The Fate of Merlin: Mad Prophet & Sorcerer of Arthurian Legend (Myrddin Wyllt, Lady of the Lake)

00:00 Introduction00:07 Merlin, from the Nuremberg Chronicle00:20 Merlin by Aubrey Beardsley00:24 Prince Arthur Educated by Thomas Pennant01:03 The Mad Prophet01:18 Fresco "Iwein" by Hartmann von Aue, photo Thomas Wozniak, Creative Commons01:37 Alauda arvensis Nest, photo Beentree, Creative Commons01:48 Battle of Crécy by Loyset Liédet01:59 Geoffrey of Monmouth, The Life of Merlin02:57 Zum Wilden Mann, Passau, photo Andreas Praefcke, Creative Commons03:05 The Wild Man by Conrad Meyer03:25 Carrion Crow, photo Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, Creative Commons03:28 Phoenix by Friedrich Justin Bertuch03:37 Virtuous Lady Tames Woodwose04:48 Page from the Black Book of Carmarthen05:21 Map of Roman Britain by William and Alexander Keith Johnston05:32 Stonehenge from the Roman De Brut05:43 Myrddin Being Converted to Christianity by Saint Kentigern05:50 Wild Man by Hans Holbein the Younger06:06 The Supernatural Sorcerer06:42 Christ in Limbo by Fra Angelico06:48 Story of Merlin by Jean Colombe07:23 Conception of Merlin by Antoine Vérard08:00 Merlin Reads His Prophesies to King Vortigern08:19 Vortigern and the Dragons by the Master of Edward IV08:57 Red Dragon Sculpture, photo Rickfive, Creative Commons09:22 Uther Pendragon, Aethelbert, Arthur, and Oswald by Matthew Paris09:34 The Holy Grail and the Round Table by Évrard d’Espinques09:52 Uther and Igraine by Wladislaw T Benda10:00 Pelleas and Igraine by Wladislaw T Benda10:06 Gorlois, Uther, and Igraine by Wladislaw T Benda10:30 Uther Pendragon by Howard Pyle10:39 Arthur’s Conception10:55 So The Child Was Delivered Unto Merlin by Arthur Rackham11:21 Idylls of the King by Gustave Doré11:58 So The Child Was Delivered Unto Merlin by N C Wyeth12:05 Merlin Dictating Prophesies to His Scribe, Blaise12:18 Young Arthur Retrieving the Sword Excalibur12:36 Gargoyle12:55 Sack of Aquileia, from the Chronicon Pictum12:59 The Achievement of the Grail by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Durle13:04 Excalibur, from Ballads of Bravery by George Melville Baker13:39 The Fate of Merlin13:43 Vivian and Merlin by Julia Margaret Cameron14:08 Idylls of the King by Gustave Doré14:18 Diana of the Chase by Anna Hyatt Huntington14:37 Diana Hunting, Via Livenza, Rome, Italy14:45 Secondary Basins of Brittany by Marie-Nicolas Bouillet14:55 The Golden Bough by Joseph Mallord William Turner15:12 Myth of Actaeon, photo Carole Raddato, Creative Commons15:26 Idylls of the King by Gustave Doré15:44 Robert De Boron, Prose Merlin16:17 Idylls of the King by Gustave Doré16:32 Merlin and Vivienne by W Otway Cannell16:42 April by the Brothers of Limbourg16:48 Musician With Tambourine, Man and Maiden Playing Chess, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England16:52 Maidens Dance to the Music of a Citoler Playing, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England16:59 Walther von Klingen by the Master of the Codex Manesse17:04 Duke and Ladies in a Garden by Christine de Pisan17:18 Vivien Bewitches Merlin by Arthur Pyle17:33 Merlin and Nimue by Edward Burne-Jones18:06 Vivien and Merlin by Julia Margaret Cameron18:17 Idylls of the King by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale18:23 Merlin and Vivien by George Housman Thomas18:40 The Beguiling of Merlin by Edward Burne-Jones18:53 Witches’ Tree by Edward Burne-Jones19:12 Merlin and Vivien, from Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang19:18 Idylls of the King by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale20:02 Bradamante at Merlin’s Tomb by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard20:30 Conclusion20:51 Awarding the Artists Coat of Arms to Albrecht Dürer by Eugene Napoleon Neureuther20:55 Idylls of the King by Gustave Doré21:13 The Story of Tom Thumb, from The Heart of Oak Books by Charles Eliot Norton21:43 Sleeping Merlin Sculpture at Merlin’s Cave, Tintagel, England, photo by Nathan Russell-Raby, Creative CommonsAll works of art are in the public domain unless otherwise noted.Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.