User blog comment:Fimber/Elements of classic literature and religion in "Merlin"/@comment-5659316-20130202004258

Dang it, you're making me wish I'd actually read Mopy Dick like I pretended to as a little kid after watching the film Matilda! Then I could have something useful to say about your comparsions here. Sadly, all I can do about that is nod and smile.

That said, as far as the religious element goes, I really think Merlin, to me at least, was pretty overtly a watered-down (I hate to say "kiddie", but there's not a better word I can think of...) version of the typcial literary Arthurian 'war' between the pagans and the christians. Mists of Avalon, Gwenhwyfar: the White Spirit, pretty much ANY Arthurian legend book with pagan characters, can be compared to a lot of things/characters in Merlin.