Merlin, from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory
Merlin in our texts:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Brittaniae, Book 8, chs. 19-20, ed. Wilhelm, pp. 62-66: Gorlois, Igerna, Uther, and the begetting of Arthur
Wace, Roman de Brut, pp. 96-108: Merlin's ancestry, Vortigern's falling tower, moves Stonehenge, Uther's dragon: Gorlois, Igerna, Uther, and the begetting of Arthur
Layamon, Brut, p. 112: Merlin's prophesy that Rome would fall to Arthur; p. 119, that troubles would follow Arthur's fall and that he would return again as redeemer
Dante, Guido, I' vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io, pp. 206-7: "the good enchanter"
Robert de Boron, The Prose Merlin, pp. 306-347: 1. The Plot to Create Merlin; 2. Merlin's Birth and the Defense of his Mother; 3. Merlin's Instructions to Blaise; 4. The Testing of Merlin's Prophetic Wisdom; 5. The Battle of Salisbury and the Erection of Stonehenge; 6. The Creation of the Round Table; 7. Uther Pendragon's Desire for Ygerne; 8. The Birth of Arthur
The Suite de Merlin, pp. 348-363: 9. Merlin's Love for Niviane the Huntress; 10. The Journey Toward the Perilous Forest; 11. The Death of Merlin
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, part IV, st. 19, p. 463: Morgan la Fay learned her magic from Merlin
Sir Thomas Malory, King Arthur & His Knights, ed. Vinaver, pp. 3-13 (=Book I, 1): Uther Pendragon's seduction and marriage to Igraine, birth of Arthur and fosterage, young Arthur pulls out the Sword of the Stone