Morgan Le Fay

Mordred was King Arthurs son by his half sister, Morgause. The incest was unintentional and unknowing but it made King Arthur think Mordred as a nemesis. He persuades the Queen Guinevere into an affair and usurps the throne. Mordred made peace with the Saxon’s who were very hated. King Arthur killed Mordred by the river camel in cornwall.

Two conflicting disciplines are prevalent throughout Arthurian Legend; that of chivalry and that of courtly love. The ideal of each clash throughout the medieval tales, and it is impossible to interfuse the two models for society. Chivalry is a masculine code, an aggressive discipline, whereas courtly love is based upon women - their needs, wants, and desires. The consistent problem if Lancelot and Guinevere’s adulterous relationship in different tellings of the affair relates back to the differences presented in chivalric code and courtly love ideals.

The legend of King Arthur has inspired, and continues to inspire, many retellings of the well known stories and cast of characters. Ranging from film to literature to art, these retellings often include depictions of two key characters in the legend: King Arthur and and the wizard Merlin. Disney’s The Sword and the Stone (1963) and the British Broadcasting Corporation program Merlin (2008-2012) both showcase the relationship between Merlin and Arthur in the development of Arthur, but they differ in approach; in the animated version, Merlin assumes the role of a mentor while the television program depicts Merlin as a friend to Arthur.

Centuries ago a kingdom said to be built upon a foundation of purity, justice, and chivalry emerged from the abyss of war and blood known as the world. The kingdom was ruled over by Arthur Pendragon stories say he was a fair king and what all leaders should strive to be, but what if these stories were wrong. What if the legendary once and future king was a paranoid abusive and cruel man who much preferred looting, murder, and drinking to going on quests, helping those in need, and properly ruling his kingdom. What if Camelot was being ripped apart not by the king's son, but Arthur himself would people still love him. What if Morgana La Fey was trying to use her magic to save the people of Camelot from Arthur. What if Arthur's most trusted adviser

-When she was born, she first came upon the island of Cythera and then she was brought to Cyprus, and Cyprus is a sacred place because it’s a place of worship for Aphrodite.

Rape is an unmistakable reoccurring event in almost all Arthuriana. It is a popular incident in medieval literature and, seemingly, a part of the way of life. No matter who the book was written by, the concept of rape was always included. The literary works that will be analyzed are, Thomas Malory’s ‘La Morte D’Arthur’ and Terence Hanbury’s ‘The Once and Future King’. The focal point of this paper is to give insight on why the idea of sexual violence was so popular to write about during medieval times, especially in the Arthurian legend.

    In all the long history of literature, some fictional characters have loomed above others, written about again and again by various authors of various eras. Arthurian literature is one area of fiction that has always been popular for writers to recreate in new versions, and one of the most intriguing characters of all Arthurian literature is Merlin, the magician/ prophet who aids Arthur early in his reign. As the Arthurian saga develops, so does Merlin, changing from an aloof, druidical character into a more human, magical being, though always retaining some traces of his Welsh origins.

Merlyn, King Arthur’s tutor, was always forgetting to tell King Arthur a specific, important fact. Once Merlyn had finally remembered, Merlyn was too sleepy to let King Arthur know at the moment. The fact was that King Arthur’s mother was Igraine, who was also Queen Morgause’s mother. This made King

Morgan le fay was first introduced in 1150 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. The is when Le Fay was described as a “beautiful healer”. In this story Le Fay is stranded on an island with her nine siblings, and King Arthur. King Arthur who is said to be her half brother gets hurts, and Le Fay uses her witchcraft healing powers, and helps him get better. After this story was told authors changed their perspective on le Fay, and started writing about the relationship issues with King Arthur and Morgan le Fay. The authors changed the story, so the readers stayed interested, and made them wonder what actually happened. Some of the stories say that Le Fay is the

She has been known to shift normal knights from being just normal to knights to the true definition of knighthood. She did this with the knight Lanval, a member of the Round Table. She likes to get involved in the romance commonly by helping the desperate man in the story. Looking at the romances you can find that many of the female characters are “of the lake” and often found around fountains, which were early sites of Celtic worship. Morgan has a tendency to reinvent herself in Arthurian romance.

Merlin's family is one unlike any other. He is the son of a princess and according the text and movie, his father is a demon. In the movie, Queen Mab, queen of the old ways, creates Merlin to save paganism, but he resents these ways because Queen

Morgan Le Fay, also known as Morgan Le Faye, Morgaine, Morge and many other names as well. She is known to be the daughter of Queen Ygraine and her first husband Gorlois. Morgan is often said to be the half-sister of King Arthur. Also, sometimes she is mistress of Merlin, who is said to be the one who taught her magical arts in a nunnery. This is why Morgan Le Fay Is known for witchcraft, healing and the ability to change the way she looks when she desires. Morgan is known to be the largest enigmas of Arthurian legend also the most intelligent and educated woman in that time. She is a female of power. She represents control, manipulation and of course sorcery. She uses different manipulative ways to create her power. During Arthurs reign, she shows up as a shape-shifter. She can turn herself in many things, and anything that she desire to be. In other told legends, she was a fairy, a beautiful young women, a queen, a hag and of course a witch. Morgan Le Fay has a bad reputation, she is a evil, sexual, and temptress. The amount of research material that is available makes it somewhat difficult

Continuing, In Le Morte D’Arthur Merlin is seen as this heartless person because of the trade he did with King Uther of trading a child with a night of pleasure with a married woman. While, on “The Sword and The Stone”, Merlin is illustrated as a kind old magician that wants to help Arthur and guide him with good intentions. Also, the characters in the movie Excalibur, have a different perspective in Arthur becoming their king because the knights and people question Arthur’s worthiness and believe he is not worthy to be King of England because of his young age, and he's believed to be weak. The knights disagree with Arthur becoming king and they blamed Merlin saying he is using his magic for Arthur to pull the sword out with any problem, the knights declared battle to prove Arthur’s worthiness.

In The Acts of King Arthur Morgan Le Fay, his half-sister plots against him to remove him from the throne but in The Winter King, Morgan, also portrayed as his sister love her brother dearly. Morgan is described as Mordred’s (Uther’s son) widow and is Merlin’s ugly priestess in The Winter King, whereas in The Acts of King Arthur, she barely associates with Merlin. Another character that was depicted in a different matter was Guinevere, Arthur’s wife in both legends. In contempt of the fact that Arthur fell in love with Guinevere in both legends, in The Acts of King Arthur, she is said she will be unfaithful to Arthur by Merlin as a warning but Arthur married her anyways. A similar turn of events happened in The Winter King, but before he falls in love with Guinevere he is betrothed to Ceinwyn and risks the peace of Britain in marrying Guinevere. Either way Guinevere was bad news in both

9. Lady of the Lake: Lady of the Lake, a sorceress, is the women who gave King Arthur his sword, Excalibur. She lived in a castle beneath a lake surrounding the mystical island of Avalon. She stole and raised Lancelot when he was a child and cured him when he was malcontent.