who has been around longer jesus or merlin?

Question

in the time of the druid the christian are not at war with the pagans this is a good chance that merlin was here first

Answer 1

Good question. Merlin is derived form the ancient Celtic god Murlynd who was said to have raised the island of Prydein (england) out of the sea. Jesus is derived from ancient Kristos myths of the Egyptians.



If you are talking about popular belief than the answer would be merlin. Celts believed in Merlin thousands of years before Jesus's birth.

Answer 2

Ah the question that needs an answer.

If I am correct Jesus walked the earth around 0 AD till about 36 AD give or take a year. He was the son of God a gave mankind values to live by.

Merlin, even though a fictional character, was born near the end of the Roman occupation of Britain. He taught Arthur who was the b'stard son of Uther, born in Tintagel castle Cornwall. The dates run between 400 and 800AD. So by the legend of Arthur I would say Merlin came a late second to our Lord Jesus Christ by a good 400 years.

Answer 3

Merlin (the "Hawk" in celtic) is actually a late addition to the legends of Arthur. In Thomas Mallory "The Death of Arthur", usually considerd "the" version of the legend from the 12th century, Merlin gets a single reference in which he appears in the form of an old man trying to trick Arthur. He did not become an important part of the legend until around the 14th century. And even then, Merlin (if he had been real) would have lived in the 4th or 5th century.



As Jesus lived in the first century. We have manuscripts of the New Testament that still survive from the first century, plus historical accounts of his life by Josephius (a contemporary, non-Christian historian), the Jewish Talmud, and other letters and writing, catacomb art, and more that offer reliable historical evidence of his existence during the first century.



So looks like Jesus predates Merlin by a mimimum of 400 years, but actually closer to 1400 years.

Answer 4

Jesus was born about 4 B.C. and was crucified and rose from the dead about 33 A.D.If Merlin was really around at all it would of been around the time of King Arthur,about 400 A.D. Mohammed started Islam around 600 A.D. and the Christians started the Crusades about 1000 A.D. to put it in perspective.

Jesus the 2nd person of the trinity has been around forever,I was speaking of his time physically on Earth.

The Trinity 1x1x1=1 God in 3 persons,not,as the Mormons say 1+1+1=3 separate gods(small g intended)

Answer 5

Merlin is a fictional character, Jesus is a Manifestation of God, the funny thing though is, spirituality is magic. A prayer can influence the person you pray for all across the globe, and as we are all connected every spiritual decition towards good we make as individuals ripples across the connection and comes back to us and ripples again like throwing a stone in a pond. Every spiritual action we do affects mankind as a whole, that may be a Baha'i thing reserved to the believers only but i doubt that if a pure soul is doing pure and holy deeds it isn't the same.

Answer 6

Hard to say but if I remember correctly Merlin was first documented in writing around the 10th century. Who knows how long he existed before that is a verbal tradition.



My bet is that Jesus is a few hundred years older than Merlin.

Answer 7

Well, Andrew, the answer (in the physical world) would be dependent upon the existence of Camelot and then, Camelot's period of existence. The earliest I've ever heard succesfully argued for Camelot (with the placement of same near what is now NW England - but that's another argument) and the reign of Arthur was is approximately 320AD +/- 20 years. However, I'm assuming you did mean to ask of Camelot's Merlin (there might have been others with that Title in other parts of Brittany during other time periods).

Answer 8

Merlin

Answer 9

The character that may or may not be real, in the Arthurian Legends, predates the concept of Jesus Christ as we know it. To believers, Jesus has always existed, but even so we did not know of him until after Merlin.

Answer 10

That depends on your perspective but if you are going by the following:



a)they both exist(ed)

b)the time they were first on Earth/believed in



then your answer would be Merlin.



If you go by what some people say about Jesus being God/the son of God, and you don't mean existing actually on Earth then some would say that Jesus has been around longer.

Answer 11

Jesus! Merlin was a from the medieval times. Unless you think he was an "ancient" but then you're watching too many "Star Gate" episodes.

Answer 12

i agree with a lot of the spirit of the questions, its impossible to say until you work out whether Merlin was based on a real person and if so who. He might not be based on one person but a general idea, or a meshing of people in which case his "roots" would be old, but you have to work out which incarnation to date his "birthday" from. Never thought about it before. Cool question.

Answer 13

Do you write questions for every TV program you watch? I also the Merlin docu. on ITV3 or was it ITV 4? Whatever, anyway, I can't think how it inspired you to write a Yahoo Answers Question!!!!

Answer 14

Since Jesus is the Son of God and He was there at the creation, Jesus would be around longer. God said "Let US make man in our image." Later Jesus came down in the form of man to be sacrificed for us.He has been around since the beginning of time.

Answer 15

Jesus was around before humans were made . Genesis 1:26 , John 1:1 . God bless you

Answer 16

Jesus, of course :)

Remember the story of the "Lady of the Lake?" Camelot? etc.... All take place in the middle ages, after Jesus' time on earth in human form :)

Answer 17

Merlin no matter what the buybull says

Answer 18

yes Merlin came first without a doubt!!!!

Answer 19

Either way, Merlin's much cooler.

Answer 20

Think about it:



Merlin has a big white beard, Jesus is just the son of a guy with a big white beard. Who do you think is older?

Answer 21

Jesus was around before time as we know it began, so Jesus has been around longer.

Answer 22

...errmm.

what is the point of this question? do you know how to make a kite? if you dont, why dont u do something meaningful by trying to learn HOW to make one, and then take yourself off somewhere (preferably off the planet) and go fly it where there aint no wind, like on planet alpha centauri or something...

oh, one last thing, perhaps they could teach you how to spell over there...medieval...

Answer 23

Well, let's see... Jesus was born around 6BC. Merlin was born about 600AD. How're your math skills?

Answer 24

Actually Heavenly Father has been around longer. Are even you christian?

Answer 25

Well it has to be Jesus because well I dont know I just say Jesus.

Answer 26

Jesus existed even before the earth was created, read your bible then you'll know.

Answer 27

merlin

Answer 28

Jesus has always existed since he is God>

Answer 29

jesus has been around a lot longer b/cuz merlin doesn't exist at all.

hello !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 30

Jesus. He is the eternal Son of God, so....

Answer 31

both myths probably stem from prehistoric roots

Answer 32

both at the same time, they were in it together

Answer 33

merlin! he's an oldie.

Answer 34

Jesus.

"In the beginning, God..."

Answer 35

DAMN GOOD QUESTION,. THERE ARE SCIENTIFIC FACTS THAT POINT THE THIS ERRA AS REAL AND NOT FICTIONAL.

Answer 36

i'll ask jesus and get back to you!

Answer 37

merilin

Answer 38

TERRY WOGAN....

Answer 39

GOD--------- that was easy.