly the bottle cork fell off and out came a fog. Within a few seconds, a genie appeared, and he told him his name was Zaki. He was released from that…

The story about to be told is now probably a long forgotten tale, the true origin of King Arthur’s father, a story that has been subjected to the fabrication and the falsehoods by future writers desiring fame and a place in history. These are the real events leading to King Uther Pendragon’s birth, the father to King Arthur, retold by me, Matt Tanzman, a noble and possibly one of the greatest historians and scholars ever in, or likely ever to be in King Arthur’s court. My writing regarding the…

The famous medieval historical character Merlin is misrepresented in the film Excalibur. In the film, Merlin is perceived as a younger man who is unblemished and acts as a comic relief character. This sharply contrasts with the semblance of Merlin created in both The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory. As examined by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Merlin was a young man during the reign of Vortigern; at least two generations before Arthur…