Estoire de Merlin

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Arthurian romance literary work prose narrative

Estoire de Merlin is a medieval French prose romance focusing on the wizard Merlin and the early life and reign of King Arthur, forming a key part of the Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian literature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lancelot-Grail cycle 3
Estoire de Merlin canonical 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
prose narrative ⓘ
basedOn Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae NERFINISHED ⓘ
earlier Merlin traditions ⓘ
containsEpisode Arthur’s conception ⓘ
Arthur’s drawing of the sword from the stone ⓘ
Uther’s deception at Tintagel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vortigern’s collapsing tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishment of Arthur’s kingship ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
focusesOn Merlin’s prophetic powers ⓘ
Merlin’s role as Arthur’s advisor ⓘ
conception of Arthur ⓘ
early life of King Arthur ⓘ
life of Merlin ⓘ
reign of King Arthur ⓘ
rise of Arthur to the throne ⓘ
genre Arthurian literature ⓘ
prose romance ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasCharacter Gawain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knights of the Round Table NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulfin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme divine providence ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
legitimacy of Arthur’s rule ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
hasVersion Suite du Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vulgate Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Post-Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
later Arthurian prose romances ⓘ
language Old French ⓘ
medieval French ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryTradition French Arthurian prose cycle ⓘ
mainCharacter Blaise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Igraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uther Pendragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vortigern NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFrame dictation of Merlin to Blaise ⓘ
partOf Lancelot-Grail Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
setting Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Camelot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tintagel NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ

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

Vulgate Cycle → hasPart → Estoire de Merlin ⓘ
Matter of Britain → hasRelatedWork → Estoire de Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle
Elaine of Benoic → partOf → Estoire de Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle
Sir Bors → prominentInWork → Estoire de Merlin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle