Merlin levitation claim in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Brittanniae is true.

• A. True
• B. Not mentioned
• C. False
• D. It is unclear

Answer: (C)

In Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae, Merlin is introduced as a powerful magical figure whose acts serve to illuminate prophecy, political legitimation, and the shaping of Britain’s early history. The miracles attributed to Merlin in the narrative are part of that legendary aura and are described within a storytelling framework that blends myth with pseudo-history. However, the text does not present a specific episode of Merlin levitating as a fact that is stated or proven within the narrative. Since the historic text does not claim that such a levitation actually occurred, saying that Merlin’s levitation claim is true would be attributing a factual event to the Historia’s account that it does not establish. The most accurate reading is that the levitation claim is not part of what Geoffrey treats as a historical or legendary record in this work. If you’re comparing later legends or other medieval romances, you may encounter levitation in other contexts, but not as a confirmed claim in this Historia.