Gorlois
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In Arthurian legend, Gorlois of Tintagel was the Duke of Cornwall. He was the first husband of King Arthur's mother Igraine and the father of her daughters, Arthur's half-sisters. Her second husband w
Igraine and Gorlois in Władysław T. Benda's illustration for Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping (1903). In much of modern Arthurian tradition (a prominent example is 1983's The Mists of Avalon), he is portrayed as a jealous and abusive husband
Morgan le Fay
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Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgana, Morgain, Morgant, Morgne, Morgayn, Morgein, and Morgue among other names and spellings, is a powerful and ambiguous enchantress from the legend of King A
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…treachery.) Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, following the later tradition of Merlin and French prose cycles, features Gorlois as the father of Morgan le Fay, Morgause, and Elaine, who are roughly corresponding with Brimesent, Belisent and Blasine in Gorlois' "Hoel" variant. After Gorlois' death, his three…
Morgan le Fay by Frederick Sandys
A detail of The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon by Edward Burne-Jones (1898), showing Morgan (with her sisters) in her initial literary portrayal and role from Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century poem Vita Merlini
Morgan le Fay by Edward Burne-Jones (1862)
Henry Fuseli's Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen (c. 1788)