tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post4711123991971613082..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: 118Propnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-32206403353823175272020-05-17T14:58:11.897-07:002020-05-17T14:58:11.897-07:00I think HPL did leave a clue that he intended Merl...I think HPL did leave a clue that he intended Merlin. Our modern view of the character Merlin comes from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136. He based Merlin on an amalgamation of stories about two previous historical and legendary figures, the main one being a North Brythonic prophet and madman with no connection to King Arthur. This prophet's name was Myrddin Wyllt (or Merlinus Caledonensis in Latin). If you combine the first name in Latin and the second name in Welsh, you get Merlinus Wyllt - remarkably similar to Marinus Willet.Zurlsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-27974462516542708902013-04-05T19:51:25.766-07:002013-04-05T19:51:25.766-07:00From the fact that #118 wrote in Latin, and in Sax...From the fact that #118 wrote in Latin, and in Saxon miniscule, and from the fact that he managed to destroy both Orne and Hutchinson, it should be obvious that Joseph Curwin had managed to retrieve the remains of the Bard and Mage, Merlin.<br /><br />A pity that Willett had to meddle with things.<br /><br />Always happy to clear up these little matters to youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com