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The Celtic Wild Man Tradition and Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini: Madness or Contemptus Mundi?
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2000
- pp. 27-42
- 10.1353/art.2000.0017
- Article
- Additional Information
The Merlin material in the Vita Merlini, seen in the tradition of the Celtic saints' lives, shows how the image of Merlin, originally that of a psychological casualty of the Battle of Arfderyddd, is modified to take on the more positive profile of a Celtic holy man.