Morgana

[psychodudeneo]

No: HPFGUIDX 53308

I was just browsing through the Lexicon when I found this entry:

"Morgana -  
The famous Witch Morgana, like Merlyn, figures into the King Arthur 
legend.  According to the legend, Morgan le Fay, or Morgana, was the 
witch in the castle that Wart and Kay encountered with Robin Wood 
(Robin Hood for the unenlightened), Maid Marian, Little John, and the 
merry men to rescue Friar Tuck, the Dog Boy, and an old man named 
Wat."

Pardon me, but that's not how Morgan le Fey figures into the 
Arthurian Legends at ALL.  It's simply how she was represented in a 
single book: "The Sword in the Stone".  

Obviously, in the actual Athurian legends, Robin Hood and his Merry 
Men didn't appear either.

In the classical legends, Morgan le Fey was Arthur's half-sister.  
She seduced Arthur and bore him an illegitaminte son, Sir Mordred.  
For years, Morgan and Mordred plotted on some way to get Mordred to 
actually be pronounced heir, but Arthur would not recognize him.

Anyways, sorry if this sounds rude, or if you'd heard this before.  
It's just refering to a book like "The Sword in the Stone" as a 
definative source of Arthurian Legend (Morgan actually has 
autographed pictures of herself with famous modern celebrities in her 
room!  Neon lamps!) seemed a bit . . . er, of an odd choice.

"psychodudeneo"

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