Merlin’s Beard

Fiction featuring Merlin

Works involving the mythical figure Merlin have been popular since the renewed interest in the legend of King Arthur in modern times. As noted by Arthurian scholar Alan Lupack, "numerous novels, poems and plays center around Merlin. In American literature and popular culture, Merlin is perhaps the most frequently portrayed Arthurian character."

Beard

A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, beards are most common among pubescent and adult males, though some women also develop them in a condition called hirsutism.

Merlin

Merlin is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a prophet and a magician, along with several other main roles. The familiar depiction of Merlin, based on an amalgamation of historical and legendary figures, was introduced by the 12th-century Catholic cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth and then built on by the French poet Robert de Boron and prose successors in the 13th century. Geoffrey's account presented Merlin as a prophet and royal advisor to Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon.

merlin

Noun

1. A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

Noun

1. A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.

beard

Noun

1. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
2. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.

Verb

1. To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
2. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.