#merlin falcon

[wak-ko-mole]

Merlin hc:

Animals love merlin, instead of being afraid like how they would towards others, they ”attract” towards him. He even has a falcon, of course the one of his namesake, who follows him around.

Plants also flourish in his care and presence. If he sits somewhere too long in the grass, flowers of different verieties yet beautiful nonetheless surround him like a fae circle, with flowers replacing the mushrooms/discoloured grass.

[worthyprnce]

✶— merlin · [falco columbarius]:

a small species of falcon

✶— gawain · [celtic]

name with celtic origin, meaning battle hawk, white falcon, little falcon or white hawk

✶— falcon

in medieval times, falcons symbolized power, status, nobility, love, daring and mystery. in late medieval courtly literature, falcons were associated with daring, mysterious and catastrophic love.

✶—tulip [tulipa]

"I declare my love for you"

✶— honeysuckle [lonicera]

devotion, affection

✶— cornflower [centaurea cyanus]

"hope in love"

✶— ivy [hedera]

fidelity, attachment

[I don't know exactly what I wanted with this. I did this mostly for myself, just because I couldn't stop thinking about this little parallel between merlin's and gwaine's names. I made gwaine's falcon with white and lighter colours because I wanted to represent the other meaning of his name, white falcon, but I made sure to let the top of his head gray/blueish because that's what a male merlin falcon looks like. also, gwaine's not albino, at least it wasn't my intention, but it's okay if you want to interpret it that way. I noticed I used colours that would make him look like he's albino only when I finished this lol but all I wanted to do was differentiate the two falcons and make that reference to gawain's name meaning.

anyway this took me a good amount of 19 hours and it crashed my app and phone. I lost my original canva but thankfully I had saved the art in my phone in time. it was a fun experience, I've never drawn feathers like this, so it was a bit challenging but I like the results :]

[crypitd]

A ''Merry'' Merlin Falcon on Morning Bird Monday

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[zazu75]

This looks marvelous! :D im gonna turn it into a sticker

[wingedjewels]

Staring Contest with Merlin Falcon by Kitty Kono Via Flickr: Today in Valley Forge

[jdibe22686]

Merlin, protecting prey. Sullivan Maine

[tendervulture]

Look, I know the etymologies for “Merlin” and “merlin” are completely different but have you considered?

[backyard-birds]

Oh no, I’ve been spotted!