Yay! A [finally] interesting thread! I haven't been posting on the Books forum for a couple of days now [because I couldn't find any good topics-not that they weren't interesting mind you and I would have posted on those topics if I had time and the questions weren't so repetitive].
I bid my most humble greetings to
Eregal. A wonderful thread you have started.
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here is my thought. according to the book "that hideous strength" by CS Lewis, the wizard merlin came from across the sea from the west that was lost, and knew about fallen numenor (spelled numinor). Lewis responded to readers who asked about Numinor by telling them that they would have to wait for his friend Professor Tolkiens writing to find out more about it. could it be that one of the blue wizards was Merlin. a few things to thinkabout: 1) merlin has always been linked with the color blue, 2)he was a flawed character in the arthurian legends, possibly stemming from a flawed past (tolkien points to the possiblilty that the blue wizards may have fallen away) 3)his part in arthurs life may hav been somewhat of a penance 4)Avalon and Valinor both are islands to the west which can only be reached by permission, and also sound alike, 5)arthur was taken to avalon to receive healing and perhaps Merlin was finally permitted back to the lost west.
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Yes, I've been pondering much about this myself. Your idea is very valid [though much study has to be done on my part]. Do these stories really have links to the Arthurian legends? According
Eregal's findings, they might be. I shall have more research to do after this post.
[ March 12, 2003: Message edited by: InklingElf ]