Merlin ist ein grauer bärtiger legendärer Zauberer und Mentor von König Arthur, dem Herrn der Tiere und Wälder, der den Göttern ebenbürtig geworden ist. Die Briten sparen nicht an Beinamen für Merlin und betrachten ihn als eine der wichtigsten Figuren in der britischen Mythologie, die die englischsprachige Kultur im Allgemeinen ernsthaft beeinflusst hat.
Bereits im Mittelalter wurde das Bild von Merlin so sehr geliebt, dass Fanfiction buchstäblich darauf geschrieben wurde. Obwohl im 13. Jahrhundert niemand ein solches Wort kannte.
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Ambrosio regnumque datur regnique corona,
postmodo quam gessit tractando singula juste.
Emensis autem per lustra quaterna diebus,
proditur a medico moriturque bibendo venenum.
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"Thus with these deeds and the favor the the clergy and people,
the kingdom and its crown were given to Ambrosius,
and thereafter he ruled by treating everyone justly.
However, with the days improving over a period of twenty years,
he was betrayed by a doctor and died from drinking poison.
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Merlin possessed all the wisdom that can come from demons, which is why he was so feared by the Bretons and so revered that everyone called him a holy prophet and the ordinary people all called him their god.
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As often happens with such highly coveted awards, Ministry of Magic favourites seem to receive the Order of Merlin, especially the higher classes, more often than one might expect. While nobody argued when Albus Dumbledore received his O.M. (First Class) for defeating the Dark wizard Grindelwald, there was a good deal of muttering in the wizarding community when Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, awarded himself an O.M. (First Class) for a career that many considered less than distinguished.
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— This Stranger, this Merlin, is a minion of the Tower? Like yourself?
— Much greater than I. It has been given to him to live backward in time. He darkles. He tincts. He is in all times. Yet there is one greater than he.
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