# Merlin — Don Quixote character guide

> Merlin in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** that French enchanter Merlin, Señor Merlin

**First appearance:** 0095-part-ii-xxxv

## Who they are

The legendary enchanter who appears in a prophecy to Dulcinea.

## In the story

### [Wherein is continued the instruction given to Don Quixote touching the disenchantment of Dulcinea, together with other marvellous incidents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxv)

Appears as a skeleton-like figure on the car, delivers the prophecy that Sancho must receive 3,300 lashes of his own free will to disenchant Dulcinea.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xl)

Mentioned as the maker of the wooden horse Clavileño.

### [Of the arrival of Clavileño and the end of this protracted adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xli)

Mentioned in the parchment as the arch-enchanter whose decree involves Dulcinea's disenchantment.

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