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"I guess Merlin was the King's employee and had to do what the boss wanted

The story makes me think of something else, which is that Celtic women had sexual freedom compared to their Roman counterparts. Here is a quote:

"...a very witty remark is reported to have been made by the wife of Argentocoxus, a Caledonian, to Julia Augusta. When the empress was jesting with her, after the treaty, about the free intercourse of her sex with men in Britain, she replied: "We fulfill the demands of nature in a much better way than do you Roman women; for we consort openly with the best men, whereas you let yourselves be debauched in secret by the vilest." Such was the retort of the British woman."

Uther and Igraine were probably having an affair, maybe the story is to save her from embarasment."