Morgan le Fay On Screen: Rosemary Theby
Perhaps the first actress to play Morgan le Fay onscreen (if she wasn’t and someone knows of an even earlier portrayal, please let me know!) was...
The Origins of Morgan le Fay: Morgan and Island Goddesses
In her earliest incarnations, Morgan is the ruler of a magical island, similar to Circe and Calypso of Homer’s Odyssey, and to Niamh of the Golden...
Morgan le Fay: Modern Morgan
It was through A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court that Morgan le Fay re-emerged in the 20th century through a new medium: cinema....
Morgan Le Fay: The Fairy Queen as Villain
In the late 12th century, the German poet Hartman von Aue wrote the Arthurian epic Erec, based on Chrétien de Troyes’ Erec et Enide. Although Morgan...
Morgan le Fay: Good Fairy or Bad Fairy?
As we have seen in the 13th century French romance Floriant et Florete, Morgan le Fay’s links with the folkloric motif of fairy abductions was...
Morgan Le Fay: Mother Goddess
She said to the King, Oh my brother, This happy dwelling is not always given to me; And, as a wise fairy who wishes her learning to grow, I cannot...