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ID: 901000765
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000765
Record Type: Character/Person

Merlin (character, Arthurian legend)

Note: In Arthurian legend, wizard and counselor of Uther Pendragon and his son Arthur. Merlin represents an amalgamation of a Celtic sky deity and a Welsh or British bard who lived about 500 CE.

Display Date: from 500 CE

Names:
Merlin (character, Arthurian legend) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Merlin Ambrosius (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
Myrddin Emrys (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Literary characters> (P)
........Arthurian legend characters (literary characters) (I)
............Merlin (character, Arthurian legend) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Arthurian legend
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary themes and narratives, Arthurian legend (British legends, by 12th century)) [901001139]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary characters
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... wizards
.....(people in the occult sciences, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient British
.....(Ancient European, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Merlin (character, Arthurian legend)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Archibald and Putter, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (2009)
Merlin Ambrosius (character, Arthurian legend)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Myrddin Emrys (character, Arthurian legend)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 29 December 2015
................ Archibald and Putter, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (2009)

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