COOL FINDS Rediscovered Medieval Manuscript Offers New Twist on Arthurian Legend

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9/17/2021 at 4:51 PM

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rediscovered-medieval-man...

The 13th-century pages, found by chance at a British library, show a different side of Merlin, the magician who advised Camelot’s king

9/17/2021 at 4:52 PM

Merlin’s image has changed dramatically over the centuries. In more modern versions of the King Arthur legends, he is a wise advisor to the king. In the earliest iterations of the story, however, Campbell says he was a “morally dubious” magical seer or even a “creepy little boy [whose] father is a devil.”

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