[HPforGrownups] Merlin [WAS-Origins of the Founders (British Geography in...

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In a message dated 7/4/2003 2:00:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
silmariel at telefonica.net writes:


> Kirstini:
> 
> << She was also a near-contemporary of Merlin's, and 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?>>
> 
> In The Mists of Avalon,
> 
> Merlin-->Viviane-->Lancelot-->Nimue
> Igraine-->Morgana
> 
> where Igraine & Viviana are sisters.
> 
> silmariel
> 

Eerp!  Newbie here, name's Nemi (nem-E) uhmn...blanking on the introduction 
thing right now.


Anyways, was reading the posts realized you were talking about merlin, and I 
decided to butt my head in.

See, I know a little bit about Aurthorian mythology.  I know (I think) Vivian 
was the one to put Merlin in the Oak tree (in which case he still might be 
alive, and I think he's still attempting to get out.)

But what really intrestes me is the preAurthor stories.  Remember the red 
dragon and white dragon fighting every night and tearing down the castle before 
it was built?

Remember how the wisemen wanted to stop it?  Sacrifice someone with the blood 
of angels in their veins or somesuch...

There are two version I know of his mother, one is a nun, the other is a lady 
of noble standing. As for the father...An Angel, A Demon, or Oberon himself.  
All of which are firmly NOT human.  The legends could have just as easily 
said a Warlock or something, but no, all choices are very firmly in the not human 
catagory.

I have always thought that muggles have a better history memory than 
wizarding folk give them credit for.  So it's entierally possible that the wizarding 
world, given their current...idealology against halfbreeds and other species 
could have convinently "forgot"

But this brings the idea around, does anyone else have non human blood in 
their ancestors?

Could explain where being a Parselmouth comes from.


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