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the wizard who aged backwards because plot timelines were beneath him.
means Merlin is the legendary wizard, prophet, and adviser of Arthurian myth, the seer who guides King Arthur and works the magic behind Camelot; the name is also used for a small, swift falcon.
from The wizard's name comes through the Latin 'Merlinus', which the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth coined from the Welsh 'Myrddin' — the name of an earlier prophetic-bard figure. The story goes that Geoffrey reshaped 'Myrddin' partly to dodge an unfortunate resemblance to the French word 'merde', steering it toward the gentler '-linus' ending. The bird called a merlin is a separate word, arriving in English via Anglo-Norman 'merilun' from Old French 'esmerillon', and is unrelated to the wizard despite the happy coincidence of sound.
- backward life
- In some legends he lived time in reverse.
- name origin
- Welsh Myrddin, possibly tweaked to dodge a rude Latin word.
- falcon too
- A small fierce falcon shares the name.
- stonehenge myth
- Medieval tales credit him with magically moving the stones.
- laughing prophet
- Geoffrey of Monmouth made him a mad woodland seer.
merlin bird — small falcon species found across northern hemisphere, hunts shorebirds and songbirds
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