Merlin (Legendary character)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083855
- info:lc/authorities/sh85083855
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85083855#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Merlin
- Merlin Ambrosius (Legendary character)
- Myrddin Emrys (Legendary character)
Broader Terms
- Arthurian romances
Earlier Established Forms
- Merlin
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Lawrence, A. Merlin, the wizard, 1986.
- found: DNB (Merlin Ambrosius, or Myrddin Emrys, legendary enchanter and bard. "In the legend of Merlin Ambrosius as it has come down to us there are certainly no historical incidents ...")
- found: Britannica Micro. (Merlin: an enchanter and wise man in Arthurian legend and romance of the Middle Ages, linked with personages in ancient Celtic mythology)
- found: Acad. Am. encyc. (Merlin: In Arthurian legend, Merlin was a sorcerer 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 AD 500)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1999-06-18: revised

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