MerlynBlaize@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Hello! :-)
>
> Please forgive the presumptuous name - I'm not far into my study of the
legends
> of Arthur, but I am a -big- fan of Merlin. My real name's Bill if you'd
rather
> refer to me as that - I won't mind - but I -do- like this screen name.
:-)
>
> Anyway, mulling over the various myths of the world as I often do, I was
> beginning to wonder if there isn't some sort of symbolic connection
between the
> figures of Merlin/Arthur and the Christian figures Antichrist\Beast. I
can't
> really explain how I came to connect the two in my head, it wasn't a
rational
> process and that I freely admit, but the connections were made over a
rather
> extended period of time.
>
> So, since it never hurts to ask, I thought I would. :-) I don't really
take
> the notion -too- seriously, so don't be afraid to tell me it's a load of
> impossible malarky - I won't be offended. It's just a sort of "what
if?"
> curiosity which prompts me to post my query here.
Well, in the mainstream version, Merlin is the result of Hell's failed
attempt to create the Antichrist.
--
John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
-- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"
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