Merlin


 * //The Legends of Merlin [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="78" height="22"]][[image:http://www.carnaval.com/france/merlin/merlin-rick-wakeman.jpg width="188" height="210" align="left" caption="Merlin casting magic."]] //**



Merlin was always known for his mythological powers and quests. Merlin was more of a loyal servant to King Uther Pendragon. King Uther had put a wonderfully big load on Merlin’s shoulders one day before Uther passed away. A day before Pendragon died, he told Merlin to take care of his son, Arthur. When the king died, Merlin was given the child. Merlin felt that in order to keep Uther’s belief of religion alive, Merlin needed to get Arthur baptized. After Merlin got the baby baptized, Merlin was sure to find a good willing, well known, rich man to take care and to be an adoptive father with a nice family to accept Arthur. Merlin figured that since the boy was of royal blood, he would be recognized as a king rightfully and honorably without any question in the fact. But things could certainly change. media type="youtube" key="l-mwraDiMQo" height="344" width="425" align="left" When Arthur was younger, he never knew about the fact that his father died when he was just a boy and the fact that he was adopted. Later in Arthur’s life, though, Arthur would find out about his father, and his deadly sickness. Though, when he heard of this, he was deeply sadened and wanted to take his rightful place on his father's throne. So, Merlin came up with the idea of the Sword in the Stone, which would determine who would be king. If one man could pull the sword out of the rock, he would be determined as royal blood and would soon be king. In a way, Merlin has to do with a little bit of everything to do with Arthur’s life. Of course, Arthur pulled the sword out, but was challenged plenty of times to do this over, to be sure if he was really king’s blood. After a while of challenges for Arthur, people finally bowed down to him under law. Merlin was, as you could imagine, pleased with what had just happened. After the event though, Merlin was barely, if ever, mentioned throughout the rest of the myth. But take note, this is only one out of the hundreds of stories that have been created. The different stories that were made were based on beliefs and some found facts. No one can say for sure that Merlin was a real man, nor the rest of the ancient peoples in these stories. Historians are studying evidence today. Then again, it will take a lot of time…even with advanced technology. Merlin did way more than the thigs I've mentioned, he helped with the Stonehenge and was creator of the Round Table. media type="youtube" key="X0XCxr3Wgok" height="344" width="425" align="left"