The huntsman nodded to Robin, who was standing behind, and held the hound's eyes with his own. He said, "Good dog, Beaumont the valiant, sleep now, old friend Beaumont, good old dog." Then Robin's falchion let Beaumont out of this world, to run free with Orion and to roll among the stars. The Wart did not like to watch Master Twyti for a moment or two. The strange, little leathery man stood up without saying anything and whipped the hounds off the corpse of the boar as he was accustomed to do. He put his horn to his lips and blew the four long notes of the mort without a quaver. But he was blowing the notes for something else, and he startled the Wart because he seemed to be crying. Narrator p. 160 Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), British Puritan general and Lord Protector of England from 1653-58. King Arthur Carrousel • Le Pays des Contes de Fées • PLAY! • Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom • Sword in the Stone Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher and pupil of Plato, noted for works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and so on. In Kingdom Hearts II, Merlin, now voiced by Jeff Bennett, [46] has moved to Hollow Bastion to aid Leon's group as part of the town's restoration committee, though he is at odds with Cid, who prefers his own computer expertise over Merlin's magic. Merlin again instructs Sora, Donald, and Goofy in the art of magic, and again requests that they retrieve the stolen parts of the Pooh storybook. At one point in the game, he is summoned to Disney Castle by Queen Minnie to counter the threat of Maleficent, and he constructs a door leading to Disney Castle's past (Timeless River) for the trio to explore and stop Maleficent and Pete's plans.

After he is crowned King, the Wart is given gifts from all over the world and from his friends, both animal and human. Sir Ector sends him a dunce cap, which transforms into Merlyn. The wizard explains that the Wart is Uther's son, and that his real name is Arthur. Revisions century Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote The History of the Kings of Britain bringing the stories of Merlin and Arthur together and introducing the sword. This is the Forest of the Burbly Water," said Merlyn, "and we are going to visit the giant Galapas. Now listen. You are invisible at the moment, because you are holding my hand. I am able to keep myself invisible by an exercise of will-power — an exceedingly exhausting job it is — and I can keep you invisible so long as you hold on to me. It takes twice as much will-power, but there. If, however, you let go of me even for a moment, during that moment you will become visible, and, if you do it in the presence of Galapas, he will munch you up in two bites. So hold on.” Merlyn p. 184 Thurneysen, R. "Zur Keltischen Literatur und Grammatik", Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, Volume 12, p. 281ff. As these lessons begin, Merlyn gives Wart the opportunity to have some magical adventures. In the first of these, he transforms him into a perch and they swim in the castle's moat, encountering a fearsome pike. Following this, Kay and Wart go bowhunting in the woods and kill some rabbits. They encounter a crow and realize they are in proximity to a witch's cottage. The witch, Madam Mim, traps them in her home. They are able to escape with the help of a talking goat and the eventual arrival of Merlyn. Merlyn challenges Madame Mim to a magical duel. They transform into different forms and Merlyn is nearly defeated but narrowly wins by becoming a germ of disease.Stories about Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table appear all over Europe. Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur was published in 1485. There have been numerous retellings and stories based on the legends. One of the most famous novel adaptations is T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, which was published in 1938. Walt Disney made a film version of the novel in 1963. “The Sword in the Stone” is also a two-part episode in the 2011 BBC series Merlin. Queen Morgana Loses Excalibur His Sheath." Howard Pyle's illustration for The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903) White's novel Earth Stopped (1934) and its sequel Gone to Ground (1935) are science fiction novels about a disaster that devastates the world. Gone to Ground contains several fantasy stories told by the survivors that were later reprinted in The Maharajah and Other Stories. [7] Evelyn M Perry. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Novel". Farmingham State College. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006 . Retrieved 1 June 2007.

villein any of a class of feudal serfs who by the thirteenth century had become freemen in their legal relations to all except their lord, to whom they remained subject as slaves.

The film begins in England with the death of the king, Uther Pendragon. No heir is named, and so England is threatened to be torn apart by war. Miraculously, the mystical " Sword in the Stone" appears in London, with an inscription proclaiming that whomever pulls it out is the rightful King of England. Many try to remove the sword, but none succeed and the sword is soon forgotten, leaving England in dark ages. After he is crowned, Wart is given gifts from all over the world and from his friends, both animal and human. Sir Ector sends him a dunce cap, which transforms into Merlyn. The wizard explains that Wart is Uther's son, and that his real name is Arthur. Bromwich, R.; Simon Evans, D. (1992). Culhwch and Olwen. An Edition and Study of the Oldest Arthurian Tale. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 9780708311271.