I’m also completely ignoring TV and movies and sticking to written sources. Merlin and Gandalf are not characters from novels in the literary sense, but from legends. Merlin is undoubtedly ...

Follow the footsteps of Merlin, Gandalf and Harry Potter... Will you cast an magic ice spell to freeze your enemy or trap them in a shadow vortex? Good or evil? Charms or dark curses? Which path ...

Merlin presents ArthurIn exchange for using his magic to help lustful King Uther to seduce a nobleman’s wife, Merlin asks the monarch to give him their son, Arthur, at birth. He holds him while ...

Of course, a good number of these lines come from the legendary wizard, Gandalf. As the quintessential wise guardian of the Fellowship, Gandalf's words take on a certain weight and depth that ...

Given that Gandalf is an extraordinarily powerful being on his own, it may come as a surprise that he needs his staff in The Lord of the Rings. It's typical for a wizard to carry some sort of ...

There may be some truth to the myth of Merlin. On Tuesday, archeologists in Scotland revealed evidence of the legendary wizard’s death in Drumelzier between the 6th and 7th centuries — and the ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Variations on the classic Merlin and King Arthur legends span hundreds, if not thousands, of retellings. Many are documented ...

His name was Merlin and he was Welsh. In short he had become the archetype for all future depictions of wizards. It is no accident that famous literary wizards such as Tolkien's Gandalf and JK ...

An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years. Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting ...