We'll learn early on in the series that these nature-bound powers are tied to her ability to call upon nature spirits, referred to as The Hidden. Unlike details about the character herself, the meaning of her name is a lot less cloaked in mystery. The name is of Celtic origin and is one of the names traditionally given to the Lady of the Lake. The legend of Nimue and Merlin is somewhat complicated and, like many details surrounding the characters, tends to change with each retelling.
In the Lancelot-Grail or Vulgate Cycle version, Nimue manipulates Merlin into teaching her all of his magical secrets before trapping him inside of a tree. Nimue still curses Merlin into a tree, but only as a way to stop his unwanted advances toward her.
Merlin had even foreseen his fate, yet he was so infatuated with Nimue that he allowed for it to happen anyway. In the Netflix series, Merlin has a much, much different relationship with Nimue. We'll let you discover the shocking swap yourself, but it seems that Cursed really threw out the book on this one.
And lastly, the Lady Of The Lake's main association with the sword is keeping it safe only to make sure the weapon ends up in the hands of King Arthur. That's it. The literature never goes into further detail about her connection with the sword, such as why she was given this task in the first place or how she initially came by the sword to begin with. Colin Morgan Merlin as Merlin. Richard Wilson Gaius as Gaius.
Angel Coulby Gwen as Gwen. David Durham Tom as Tom. Katie McGrath Morgana as Morgana. Bradley James Arthur as Arthur. James Hawes. Storyline Edit. When Gwen's father exhibits symptoms, Merlin waves Gaius's warning by curing him.
Arthur reports the recovery, and Uther orders her execution at the stake. Merlin tells Gwen's caring mistress, Morgana, only Arthur can help him fight the monster an afanc , which they search for in the dragon's cave.
Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia First appearance of Nimueh. Goofs Gwen prepares a "sandwich" for her father but this name for that type of food has only been in use since the 18th century. Quotes Arthur : Merlin is a wonder, but the wonder is that he's such an idiot. User reviews 2 Review. He survived, however, and summoned the power of the old magic to strike Nimueh with a lightning bolt, killing her, and using her death to save Gaius Le Morte d'Arthur.
Arthur later learned from the spirit of his deceased mother that Nimueh had used magic to create him, but he was led to believe that this was a lie, even though this was the truth The Sins of the Father.
Merlin also mentioned Nimueh when he and Gaius discussed the Cup of Life , saying that he thought the Cup was destroyed when he killed Nimueh. Nimueh on the Isle of the Blessed. Nimueh appears as an embittered woman who wishes to bring ruin on Camelot and Uther Pendragon in revenge for the events of the Great Purge, which resulted in the deaths of her family and friends.
She displays a mischievous exterior, and appears to have some level of vanity as well. Her youthful appearance is a mystery, though in The Poisoned Chalice it is speculated that she can cast illusions through the use of magic. She seems to play a part in the Great Purge since she obviously was capable of choosing who had to die in exchange for another life, hence taking Ygraine's life and causing Uther's wrath. In Excalibur , Nimueh claimed that she did not know that Ygraine would die but that the Old Religion did not care who would live or die, yet it is unlikely that she did not know since she was a High Priestess of the Old Religion and also a seer.
She was also blamed by Gaius and Merlin to be the one who chooses who had to die to which she did not object but proved them right when choosing Gaius' life in Le Morte d'Arthur in exchange for the life of Merlin's mother Hunith. Even though Uther was warned that someone will have to die for the life of his son, Nimueh did not tell him that it would be someone close to him.
It is unknown why Nimueh obviously chose Ygraine intentionally. However, the life for a life-policy seemed to be continued only as long as the Questing Beast appeared, a creature of the Old Religion that appeared on the day of Ygraine's death as well as when Arthur was mortally wounded by it and who was later rescued by Merlin when he killed Nimueh.
After the Questing Beast and Nimueh's death, numerous lives were saved at the hands of magic, yet without the demand of taking another life in exchange.
As a High Priestess of the Old Religion , Nimueh was a very powerful sorceress who mastered control of the elements as well as the power over life and death. She claimed to have the power of prediction, suggesting that she was a Seer.
Using a scrying fount , she's able to remotely view events as they occur. She may also have been capable of magically communicating with individuals at a great distance, as suggested by her conversation with Uther the night before his duel with the wraith of Tristan de Bois. She was in possession of the Cup of Life , and had access to its tremendous power, something many other sorcerers like Morgause longed for.
She was able to easily stop Merlin's magical attack on her during their final confrontation by absorbing it into her hand. However, she didn't manage to kill him because of his natural resilience to magic and he ended up seemingly slaying the powerful sorceress. Furthermore, despite her power of prediction, she was, according to the Great Dragon , at first unaware of Merlin's greatness.
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