The name of Merlin lives on as powerfully as that of King Arthur himself in tales and place names that span Wales, Cornwall, Cumbria and Caledonia. This book traces the many aspects of this elusive sage, equally at ease in the royal court and in the wilderness. Here are versions of the Merlin myth from oral stories, folk rites, early literature and visual art, with illustrations of art and artifacts as well as the author's own photographs of mythic sites.