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Merlinus Caledonensis, a North Brythonic prophet and madman; a cambion: born of a mortal woman, sired by an incubus, the non-human from whom he inherits his supernatural powers and abilities.
Prophetiae Merlini/Libellus Merlini -- Vortigern asks Ambrosius (Merlin) to interpret the meaning of a vision. In it two dragons fought, one red and one white. Merlin replies that the Red Dragon meant the British race, the White Dragon the Saxons. The Saxons would be victorious. A long prophetic sequence forms the body of the work, relating mainly to the wars.
His legend centres on Buile Shuibhne
1] Dála Shuibhne Mhic Colmáin Chuair, rígh Dál
2] Araidhe, roaisnéidhsem remhainn do dhul ar fáinneal
3] & ar folúamain a cath, ba hedh ann fochann &
4] tucaitt tresa ttángattar na hairrdhena & na habarta
5] fúalaing & folúaimhnighe sin fáoi-siumh tar chách a
6] ccoitchinne & febh tecómhnaccair dhó iaromh.
7] Báoi aroile naoimh-erlumh uasal oirdnidhe hi
8] tír nÉrenn .i. Rónán Fionn, mac Beraigh, mic
9] Criodáin, mic Earclogha, mic Érnainne, mic Urene,
10] mic Seachnusaigh, mic Coluim Chúile, mic Muiredhaigh,
11] mic Laogaire, mic Néill, .i. fer comhailte tiomna
12] DéDé & congmála cuinge crábuidh & fuilngthe ingreama
13] ar sgáth an Choimdedh an fer sin. Ba mogh-sén
14] díles diongmála do Dhia, ar nobhíodh ag crochadh
15] a chuirp ar grádh Dé & do tuilledh fochraicciu dia
16] anmain. Ba sgíath dhídin fri drochaimsibh diabhail
17] & doáilchibh an fer mín muinterrdha mórmhonarach
18] sin.
19]
Robaoi-sidhe fecht ann ag tórainn chille i nDál
20] Araidhe .i. Ceall Luinni a comhainm. As é robadh
21] rígh ar Dhál Araidhe an ionbaidh sin .i. an Suibhne,
22] mac Colmáin, adrubrumar. Rocuala 'diu Suibhne
23] airm a raibhi guth chluig Rónáin ag tórainn na
24] cille, go rofhíarfacht dia muintir cidh adchualadar.
25] ‘Rónán Fionn mac Bearaigh,’ ar síad, ‘atá ag
26] tórainn chille it chrích-si & it fheronn & as é guth
27] a chluig itchluini-si anosa.’ Rolonnaigedh & rofergaigedh
28] go mór antí Suibhne & roéirigh go dian
29] deinmneadhach do dhíochar an chléirigh ón chill.
30] Tarraidh a bhainchéile .i. Eorann ingen Chuinn
31] Chiannachta eiti an bhrait chortharaigh chorcra
32] robhúi ime dia fhosdudh, go rosging fón teach an
32] sioball airgid aeinghil co míneagur óir robhaoi san
34] brat ós a bruinne. Lasodhain fágbaidh a bhrat ag
35] an ríogain & dothaod roimhi lomnocht ina réim
36] roiretha do dhíochar an chléirigh ón chill co riacht
37] áit ina raibhe Rónán.
...
2378]
Ro éirigh Suibhne asa niull iarsin & roghabh
2379] Moling ar láim é, go rángadar rempa ina ndís co
2380] dorus na heglaisi, & ó dorad Suibhne a ghúala risin
2381] ursoinn tug a osnadh mór ós aird co rofháoidh a
2382] spiorad dochum nimhe, & rohadhnacht go n-onóir ag
2383] Moling é.
2384]
Gonadh ní do sgélaibh & do imthechtuibh
2385] Suibhne mic Colmáin Chuair rígh Dhál Aruidhe
2386] gonuige sin.
Finis.
Myrddin's legend is rooted in history, for he is said to have gone mad after the Battle of Arfderydd at Arthuret at which Rhydderch Hael of Strathclyde defeated Gwenddoleu. According to the Annales Cambriae this took place in AD 573. Myrddin fled into the forest, lived with the animals and received the gift of prophecy
Myrddin Wyllt's legend closely resembles that of a north-British figure called Lailoken, which appears in Jocelyn of Furness' 12th century Life of Kentigern, an important founder of the post-Roman church in Strathclyde, said to have died in 612CE. Lailoken is identified with Merlin in the late 15th century Lailoken and Kentigern, but the alternative name may already be present in the 12th century dialogue of Myrddin with his twin sister Gwendydd (or Gwenddydd or Languoreth), for she addresses him several times as Llallwg, for which the diminutive would be Llallwgan.Scholars differ as to the independence or identity of Lailoken and Myrddin, though there is more agreement as to Myrddin's original independence from later Welsh legends.
Myrddin's grave is reputed to lie near the River Tweed in the village of Drumelzier near Peebles, although nothing remains above ground level at the site
Myrddin Wyllt's legend closely resembles that of a north-British figure called Lailoken, which appears in Jocelyn of Furness' 12th century Life of Kentigern, an important founder of the post-Roman church in Strathclyde, said to have died in 612CE. Lailoken is identified with Merlin in the late 15th century Lailoken and Kentigern, but the alternative name may already be present in the 12th century dialogue of Myrddin with his twin sister Gwendydd (or Gwenddydd or Languoreth), for she addresses him several times as Llallwg, for which the diminutive would be Llallwgan.Scholars differ as to the independence or identity of Lailoken and Myrddin, though there is more agreement as to Myrddin's original independence from later Welsh legends.
Myrddin's grave is reputed to lie near the River Tweed in the village of Drumelzier near Peebles, although nothing remains above ground level at the site
Myrddin legend present him as a madman living an existence in the Caledonian Forest. There he ruminates on his former existence and the disaster of the death of his lord Gwenddoleu, whom he served as bard. The poems sketch the events of the Battle of Arfderydd, where Riderch Hael, King of Alt Clut (Strathclyde) slaughtered the forces of Gwenddoleu, and Myrddin went mad watching this defeat. The Annales Cambriae date this battle to AD 573, naming Gwenddoleu's adversaries as the sons of Eliffer, presumably Gwrgi and Peredur.[6] This battle, the subsequent assassination of Urien Rheged and the defeat of the Gododdin at Catraeth are cited as reasons for the collapse of the alliance of early British kingdoms in the north before the Angles, Scots and Picts
Lailoken and Kentigern. In this narrative St. Kentigern meets a naked, hairy madman called Lailoken, said by some to be called Merlynum or Merlin, in a deserted place. He has been condemned for his sins to wander in the company of beasts, having been the cause of the deaths of all of the persons killed in the battle fought on the plain between Liddel and Carwannok. Having told his story, the madman leaps up and flees from the presence of the saint back into the wilderness. He appears several times more in the narrative until at last asking St. Kentigern for the Sacrament, prophesying that he was about to die a triple death. After some hesitation, the saint grants the madman's wish, and later that day the shepherds of King Meldred capture him, beat him with clubs, then cast him into the river Tweed where his body is pierced by a stake, thus fulfilling his prophecy.