Was There A Real Merlin? | Merlin: The Legend | Timeline
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- A look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin - magician, hero and historical mystery. Merlin is the archetypal wizard, Welsh and Celtic in origin but with connections across the water in Cornwall and middle Europe, and, of course, the Arthurian legends. Clearly, Merlin is the distant relative of Dumbledore and all those weird and wonderful wizards in literature.
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*In a land of myth and time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man, his name, MERLIN*
Given to him by his Teacher. Vivian.
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@@hellboundrubber4448 is having trouble uy
Super underrated show
Netflix 😄
Hi all. I worked on this as one of the musical composers back 11 years ago I think. I can confirm the narration track is absolutely missing! This originally was a BBC Wales production and a couple of versions were made with the narration in both Welsh and English. Not sure where this version has come from! Was nice to hear some of my work again!
Hugh Fowler qool gig. You sure one of your honeys didn't put this up. So far I'm down without narration. Lot of noise these days. I would listen to anything called wizard music. Gives more to your work here to have space. 🔮
Excellent work, Mr. Fowler! I would love to get into that line of work!
Hopefully not the one that wholesale copied the Lennox riff....
Who cares
@@tomredaintdead9575 Fair point!
Anyone else feel like this is missing the narration track?
Emma Haverstock it is missing. This was on Smithsonian with narration, which is not here.
Yes - very odd. Like sitting in a room with a dripping tap... with voices coming from the room next door.
Yes, I'm quite certain that's what's going on here. It's a shame because I was looking forward to watching this.
Jesus so happy I’m not the only one thinking they are going crazy!
That's exactly what I was wondering.
I love the way the guy with the white shirt and tie in the beginning speaks. It’s not just his accent but it’s something more. Like maybe the cadence and diction with his accent.
He's Welsh.
Why does the music track make me feel like this is a horror film and not an Arthurian legend documentary?
I know him
that's a longtime complaint of mine. Music that doesn't fit the scene.
This documentary is missing the main narration! That's a shame, because when I first saw this documentary on television, it was a good one...
When dramas are sold to other countries, they usually come with a fully mixed sound track, and a "music & effects" track. The latter is used so they can easily make a foreign "dubbed" version.
Documentaries sometimes do the same, but with only the narration removed. Any speech on camera may have to be subtitled, but narration in the appropriate foreign language (or simply with an American accent) makes the programme acceptable to their viewers.
It looks like this has been uploaded with the narration free track, with neither the original English narration nor a replacement narration.
Merlin is and always be my beloved master and brother may he be spoken of for all time and king Arthur too 😊
This is a fascinating documentary. there's far less talking than usual, but I liked it: we can watch the action, listen to the contributers, and come to our own conclusions. Of course it helped that I have read the works of Mary Stewart, Tolkien, etc.
The great psychological need to believe in a Merlin figure is, IMO, related to the part played by the Jungian "Sage" or "Wise Old Man" archetype, which finds expression throughout our culture.
Alan Wilson has done some stirling work on Merlin and the TWO King Arthurs!
Very nice to see documentary of Merlin from cultural history's point of view, and not the same old debate of if he (or Arthur) did exist or not all over again.
Kiiriminna Arthwys Ap Meurig 503ad - 576ad. Crowned King of Glamorgan and Gwent....and it states as much in England's own annals. The Brut of England (The chronicles of the Anglo Saxons). Read a book by the name of 'The Blood of Avalon" if you don't believe me. Or maybe even the Llandaff Charters or the Brut Tysilio in which was the main source for Geoffreys work.
Taffy thanks I will read that book! 👍
It's like the intro to a Slayer track without the awesome Slayer track.
Please upload the fully narrated version!
th-cam.com/video/rvcVdJLtnA0/w-d-xo.html
Art historian Peter Loyd at 11:11: "Medieval hoodie"! Brilliant😄♥️👍
Merlin Robin Hood,,and so on great reading,,I love how the writers in those days had a great imagination
If Gandalt is a representation of Merlin in Tolkien's works, then Merlin is devine as Gandalr is categorically described as an Angel in the lord of the rings so that's pretty much a divine being. Sorry for pointing out the obvious
This is awesome! The more I can learn about the Merlin, the better! I'm probably weird, but I'm devolted to both him and Lord Herne. I've just learned to go with it. Merlin is so many things rolled into one. I see him as one linked to that Otherworld, even though so many on this plane saw that as madness, somewhat analagous to the Holy Fool in Eastern Orthodoxy--one who is judged insane by those whose spiritual eyes do not see beyond this world, but who actually has a very strong connection to Deity and can actually be a bridge from the Otherworld to this. Thank you so much for posting this!.
I am obsessed with the "mythic forest" and Merlin is prime with this subject. Am making a book about it.
How to pad up a 20 minute documentary with 38 minutes of images
Awen does not mean poetic frenzy. "Know your awen." Is a common saying amoungst Druidry practitioners. Awen means "what moves or directs you". Ie. A mind, a soul, a yearning... Etc.
There are no "Druidry practitioners". The druids are long dead, and left no legacy other than rumors heard and written by Romans. All we have today are a bunch of morons _fantasizing_ that they're "Druidry practitioners", and morons are no source of knowledge. If they say "what moves or directs you", I guess we know one thing that it doesn't mean...
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@Poff Nada not Druidly... Druidry. As in people that practise Druidry. I am unsure if you read it wrong or spelled it wrong. But at least you're laughing. Glad to bring you a smile.
Thanks for that. I knew she was wrong about it. She doesn't grasp the concepts of the magical world. Your definition makes sense.
Awen was also that dragon that founded China....
Too much filler, not enough content...
why though, it's true
the topic is interesting, yes, but if you have so little to say that you have to build in fillers with some pretty pictures and music, maybe you should just shorten the documentary?
Yeah but BABY COWS!!
In deed. I suspect there's an audio track with narrator missing.
well then snowflake why dont you make a documentary and show how it is done otherwise your conversation is but hot hair
Gary Finnstrom I'm not saying that I could do it better, but that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to criticize, does it?
Does anybody know where I can find a version of this documentary that has the narration track?
I like the idea of Merlin. He may have been based on a real person, or he may be entirely a myth, but I like the idea. Much the same way Jyoti was worshiped as a god. I don't believe she was one, but I like the idea. At least Jyoti is a real person I know about. She was super cute and had a nice personality.
@ 9:47 Even when Jyoti was alive, there was a body of myth around her. People would come to her for her blessing, and she would give it. She was considered to be the reincarnation of Hanuman the monkey god in her culture. I've seen that happen with other people as well.
My point here is not to denigrate anyone. I'm more trying to point out how quickly myths and legends can grow up around some one. I have been told by some friends that I'm a magical being. A wizard in my own right. It's not true of course, and if you ask me, I'll deny it.
That illustrator's work is simply awesome. I really enjoyed looking at his drawings. What talent!!!
Funny they should mention this question. I have heard of a castle that had been standing, or reportedly standing in Romania near the Transylvanian areas. But then again it was a story told by the elders who were closer to that time then we are now.
Is this missing its narration? Has anyone seen the same doc, but with narration?
Some one from the Celtic Shaman traditions. A healer, a monk, who lives beyond the organized civilization as in Tibet.
There's nothing like an educated person trying to describe magic as an unknown science? People with the 'hair' were seers, including women, probably French Huguenots.They remote viewed on behalf of the Royal Court of Scotland. I'm so proud of my family history. key words: physics, woman, energy
and no they're not the druidic
thats new-age
Excellent documentary!
Every detail , every facet of British cultural heritage and identity is gradually being undermined and discredited . It is very important to examine our legendary heroes and myths to stress the profound longevity of our presence on these islands.
very boring documentary, on a very a interesting topic
Sadly yes
We are in the process of losing our inner magic to corporate technology and places like Amazon. When it's finally gone, you won't be able to tell the difference between a human life form and an Artificial Intelligence/robots. And we are doing it to ourselves.
soul crushing
I enjoyed watching this, I see nothing wrong with it. The music was good and not to loud
Wonderful content! Thank you
Despite my fascination with all things to do with King Arthur and Camelot, I felt this was probably the biggest waste of time online.
Some of the blurry images were irrelevant to anything that the topic suggested.
I am loving the ambient morrowind ancestral tomb noises @23:30 🖤
It's a remarkable documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!
lmao
why so many bad reviews?
the documentation is great! 🖖👽
Love the fact that Abdul f'd up the master volume mix once again.... It's easier to turn down the sound.. rather than strain to hear the show! Damnit Abdul!
This is the best day of my life to watch this in conjunction with the day I had ✨ 🧙 🧙♀️ ⚡️ 🔮 🦉
G"day, From Qweensland Australia.
It seems to me that this Merlin is somewhat of a timetravler who has come from the past down through the ages and will graduly be with us in to the futer of what is to come.The legond of Merlin will live on.
Gerard.
This doc was very chill.
Yes...he was Welsh...Was a top general....before he was a Wizard and before he took over the care and training of Authur.
Any flim that shows Authur wearing plate armor, is a representation. In the 5th & 6th centuries, they had not the technology such armor. It was chainmail that was worn.
And any movie that shows 'everyone' wearing such, is false too.
Chainmail was very expensive.
And any film that shows 'knights' wearing plate armor, and fighting standing on the ground seldom occurred, unless knocked from his horse. To b a Knight, means 'to b above,' therefore the horse.
Hope this helps.
Transformers already explained his true origin story. Anthony Hopkins, said it was authentic, and he has a British accent. Doesn't get anymore legit.
welsh is british
Merlin was born on May 1, 449. He also picked up the sword and fought with it, and he used his skills in military operations and as Arthur’s military advisor, contrary to the instruction and wishes of the Plejaren Keridwena, however without becoming morally bankrupt. Merlin also fought with his sword against the warlike Christian intruders who stole into the country through murder and arson, killing off or suppressing the population, to spread the Christian faith, conquer the land and destroy Celtic philosophy and beliefs.
After his last fight, when he was 66 years old in year 515, at the lost battle at Arfderryd, Merlin fled and settled down in a remote area in the wilderness of Caledonia in the Cheviot Hills, where he lived as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin in the wilderness). He lived there for some time and then returned to his hometown, where an old female druid named Niniane (also known as Nimue) joined him and was a good friend to him. When he felt his death approaching, she finally accompanied Merlin on Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), which he had chosen as his death place. He died there in the arms of the old druid, on June 14, 542 at the age of 93, and he was buried by the wise woman in a rocky cave according to his wishes.
My husband told me the same story 😊 Welsh he is 😊 Amanda N.Ireland
"warlike Christian intruders who stole into the country through murder and arson"
What absolute ahistorical nonsense. When Romano-Britain became part of the Empire the Romans were pagan, and the invading Anglo-Saxons were Germanic pagans, as were the invading Danes. It wasn't until the Normans five centuries later that the invaders were Christian.
Born in Cumbria (rheged) all the first text and origin of arthurian legend Inc the green knight, is in old cumbric not Welsh. Geoffrey of monmouth added the Welsh origin.
@@deretsun Right
Interesting Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Adel, Phil Collins, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Sharen and the ones that don't come to mind. There was a time when I had a list of all the artists that have inspired my journey living this life from your side of the pond. Jethro Tull one of my all time favorites is amazing with his folk lore story telling. There was a reason why John Lennon was under radar by the American government. They all tell a story that was never to be told!
Sad some ONE came in my house and destroyed everything I owned. I had it down where this story goes ON! And it all makes sense. Some ONE yelled FAIR WARNING!!!
Thank you for this documentary ✌
Take your meds. They're important.
Yeah and i yelled ,,please do it some more 😁don't stop
The behind the scenes advisor at one with his surroundings who seems to win all the time is as old a recorded history.
What a pleasure to see Alan Lee at work ❤
This has some missing narration. Great topic but wow it was drawn out with music and clips.
Starts of with a complete fallacy. Merlin does not 1st appear in a work by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Merlin 1st appears in the Mabinogion, a book far older than Geoffrey of Monmouth's writings. So this is where I finished watching.
cunobelinusX31 This is what happens when you have English hands on Welsh history. They skew or outright steal it and pass it off as their own to the entire world. Arthur was hundred percent Arthwys Ap Meurig...The Brut of England even talks about him being crowned King of Glamorgan and Gwent. Also, read a book by English Author Adrian Gilbert called 'The Blood of Avalon'. He's actually a rare Englishman, one that likes to tell the truth above everything else. You can get the book from Amazon.
Thanks for the book recomendation, I'll check it out. Just for the record, I'm English, but I have read history and mythology since childhood, (60 now), so I know a fair bit. Living in Ireland now. Take care.
@Eideric exactly the first book they said but from poems three centuries older they obviously didn't listen properly and Geoffrey of Monmouth is also Geoffrey of Wales plus the Normans were french there giving you english a bit of unmerited for once stick lol
@Nada Barton there's also evidence for an Arthur in the Carlisle area who fought battles in the old kingdom of Northumbria not a king but a warlord or battle leader I'm definitely of the opinion if he existed it was Wales or Cumbria maybe both as Carlisle is mentioned here definitely not Cornwall or Glastonbury
@@taffyducks544 it's not a Welsh story you mong. Wales wasn't a thing back then. It was all England but split into loads of different tribes. And they were Celts
......myth never dies....
Excellent!!! Thank you
The fascinating thing about any Myth (especially Arthur Legend) is the ability for people to buy into it Hook, Line and Sinker. I'm also never surprised to see and hear full grown adults who not only take part in cosplay, but actually believe they are really apart of a world that doesn't exist. To know that these ordinary people vote in modern elections, or make important decisions regarding family members end of life care, or to understand that they could be on a real jury that may decide the outcome of someone's real life may even be crazier than the fiction that they wholeheartedly embrace.
Im a huge
Timeline fan...
had this ep in mind to watch on a night
off .... and now I wish I hadn't.
I'm just disappointed.
There's not very much content
& too much undefined imagery. The woman seems like every word is being painfully dragged out of her.
SORRY Timeline ...
not your best.
&& I see Im not alone in my opinion. But we'll keep watching anyway.
haha agreed
Sadly, this is the first one that I've given a Dislike to; which sucks because on the whole, I've really been enjoying them (and I've always loved the Arthurian legends) =(
@@jamesanthony8438 YES! Its suck an interesting topic. I hope they will redo again, probably with Lucy Worsley (if BBC approves of it lol)
@@jamesanthony8438 *such lol
None of this has anything to do with anything.
What a masterfully crafted documentary and all of the people in it are absolutely fascinating - near mythical archetypes themselves. Unusually good.
People that jam all these commercials in a 1 hr. Flick should be thrown off of you tube
Dude just fast forward to the end then replay the video all three commercials are gone
@@williamdolezal9184 or use an adblocker...mind you, I felt that my time was being wasted WITHOUT ads
@@jaspercorbyn8678 I started using opera never a single add
I agree. The Narrative is missing in parts
Is the documentary with narration available anywhere?
The original tales were told in pictures and poems/music and not explicitly spelled out in plain language. But was left to the perceptions of the individual to flesh out as they each saw fit. Its interesting that even today expressions of these topics are still nearly 50% with out words. This documentary is comprised of around 35mins*. of dialogue driven scenes. And approx. 23mins.* interludes of music and imagery woven throughout. I guess somethings really never do change.
*ave. time by my stopwatch
Oh shut up
What happened to the narration track? Too much information is missing!
Excellent. I remember watching this but in a full lenght documentay from the 70s. Can you feature this in its entirety? Or woukd you happen to know where we can find in? Thanks
Advise to watch this in x1.5 speed. Thank me later.
Robert Shaw thank you ,it was a very good idea
Too many bad comments so I changed speed up to 1.5 .. worked for me, thank you.thank you Robert Shaw great advice👍
Outstanding 🧙♂️
Interesting, informative and well done except for the sound effects which are annoying.
Lol, the sound was just off enough for me to want to bash the violin like an 80's hairband guitar player every time it came on!
Thanks for posting!! I like things from across the pond, and everyone is interested in Arthur!! Sorry there were so many pathetic trolls here "1 Year Ago"...........I am from the future, then - 8 May 2019...... I enjoyed this light, lovely, puffy very English tidbit - the music was nice, too. There ARE some gentlemen who have found actual EVIDENCE of King Arthur...............many years of searching, books on it.........I'll have to find that documentary again. Quite AGAINST quackedamia to actually find historical, important artifacts.........cheers
How far in the future did you from? How long you been in this time?
Thank You .. Magical
Good one to fall asleep on. Slow, boring, mood music to zzz out on and not much of any story line except in parts . Maybe I can finish it during insomnia
The Merlin on stilts in the beginning is awesome
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It is wonderful ❤️
there is a snippet of music beginning 22:20 with the portrait of king henry viii and fades away 23:00, which sounds like a woodwind ensemble arrangement of a section of a popular pop song - it is hauntingly familiar but i can't place my finger on it. can anyone help identify it, please?
From Prometheus to Van Helsing, he’s every old wise man with a gift for language, tricks up his sleeve, and not quite home amongst masses.
I wish there weren't such long pauses between speakers.
I was going to watch but then when the intro got a bit too long I took to the comments section and decided to pass watching lol
Where is Tony asking a million questions?
Wow really, the wild man of the woods, has anyone ever learned anything about anything, we know exactly what he was, the wild man of the woods, ancient witch doctors and Merlin was probably more than one person who simply wore the mantle, wild men of the woods were common and understood by the people of the time, we would probably call them witch doctors, or medicine men.
Does anyone know where or how to find the song / violin play from minute 21 to minute 23 please?
This is all ASMR and I love it
This trippy
It's a very interesting story I read many years ago.
There are many films animated & real live action.
Ooh, good old Alan Lee. Man, I love his sketches.
Does someone maybe know where to find the docu with the Narration Track?
I feel like I’m missing a whole lot.
As to correct myself- the new version is already on their channel- with narrator.
I learned a lot
I can't believe this channel has a million subs...is that every advertiser who has a commercial on a single episode?
Like many myths there will be some truth. Merlin, like Robin Hood, is probably based up two or three men combined into the mythology we know today.
Isn't that guy on stilts in the beginning the NYC wizard nerd from the Star Wars Triumph the dog sketch?
Quercus will have their revenge for poisoning that tree 😃
And "the oak leaves" shown in the Druid drawing were that of Quercus robur (English Oak) which is ironically also the species displayed on the back side of the US dime, ironic because the species did not used to grow in the US, but does now somewhat due to 20th century introduction.
Merlin is apparently still with us and has been "chanelled." For an account, see the Hypno-Archaeologist by Philip Ditchfield.
Merlin has an older stroy. He was a warrior, but saw so much blood shed. That he went into the forest in shame. Which they called him mad merlin. As he could talk to animals and and could do predictions . People went to see him for help. . He all so meet up with Tristan the bard and nimue the lady of the lake. Like a marvel, dc comic team up. It was nimue who would be downfall of merlin. Not Morgana. That came later on in the the myths and legends of merlin. Other people have said that a merlin was a title for highest druids. The Theory is that merlin would been seen at different locations hundreds miles away. Given him (and others) the power of transporting themselves over long distances. But ,hay , who really knows. Good vid.👍
36:00 I see Christopher Lee as Saruman 🧙🏻♂️
I gave up on this one. without a narator to set a theme it just sort of wandered over the horizone hoping some magic trick would pull it all together.
DNA evidence shows that most English have ancient British DNA. Neither the Romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings made a huge impact.
What is interesting is that many of the Norman invaders were actually Bretons who could trace ancestry back to when their forebears left Britain to move to Brittany during the Saxon invasion. They returned home as conquerors..
I’d like to hear more of Gwenhwyfach and Gwendolaona.
And Gwenddydd.
I think when all this was written, it was about the destiny stone. A Merlin is a missing stone from a wall to give a window. Since churches all had relics, the British were claiming a Merlin? Sword in the stone?
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Lancelot and Camelot are spelled to close also.
wow, this was made by people who hate Merlin, trying to kill the mood as much as possible, yeah, panning basements and making it all as dry as you can. Deadly on the soul.
...nice little Mee in the button...
You must understand that the midder part of the Story shows the people in a town in Great Britain making a Festival in His Name every Year in a nice kind... That's the place where he comes from.
@@gerhardthoffmann thnx, I shall revisit this ~ such a place indeed, Britain! it has been too long - thnx about the mew one, she's a real huntress, you know!
You must observe Your cat in her behavior of hunting out of the House! Cats know how easy it ist to thrill little birds like blackbirds and smaller birds living in the green around the House. They depend of this habitation. Cats are very regorousely by thrilling them dead about a long long Time and You wouldn't like each second beeing the victim. It' is better to practice with a toy on a bland and a little rod covered as a bird, but If the cat is bored the Imitation, what I think, You should become sure about the will of the cat. Making sure staying her in the House can start to stop to get off her hunting, if the Prey consists mostly in birds. That's my peace of advance to You. Don't bei feared about the cat🐓
@@gerhardthoffmann NO, no one would want to be the victim of Pokey, she is mainly a ratter, the birds tend to be alive and they fly out after hopping about the cupboards. It's the live snakes that get me, she'll drop them in the bed she will and if that doesn't give you a weird wake up, like feeling a cold zippper moving round your torso as you dream, don't know what will! She does like a good play with a fine ribbon tho, and will give her more time, she's a love and when not in hunt mode, you would never know. Just so soft and purry ~ thank you!!! chicken and all ~~
In the beginning, when Dr Wood said : Suddenly, he has Merlin.. Where actually that sudden come from? From his consciousness mind or someone named " Merlin" in his mind? May be he was even having automatic writing about "Merlin".
This is also the guy you speak to to get started with the training facility in the camelot castle in osrs.
Playing it right now ^.^
Awesome documentary!
What is the song at @22:22 it's driving me mad! :D
I'm thoroughly enjoying this. As far as narration and multiple talking heads appearing one after the other...less is more. There is the presumption
of intelligence on the part of the vieWer, that they can fill in the blanks, and as I type this, that presumption does not hold true for 918 vieWers.
Harry Potter gets a mention, but not Timothy Hunter. This makes me sad.
Tried to sleep to this one but the music grinded a feeling of the purgatory against my soul.