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Mother, maiden, matron: the origin of Morgan le Fay, as it pertains to Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur

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dc.contributor.authorA., Y.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-02T18:22:30Z
dc.date.available2023-02-02T18:22:30Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe origin of the Arthurian mythos has long engrossed scholars and enthusiasts alike for centuries, and, perhaps, no character has bewildered scholars more than Morgan le Fay. Throughout the many iterations of the Arthurian legend, Morgan le Fay has been characterized in incompatible ways; as both an ally and foe to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, this juxtaposed characterization is fully established as he characterizes Morgan le Fay as both King Arthur's chief antagonist as well as the figure who welcomes him into Avalon at the end of the text. This essay serves to exam the origin of Morgan le Fay as a literary character and, by examining and understanding her influences, justify her conflciting and inconsistent portrayls in the Arthurian continuum, specifically within Malory's epic poem.
dc.identifier.citationA., Y. (2022). Mother, Maiden, Matron: The Origin of Morgan le Fay, as it pertains to Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur. MacEwan University Student EJournal, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.31542/muse.v6i1.2242
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31542/muse.v6i1.2242
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2942
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectMorgan le Fay
dc.subjectliterary criticism
dc.titleMother, maiden, matron: the origin of Morgan le Fay, as it pertains to Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthuren
dc.typeStudent Article

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