Merlin is the deuteragonist of Disney's 1963 animated feature film The Sword in the Stone. Regarded as the world’s most powerful wizard, Merlin tasks himself in educating a young boy named Arthur. Though wise in his own right, Merlin's absentmindedness tends to complicate his teachings—especially in the eyes of his crotchety familiar, Archimedes. Merlin is a wizard of unspecified origin who is first seen living in a forest cottage. It is unknown how he acquired his pet owl, Archimedes…
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