Merlin

An Authurian character that Viviane is frequently depicted with is Merlin. It is said Viviane met Merlin at a young age and that he fell in love with her. He taught her a few tricks but then moved off. One day Viviane got abducted and Merlin sent three men to rescue her. Again he was capitvated by her beauty. It was then that she became his pupil so that she may learn everything there is to do about magic. There are mixed tellings of if she loved Merlin or not. She learned magic and became his lover. It's told that Merlin made her a home that was glamoured to look like a lake or under the lake to another relm, so it would not be discovered. After she gained knoweledge of everything, it is said that she imprisoned him. There are different versions as to why she did this. “Some say She imprisoned him in a magical castle in the air, so that only She could love him; or that She shut him beneath a stone or in a tomb, leaving him to slowly die; or that he was imprisoned within a hawthorn tree, forever asleep” (A Museing Grace Gallery). Maybe her actions were out of love, protection, or revenge, no one really knows. Even some say that Merlin could have gone voluntarily. After this event she took Merlin’s post next to Author: becoming his advisor. Viviane is depicted as both good and evil.


“Authurian Women”. Authurian Legends. Ed. Jimmy Joe. 2006. Timeless Myths. 24 Nov2010. < http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html#internet >.

“Viviane”. A- Muse-ing Grace Gallary. 2004. Thalia Took. 24 Nov. 2010. < http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/vivian.html >.