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UTHER PENDRAGON

Uther Pendragon is a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain and the father of King Arthur. A few minor references to Uther appear in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae, and Geoffrey’s account of the character was used in most later versions. He is a fairly ambiguous individual throughout the literature, but is described as a strong king and a defender of the people. Merlin magically disguises Uther to look like his enemy Gorlois, enabling Uther to rape Gorlois’ wife Lady Igraine. This act of conception occurs the very night that Uther’s troops dispatch Gorlois. Uther’s epithet Pendragon (composed of Welsh pen, “head, chief, top” and dragon, “dragon; warrior”) literally means “Chief-Dragon” or “Head-Dragon”, but in a figurative sense “chief of warriors”. The name was misinterpreted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae to mean “dragon’s head”. According to Geoffrey and works based on his version, Uther acquired the epithet when he witnessed a portentous dragon-shaped comet, which inspired him to use dragons on his standards.