Dr Mary Bateman

Which I find super interesting because I know that at Glastonbury Tor they found traces of early metalworking. on the tour. It's real. I mean, it's not. But it's just, I like it when there's funny little circumstances like that that line up. And Merlin is the other important addition here.

Which I find super interesting because I know that at Glastonbury Tor they found traces of early metalworking. on the tour. It's real. I mean, it's not. But it's just, I like it when there's funny little circumstances like that that line up. And Merlin is the other important addition here.

There's an earlier figure in the Welsh tradition called Myrddin. Right. And he's a poet and he's a prophet as well. But Geoffrey takes him and gives him a much more detailed story. He's not limited to the reign of Arthur. So he's a sort of royal advisor from Arthur's forebears right through down to Arthur.

There's an earlier figure in the Welsh tradition called Myrddin. Right. And he's a poet and he's a prophet as well. But Geoffrey takes him and gives him a much more detailed story. He's not limited to the reign of Arthur. So he's a sort of royal advisor from Arthur's forebears right through down to Arthur.

Yeah. He's also supposedly responsible, according to Geoffrey, for bringing Stonehenge over to Britain. Yes. So he's got some interesting stories connected with him.

Yeah. He's also supposedly responsible, according to Geoffrey, for bringing Stonehenge over to Britain. Yes. So he's got some interesting stories connected with him.

Let me give you a clue.

Let me give you a clue.

The sound in Welsh is produced with letters that look like a double D. So it looks like Mervyn.

The sound in Welsh is produced with letters that look like a double D. So it looks like Mervyn.

Wow! Yeah, that's the running theory anyway.

Wow! Yeah, that's the running theory anyway.

Shitty the Prophet doesn't really have the same ring to it.

Shitty the Prophet doesn't really have the same ring to it.

Yeah, essentially.

Yeah, essentially.

I think Geoffrey leaves it open to question. And that becomes a lot more prominent later. So a lot of Geoffrey's other kings, we're told they died in this state. They were buried here quite often. With Arthur, we're told that he's taken off to Avalon for healing after this terrible final battle at Camelan. And then the crown passes to the successor.

I think Geoffrey leaves it open to question. And that becomes a lot more prominent later. So a lot of Geoffrey's other kings, we're told they died in this state. They were buried here quite often. With Arthur, we're told that he's taken off to Avalon for healing after this terrible final battle at Camelan. And then the crown passes to the successor.

But we're not actually given that information about whether he dies or how he dies. And people love to elaborate on that later on. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

But we're not actually given that information about whether he dies or how he dies. And people love to elaborate on that later on. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.