 It consists of a series of obscure prophetic utterances attributed to Merlin which he claimed to have translated from an unspecified language.The third work attributed to Geoffrey is the hexameter poem "Vita Merlini" ("Life of Merlin"), based more closely on traditional material about Merlin than the other works.Here he is known as Merlin of the Woods ("Merlinus Sylvestris") or Scottish Merlin ("Merlinus Caledonius") and is portrayed as an old man living as a crazed and grief-stricken outcast in the forest.