Table of Contents

Introduction - Who was Merlin? 1. Merlin Incorporated - Dinas Emrys; Vortigern; The battle of the dragons; 2. Mad Merlin - the Merlin myth around the British isles; Merlin's sister; Rebirth in Wales; 3. Myrddin's Snowdonia - Dinas Emrys/Conwy Gorge; 4. Birth Hill - Merlin as Ambrosius Aurelius; Welsh legends; 5. Camarthen Home-Coming - Merlin's Oak, Merlin's Hill, Merlin's Stone, Merlin's Quoits; Dylan Thomas and the local legends; 6. Merlin on Bardsey - Merlin's retreat to a magic Glass Palace

About the Author

Michael Dames is a former lecturer in the History of Art at Birmingham Polytechnic. Among his previous books are The Silbury Treasure, The Avebury Circle and Mythic Ireland.