Conversation today turned to world building and some roots I pull from. I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for media (novel, graphic novel, movies, etc.) that render Morgan Le Fey as something other than the spouse-slaying, purportedly incestuous seducing, child abusing Arthur scorned so vengeance seeking witch. You know something like what Gardner did with Grendel or that Wicked rewrite of the Oz mythos. Basically my own Arthuriana reference points end with White's books and while on a political level there is an acknowledged "You know, she and the Orkneys kinda aren't -wrong- necessarily" so much of her character beyond her geo-political legacy sort of frames her as a pscyhologically brittle scorned women who passes her insecurities onto her sons. I find it hard to believe there aren't different tellings in the past 60 years that tell the story differently, so curious if anyone has any suggestions.
Conversation today turned to world building and some roots I pull from. I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for media (novel, graphic novel, movies, etc.) that render Morgan Le Fey as something other than the spouse-slaying, purportedly incestuous seducing, child abusing Arthur scorned so vengeance seeking witch. You know something like what Gardner did with Grendel or that Wicked rewrite of the Oz mythos. Basically my own Arthuriana reference points end with White's books and while on a political level there is an acknowledged "You know, she and the Orkneys kinda aren't -wrong- necessarily" so much of her character beyond her geo-political legacy sort of frames her as a pscyhologically brittle scorned women who passes her insecurities onto her sons. I find it hard to believe there aren't different tellings in the past 60 years that tell the story differently, so curious if anyone has any suggestions.
a rather silly book i read called the wizard's dog or something like that renders morgan as a disciple of merlin who trying to contact her farther finds out their father is a lord of fey who suddenly taken an interest in killing merlin thanks to her.
Marion Zimmer Bradley and The Magic Tree House are the only representations I have any experience with, although Magic Tree House is obviously light on Arthuriana. According to the internet, the following also exist:
Welwyn Wilton Katz's The Third Magic (1988), Fay Sampson's Daughter of Tintagel (1992), Nancy Springer's I Am Morgan le Fay (2001), J. Robert King's Le Morte D'Avalon (2003), and Felicity Pulman's I, Morgana (2014). Cindy Mediavilla praised two still antagonistic but in her opinion non-stereotypical portrayals of Morgan in the 21st-century television series Merlin (2008, played by Katie McGrath) and Camelot (2011, played by Eva Green) "as being among the most fully realized versions of her character in any medium." Some modern authors, especially women, are also particularly interested in the theme of a love-hate relationship between Morgan and Arthur, as studied by Raymond H.Thompson.
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Conversation today turned to world building and some roots I pull from. I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for media (novel, graphic novel, movies, etc.) that render Morgan Le Fey as something other than the spouse-slaying, purportedly incestuous seducing, child abusing Arthur scorned so vengeance seeking witch. You know something like what Gardner did with Grendel or that Wicked rewrite of the Oz mythos. Basically my own Arthuriana reference points end with White's books and while on a political level there is an acknowledged "You know, she and the Orkneys kinda aren't -wrong- necessarily" so much of her character beyond her geo-political legacy sort of frames her as a pscyhologically brittle scorned women who passes her insecurities onto her sons. I find it hard to believe there aren't different tellings in the past 60 years that tell the story differently, so curious if anyone has any suggestions.
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a rather silly book i read called the wizard's dog or something like that renders morgan as a disciple of merlin who trying to contact her farther finds out their father is a lord of fey who suddenly taken an interest in killing merlin thanks to her.
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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradely tells the story of Morgan in a very interesting way. It is a good book, but around 900 pages long.
Marion Zimmer Bradley and The Magic Tree House are the only representations I have any experience with, although Magic Tree House is obviously light on Arthuriana. According to the internet, the following also exist: