Morgan le Fay is a character from Arthurian Legend who is most commonly and enemy to King Arthur. Initial versions of her character portray her as a fairy or a simple healer, but later Medieval variations reinvent her as a human woman who is a powerful sorceress and often wages war against Camelot. Many tales describe her as Arthur's half-sister, and she is also sometimes mother to Mordred.
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As with many characters in Arthurian Legend, Morgan le Fay has been written and rewritten as both a villain and an ally to King Arthur. Besides her typical role as supernatural enemy, she is often described as one of the four supernatural women who bear a mortally-wounded Arthur to the Isle of Avalon after the Battle of Camlann.
Morgan le Fay is a character from Arthurian Legend who is most commonly and enemy to King Arthur. Initial versions of her character portray her as a fairy or a simple healer, but later Medieval variations reinvent her as a human woman who is a powerful sorceress and often wages war against Camelot. Many tales describe her as Arthur's half-sister, and she is also sometimes mother to Mordred.
Fast Facts
Earliest appearance: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini
Alternate names: Anna, Modron, Morgaine, Morgana, Morgain
Le Fay means "Of the Faerie"
In some legends she is Mordred's mother
Has been written as both half-sister and full-blood sister of Arthur
Priestess of Avalon
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</small> As with many characters in Arthurian Legend, Morgan le Fay has been written and rewritten as both a villain and an ally to King Arthur. Besides her typical role as supernatural enemy, she is often described as one of the four supernatural women who bear a mortally-wounded Arthur to the Isle of Avalon after the Battle of Camlann. </note>
