Was Merlin a Real Person?

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Music:
Amber - Franz Gordon
As We Remember - Rebecca Mardal
Drawings of the Past - Magnus Ludvigsson
Giovanna - Staffan Carlen
Introspectif - Magnus Ludvigsson
Eleison Kyrie - Silver Maple
Meadowlake Morning - Will Harrison
Saga Melodies - Rand Aldo
Sarabandes v2
Slow Wave - Roots and Recognition
The Illusion of Choice - Hanna Lindgren
To Have and to Hold - Rune Dale
Trollmors Vaggsang
Ventosa - David Celeste
Vivaldo - The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 Summer I. Allegro non molto
Sources:
Merlin: Giver of Free Will in Malory’s “Le Morte D’Arthur” by Tyler Tichelaar
The True History of Merlin the Magician by Anne Lawrence Mathers
Finding Merlin: The Truth Behind the Legend by Adam Ardrey
The Book of Merlin: Magic, Legend, and History by John Matthews
Malory’s Merlin: An Ambiguous Magician by Wendy Tibbetts Greene
The Quest for Merlin, by Nikolai Tolstoy
Malory’s Tragic Merlin, by Donald L Hoffman
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[@jadennigel773]

Quick tip when pronouncing anything Welsh, a double d, so DD actually makes a sort of “dth” sound. So “Myrddin” or “Gododdin” should sound like “Myrdthin” and “Gododthin”. For anyone who’s played Elden Ring, this is why characters pronounce Blaidd the Half-wolf’s name like “Blaidth”.

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Great comment! My favorite books growing up were the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander, which are retelling of Welsh mythologies. It's a real shame that English rule of the British isles has resulted in the decimation of the other cultures that inhabit it

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@@jackievanhelen True. I'm 34 and only now getting to really learn Welsh as, as recently as the 1990s, my mother was spat on for speaking it in public. Edit: You might really enjoy Sharon Penman's Here Be Dragons trilogy (historical semi-fiction), and Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle (King Arthur retold)

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Hey! As someone who only knew Welsh was a thing when my last boss got offended when I called him English or British.. I can say.. Interesting but also, who cares?

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I live in a town called Marlborough in Wiltshire, England and the local folklore here is that Marlborough translates to Merlin's Town and that his final resting place is here in town in the form of a large man-made iron age mound ! Very cool to think about tho I'm sure there's very little basis

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would be really neat to see that excavated properly!

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So the real Marlborough Man is a wizard and not a cowboy?

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@@HollowR6S well it's not open to the public but I've been to the top and unfortunately the centre of it has been filled with concrete for some reason, not sure how deep. It may be due to a risk of collapse or drainage idk.

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As a Welsh person i especially enjoyed this one lol, having volunteered on Enlli not knowing it was supposedly his final resting place, that was a cool thing to learn lol. I also really liked the visuals in this one, I appreciate you not using AI anymore.

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My name is Emrys, and my mother named me after Merlin. ❤

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“A dream to some…a nightmare to others!” Since my childhood I can’t read any Merlin portrayal and not think of Nicol Williamson, such an iconic role. Thanks for the flashbacks ❤

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God, I _love_ that quote. One of the best iterations of Merlin in modern media. _"Excalibur belongs only to ME!!!"_

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Your essays are prefect The tone and pacing - both written and spoken - are ideal. The way they flow with the images is flawless I can't imagine a more thoroughly crafted work

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Celtic lore is a topic so vast that the term "Celtic cultures" is close to being uselessly vague. Whenever somebody says that, I ask, "which one? Irish, Welsh, Manx, Scottish, Cornish, Gaulish?" Each one shared certain similarities, but most practices are distinct. Well done distilling the fundamental concepts from Welsh folklore! Another impressive essay 😊

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"Are you sitting comfortably?"...A fleet of golden galleons, on a crystal sea. Are you sitting comfortably? Let Merlin cast his spell. Ride along the winds of time and see where we have been, The glorious age of Camelot, when Guinevere was Queen. It all unfolds before your eyes, As Merlin cast his spell. The seven wonders of the world he'll lay before your feet, In a far-off lands, on distant shores, so many friends to meet. Are you sitting comfortably? Let Merlin cast his spell... From the song "Are you sitting comfortably", written by Ray Thomas and recorded by the Moody Blues off their fourth album 'On the Threshold of a Dream', recorded in April of 1969. This was the Moody Blues first Number One Album in the United Kingdom. 🧙(This was a great video, and a great video needs a great narrator, and your voice more than meets that standard.🙏)

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I couldn't be more happy about this video. Just recently I started reading "Le Morte d'Arthur", so I'm thrilled to say the least

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My favorite essay so far. I've read most of your source material. I loved Tolstoy's books. Merlin is part Celtic god, part druid and part bard. Half real and half magic. Love that Tolkien took inspiration. Is possible to do Weyland Smith ?

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Tip: Always check the pronunciation of words not English in origin, most Wikipedia articles spell out the title in the international phonetic alphabet in the very first sentence...

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I was just talking to my brother about Merlin as he appears in my favorite book series by C.S. Lewis, the Space Trilogy, in the final book, That Hideous Strength. And this pops up, so thank you device that listens. Gonna have to start video over now, was typing and not listening. My bad. Peace!

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Whomever it is at the core of the Myth, the real person beyond the long history of telephone. He acheived Immortality

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I realize there's not much chance you'll be able to redo your entire voiceover, but I just started watching this and wanted to give a heads-up that the DD in Welsh is pronounced "TH" and not as a "D" and likewise "dw" is "Doo." Enjoy your content very much regardless!

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i thought those words seemed too easy to pronounce... thanks for the correction!

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@@HorsesOnYT I'm being really petty now but "y" in Welsh is usually pronounced as "uh". So "Myrddin" would be "Muhrthin"!

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It is! But Welsh, which is one of the Celtic languages, is horrible in that uniquely Celtic way.

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