Morgause
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Morgause is a popular name of a legendary queen and member of King Arthur's family in the Matter of Britain literature, where she is always a queen and usually Arthur's sibling. However, her name vari
Young Gareth appealing to his mother Queen Bellicent (i.e. Morgause) to let him go serve King Arthur in Tales from Tennyson, 1902 (adapted from Malory)
A 2000 photo of Joan Allen who played the antagonist Morgause in The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Emilia Fox in 2013
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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…most cases, she is the wife or widow of Lot, ruling over a northern realm such as Orkney, Lothian, Scotland, or Norway. She often has sisters, notably Morgan, with whom she is being sometimes conflated into a single character by modern authors. In medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances based on or inspired…
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)