![]() With the memorial completed, Merlin saw a blazing star in the shape of a dragon, an omen foretelling Ambrosius' death, the kingship of Uther Pendragon, and a future king - Uther's son - who would prove to be the greatest sovereign Britain would ever have.Īt King Uther's coronation feast he fell in love with Ygraine, the wife of Gorlois, the Duke of Cornwall. With Merlin's help the huge stones were taken back to England and set up at Stonehenge. Ambrosius' brother, Uther Pendragon, then defeated the Irish. Ambrosius sent for the magician, who advised him to obtain the Dance of Giants stones from Ireland. Merlin retired from public view until King Ambrosius wanted to build a great memorial. Ambrosius landed the next day and proceeded to conquer Britain. Vortigern asked what this meant, and Merlin told him he would soon be defeated and killed. The dragons were duly found, and they awoke and began fighting. When he had given directions for the draining of the lake Merlin prophesied that two dragons lay asleep on the bottom, a red one and a white one. He told the king that an underground lake prevented the fortress from standing. In the face of imminent death Merlin appeared unafraid. In Vortigern's court Merlin's mother testified that Merlin's father had been a spirit, an incubus. ![]() After looking throughout Britain Vortigern's men found such a youth in Wales, Merlin. His wizards advised him to find a youth that never had a father and sprinkle his blood on the foundations. King Vortigern's fortress in Snowdon kept tumbling each night after expert masons had worked on it. Merlin, King Arthur, Gawain, Launcelot, Geraint, Tristram, Percivale, the Grail Quest, and the Passing of Arthur's Realm.Summary and Analysis: Arthurian Legends.The Norse Gods - Odin, Thor, Balder, Frey, Freya, and Loki.Love Tales - Pyramus and Thisbe, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion, Vertumnus and Pomona, Hero and Leander, Cupid and Psyche.Patriotic Legends - Aeneas and Romulus and Remus.The Trojan War - The Preliminaries, The Course of the War, The Fall of Troy, and The Returns.The Tragic Dynasties - Athens: The House of Erichthonius.The Tragic Dynasties - Thebes: The House of Cadmus.The Tragic Dynasties - Mycenae: The House Of Atreus.The Tragic Dynasties - Crete: The House Of Minos.The Heroes - Perseus, Bellerophon, and Heracles.The Beginnings - Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Demeter, and Dionysus.The Beginnings - Prometheus and Man, and The Five Ages of Man and the Flood.Summary and Analysis: Babylonian Mythology.Summary and Analysis: Egyptian Mythology.
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