[HPforGrownups] Merlin [WAS-Origins of the Founders (British Geography input needed) ]

[silmariel]

No: HPFGUIDX 67407


 Kirstini:
<<Merlin *is* a canonical character (sort of), isn't
 he?  Also on the Chocolate Frog cards was Morgana, and I think there was
 some debate about her in a pre-OoP post recently. >>

They are in HP&CS for PS2, that's sure.

<<I don't think there is any mention in any of the versions of the legend 
(don't have any source to refer to here, so could be wrong) that she was even 
related to Merlin. Ancestress of Salazar, perhaps?>>

Actually there is. In The Mists of Avalon, Merlin is father of Viviane, who is 
Igraine's sister. I think in the fourth book Nimue is said to be his 
descendant, here the chain is Merlin-->Viviane-->Lancelot-->Nimue.

silmariel