Prophecies of Merlin

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Arthurian literature literary work medieval prophetic text

Prophecies of Merlin is a medieval collection of prophetic writings attributed to the legendary wizard Merlin, often associated with political and historical predictions about Britain.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
prophecies of Merlin 3
Prophecies of Merlin canonical 1
the Once and Future King prophecy 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian literature ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
medieval prophetic text ⓘ
associatedWith Arthurian legend ⓘ
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth

King Arthur ⓘ
authorAttributedAs Merlin ⓘ
circulatedIn England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
medieval Europe ⓘ
culturalContext medieval British politics ⓘ
medieval historiography ⓘ
hasAuthor Merlin ⓘ
hasCharacter Merlin ⓘ
hasForm collection of prophetic writings ⓘ
hasGenre apocalyptic literature ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
political prophecy ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
hasMotif animal symbolism ⓘ
battle of beasts ⓘ
mysterious signs and portents ⓘ
influenced Renaissance political prophecy ⓘ
later British prophetic literature ⓘ
influencedBy Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Prophetiae Merlini"
language Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Middle Welsh ⓘ
mainSubject Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

British history ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
political events ⓘ
war and conquest ⓘ
narrativeMode allegorical prophecy ⓘ
symbolic vision ⓘ
setInPeriod medieval Britain ⓘ
timeOfOrigin Middle Ages ⓘ
tradition British prophetic tradition ⓘ
Celtic legendary tradition ⓘ
typicalTheme divine judgment ⓘ
dynastic change ⓘ
foreign invasion ⓘ
rise and fall of rulers ⓘ
usedAs legitimization of rulers ⓘ
political propaganda ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merlin → notableWork → Prophecies of Merlin ⓘ
Arthurian legend → hasConcept → Prophecies of Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Once and Future King prophecy
Historia Regum Britanniae → containsEpisode → Prophecies of Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: prophecies of Merlin
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) → introducesMotif → Prophecies of Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: prophecies of Merlin
Y Ddraig Goch → associatedWith → Prophecies of Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: prophecies of Merlin