1. Interestingly enough, a number of Celtic scholars believe that Merlin (originally Myrddin) was the god worshiped at Stonehenge. Rather than being merely Arthur’s seer and mentor, the Merlin of the initial mythology appears to be the sun god, or something akin to the Greek Zeus. If they did believe this, it would make sense that Stonehenge was a place of worship for this being.
2. Ever seen the movie Tristan and Isolde? I always thought that it was a retelling (or pre-telling, as it seemed older than Arthur) of the Arthur and Lancelot and Guinevere scandal. A few interesting notes from old, old Celtic myth, though: A) King Mark, who is portrayed in the movie as quite the outstanding gentleman and someone whom you feel sorry for, is in early tales cowardly and treacherous; B) the most popular telling of the myth, as it matured, has it that Tristan and Iseult (spellings of both names vary) ingest a love potion, which is why they continue their dangerous and un-Arthurian trysts.
3. Nimue, whom we tend to see as one of the bad guys since she entraps Merlin in the end, was actually just a harassed woman who found a way out of the harassment, apparently. Merlin “would let her have no rest, but always he would be with her” it says. Aka. Merlin was a stalker and Nimue put in place an ancient restraining order.
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