I have been reading the medieval story ‘Merlin’ by Robert de Boron. (like merlin from the king arthur stories) Merlin’s backstory is absolutely wild in this version. He was almost the antichrist, but god stopped all that. BUT… god also let Merlin keep the sick demon powers…
I think this is probably my favorite part from it:
(My own slightly modified interpretation, obviously, for increased humor)
You can read it here or here. The second link includes some translations of words which is nice.





















