Caitlín and John Matthews - The Poems Of Myrddyn Wyllt - International Merlin Conference 2020 #4

The Poems Of Myrddyn Wyllt
This talk present completely revised and reworked translations of the poems attributed to the 6th century bard, Myrddyn, also known as Myrddyn Wyllt (The Wild). In this presentation I will give a brief introduction to the poems followed by readings of several of these, read by myself and Caitlín Matthews.

John Matthews (Oxford, UK) is a New York Times bestselling author who has written more than one hundred books on myth, faery, the Arthurian Legends, and Grail Studies. John has appeared on the History Channel and Discovery Channel, and he was an advisor and contributor on Jerry Bruckheimer's film King Arthur. His upcoming book is titled The Book of
Merlin and due to be released in July of 2020.

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TheHeartofMerlin.com presents the International Merlin Conference 2020. The aim of this event is to create conversation and community during this time of worldwide crisis. This conference will happen on April 18 and the entire event will happen online. Speakers will include John and Caitlín Matthews, Adam Ardrey, Mark Walker. Justin K Prim, Stephen Holden.

The legend of Merlin has been popular since early Medieval times and his story, along with the characters he's inspired (Gandalf, Dumbledore, and Obi Wan Kenobi), remain popular to this day. In the last few years, Merlin has seen an enormous amount of attention and popularity between the Merlin TV series and several movie that have touched on the Merlin story such as Guy Ritchie's King Arthur as well as the upcoming adaptions of The Sword in the Stone and T.A. Barron's The Lost Years of Merlin. This conference offers the chance to learn more about the history, legend, and lore of history's favorite wizard through a series of presentations by authors and scholars.

This one-day event took place on Saturday April 18, 2020.