In this telling the boy is identified as the young Merlin. The story is repeated in Geoffrey of Monmouth's fictional History of the Kings of Britain (c. The boy tells Vortigern that the white dragon symbolises the Saxons and that the red dragon symbolises the people of Vortigern. They continue their fight and the red dragon finally defeats the white dragon. Vortigern excavates the hill, freeing the dragons. The boy tells the king of the two dragons.
Vortigern finds such a boy, but on hearing that he is to be put to death to solve the demolishing of the walls, the boy dismisses the knowledge of the advisors. Vortigern consults his advisers, who tell him to find a boy with no natural father, and to sacrifice him. Every night, unseen forces demolish the castle walls and foundations. The relevant story takes place at Dinas Emrys when Vortigern tries to build a castle there. The earliest usage of the white dragon as a symbol of the Anglo-Saxons is found in the Historia Brittonum.
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