Uther Pendragon, also known as King Uther, was a legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur.
Uther Pendragon, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Uther Pendragon in a crude illustration from a 15th-century Welsh version of Historia Regum Britanniae
Uther, on horseback and disguised as Pelleas, watches Igraine picking flowers in Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping, illustrated by Wladyslaw T. Benda
Merlin is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a prophet and a magician, along with several other main roles. The familiar depiction of Merlin, based o
Uther Pendragon
…fairly ambiguous individual throughout the literature, but is described as a strong king and a defender of his people. According to Arthurian legend, Merlin magically disguises Uther to look like his enemy Gorlois, enabling Uther to sleep with Gorlois' wife Lady Igraine. Thus Arthur, "the once and future…
The Enchanter Merlin, Howard Pyle's illustration for The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
A male merle, the bird whose name may have inspired that of Merlin
The young Merlin reading his prophecies to King Vortigern in an illustration for Geoffrey of Monmouth's Prophetiae Merlini (British Library MS Cotton Claudius B VII f.224, c. 1250).
Dinas Emrys, allegedly the royal retreat of High-King Vortigern when he fled into Wales to escape the Saxons. Archaeological excavations revealed that the location was occupied to some extent in the late Roman period until the 12th century.