The Matter of Britain character Morgan le Fay (often known as Morgana, and sometimes also as Morgaine and other names) has been featured many times in various works of modern culture, often but not always appearing in villainous roles. Some modern stories merge Morgana's character with her sister Morgause or with aspects of Nimue (the Lady of the Lake). Her manifestations and the roles given to her by modern authors vary greatly, but typically she is being portrayed as a villainess associated with Mordred.
Her stereotypical image, then, is of a seductive, megalomaniacal, power-hungry sorceress who wishes to rule Camelot and overthrow King Arthur, and is a fierce rival of the mage Merlin. Contemporary interpretations of the Arthurian myth sometimes assign to Morgana the role of seducing Arthur and giving birth to the wicked knight Mordred, though traditionally his mother was Morgause, Morgana's sister; in these works Mordred is often her pawn, used to bring about the end of the Arthurian age. Examples of modern Arthurian works featuring Morgana in a role a major antagonist include characters in both the DC Comics (Morgaine le Fey) and Marvel Comics (Morgan le Fay) comic book universes. Some other Arthurian fiction, however, casts Morgana in the various positive or at least more ambivalent roles, and some have her as a protagonist and sometimes a narrator.
Morgan le Fay has become ubiquitous [1] in Arthurian works of modern culture, spanning mostly fantasy and historical fiction across various mediums including literature, comics, film, and television. As Elizabeth S. Sklar noted in 1992: "Currently a cornerstone of the new Arthurian mythos, [she] occupies a secure position in the contemporary Arthurian pantheon, as familiar a figure to modern enthusiasts as Merlin, Lancelot, or King Arthur himself." [2] Additionally, she has become an archetype serving as a source of tropes for many characters in other modern works, some of them borrowing her name in the form Morgana. As in the case of other modern Arthuriana, Le Morte d'Arthur is the dominant source today. [1]
Prior to her 20th-century resurgence, [1] however, Morgan had been largely absent from modern Arthuriana. The relatively few exceptions of an actual Morgan character include William Morris's epic poem The Earthly Paradise (1870), retelling the story of Morgan and Ogier the Dane. [3] [4] In his popular and often-adapted satirical novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), Mark Twain cast Morgan le Fay as a deceptively charmful representative of feudal corruption, [5] who is also capable of the most vicious behavior and flirts with the time-travelling protagonist Hank Morgan, her namesake and essentially similar character [6] or even a double [7] (one film adaptation, A Knight in Camelot , stars Whoopi Goldberg as the female protagonist Vivien Morgan who is the only Morgan character in this version, sharing her first name also with one of the names of the Lady of the Lake; Kim Iverson Headlee also wrote the book's continuation novel from Morgan le Fay's own perspective, King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court).
Since the early 20th century, most modern works feature Morgan as a sorceress and sometimes a priestess, and usually a half-sister of Arthur and sometimes a femme fatale, but some also have her in other roles, including as a fairy or an otherwise non-human character. Many authors effectively merge Morgan with Morgause (traditionally a sister of Morgan and the mother of Mordred from an incestuous union with their brother Arthur) and combine her with the less savory aspects of the Lady of the Lake (this is further positioning a modern Morgan as a nemesis for Merlin, who has never been truly her foe in the medieval Arthurian lore). Such a composite character is then often turned into Mordred's mother or partner. [1] [2] [8] An early instance of such simplifications used to "streamline the plot" was Henry Irving's 1895 stage production King Arthur originally written by W. G. Wills. [9]
Modern authors' versions of Morgan have her usually appear in conventionally villainous roles of a witchlike and irreconcilable enemy of Arthur, recurrently in league with Arthur's bastard son Mordred; [5] be it in the time of the legend or still continuing her feud in the modern era, where she also may be just ruthlessly questing for power or even represent motiveless malevolence. Such Morgan is often devoid of nuances as a merely one-dimensional caricature, [5] [10] examples of which include the portrayals of her in several television films such as Merlin and the Sword (1985, played by Candice Bergen), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995, played by Theresa Russell) and Arthur's Quest (1999, played by Catherine Oxenberg). [11] According to Kevin J. Harty, already in the 1953 film Knights of the Round Table she did exhibit "the sexual wiles as well as the deceit and jealousy by now stereotypical for her character." [12] Sklar described a modern stereotype of Morgan as "the very embodiment of evil dedicated to the subversion of all forms of governance, express[ing] the fears that inevitably accompany the sort of radical cultural change represented by the social realities and ideological imperatives of escalating female empowerment during this (20th) century...a composite of all the patriarchal nightmare-women of literary tradition: Eve, Circe, Medea and Lady Macbeth compressed into a single, infinitely menacing package," and whose "sexuality exceeds even that of her prototype and serves as the chief vehicle for her manipulation of others." [2] Notable examples of this pattern are two comic book supervillainesses, Morgan le Fay (created by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely in 1955) in the Marvel Universe and Morgaine le Fey (created by Jack Kirby in 1972) in the DC Universe. A modern Morgan is often an antagonist character for Arthur, Merlin and their followers to overcome and save Camelot, Avalon, or the entire world. Even in Excalibur (1981), John Boorman's film adaptation of Le Morte d'Arthur, the evil Morgana le Fay (played by Helen Mirren) meets her end at the hands of Mordred, her son in the film, instead of accompanying Arthur to Avalon as she did in the source material.
Nevertheless, other modern versions of Morgan's character can be more sympathetic or ambiguous, or even present her as in an entirely positive light, and some also feature her as a protagonist of a story. [13] Alan Lupack noted in 2007 that a modern Morgan has evolved to become "a woman whose own values and concerns [have] become central in some retellings of the Arthurian story;" [14] Fiona Tolhurst pointed out how "some contemporary novelists sanitize or justify" Morgan's origins as "the oversexed counter-hero in most medieval Arthurian texts." [15] One notable example of this trend is Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon (1983), an influential novel that was later adapted into a television miniseries; [16] other such positions in modern literature, sometimes told in first person from her point of view, include Mary Pope Osborne's series Magic Tree House , 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." [11] 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. [17]
Furthermore, since the late 20th century, some feminists have also adopted Morgan as a representation of female power or of a fading form of feminine spirituality supposedly practised by the Celts or earlier peoples. [18] These interpretations draw upon the original portrayal of Morgan as a benevolent figure with extraordinary healing powers. [18] According to Leila K. Norako, "in addition to her appearances in literature, television, and film, Morgan le Fay is also frequently mentioned in the context of neo-pagan religious groups. She is alternately worshipped as a goddess, hailed as a symbol of feminine power, and adopted as a spiritual name." This development was attributed to the influence of The Mists of Avalon, a revisionist retelling of the legend from a feminist and pro-pagan perspective. [19] [20] People who have been named or named themselves specifically after Arthurian figure of Morgan include Morgana Le Fay O'Reilly [21] and Elizabeth Le Fey. [22] Norako wrote:
Like many characters in the Arthurian legends, Morgan le Fay has been consistently transformed and interpreted by authors and artists for nearly a millennium. [S]he is alternately cast as a healer, villain, enchantress, seductress, or some combination thereof, depending on the needs of the work in question. This versatility has no doubt played a part in the continued cultural relevance that this character has enjoyed across the centuries and continues to hold in contemporary culture as well. [20]
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Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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Camelot 2050 | 2018 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A series of science fantasy novels by David J.R. Cartwright. [23] |
Daughters of Avalon | 2018 | Good | Morgan Pendragon | A series of historical romance novels by Tanya Anne Crosby, in which Morgan's descendants Elspeth and Morwen's are respectively the protagonist and antagonist characters. [24] |
Fata Morgana | 2017 | Good | Morgan the Fae | A series of historical fantasy novels by Jo-Anne Blanco, planned as six trilogies telling about the childhood and early youth of Morgan. [25] |
The Legends of King Arthur | 2017 | Morgana le Fay | A series of historical fantasy novels by Ben Gillman. [26] | |
Lost Camelot | 2017 | Morgan LeFay, Morgan of the Fairies | A series of novels by M.L. Bullock. [27] | |
The Mice of the Round Table | 2017 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series of children's fantasy novels by Julie Leung. The evil Morgan is introduced in Voyage to Avalon [28] and is the antagonist of Merlin's Last Quest. [29] |
Prophecies of Fate | 2017 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series of historical fantasy novels by T. J. Mayhew. [30] [31] [32] |
The Wizard's Dog | 2017 | Good | Morgana | A series of novels by Eric Kahn Gale. [33] |
The Wizards of Once | 2017 | Good | Wish, Morgana | A series of children's fantasy novels by Cressida Cowell, comprising The Wizards of Once (2017), Twice Magic (2018), Knock Three Times (2019), and Never and Forever (2020). [34] The series provides a shared backstory for Morgana (originally known as Wish), King Arthur (Xar), and Sir Lancelot (Bodkin) in which thirteen-year-old Wish, an untrained but unprecedentedly powerful Wizard, works with Xar and Bodkin to end the war between their tribes and defeat the Witches, the series's villains. Wish changes her name to Morgana at the end of the series to mark her coming-of-age. [35] |
Woven | 2017 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A series of fantasy novels by Bree Moore, [36] including Morgan-centered Bound. [36] |
The Archimage Wars | 2016 | Evil | Morgain, Morgana | A series of fantasy novels by Philip Blood. |
Avalon Chronicles | 2016 | Morgana | A series of historical fantasy novels by Alexa Whitewolf. [37] | |
Camelot Reborn | 2016 | Evil | Morgan LaFaye | A series of romance novels by Sharon Ashwood, including Enchanted Warrior, [38] Enchanted Guardian, [39] Royal Enchantment, [40] and Enchanter Redeemed. [41] |
The Chronicles of Mordred | 2016 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A series of fantasy novels by Douglas Clegg. |
The Dragon's Dove Chronicles | 2016 | Other | Morghe ferch Uther | A series of historical fantasy novels by Kim Iverson Headlee, including Dawnflight, Morning's Journey, and Raging Sea. Lady Morghe is introduced in Dawnflight as the youngest child of Uther and Igraine, and she bears little love for her older brother Arthur for wielding control over her life. In Morning's Journey, she assists her betrothed, Arthur's nemesis Chieftain Urien, in a plot against the firstborn son of Arthur and his wife Gyanhumara (Guinevere). [42] Morghe, now the Chieftainess of Clan Muray, [43] and Urien marry in Raging Sea, and they continue their anti-Arthur agenda. [44] |
Guinevere's Tale | 2016 | Morgan | A trilogy of novels by Nicole Evelina in which Morgan is the villain. [45] She a mysterious orphan and gifted priestess of Avalon who becomes Guinevere's rival in the first book, Daughter of Destiny. [46] [47] In 2016's Camelot's Queen, Morgan converts to Christianity. Evelina also plans to write a Morgan's story book. [48] | |
The Invisible Entente | 2016 | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by Krista Walsh. [49] | |
Sons of Camelot | 2016 | Good | Morgana le Fae | A series of fantasy novels by Kim Dragoner. [50] |
Tales of Camelot | 2016 | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by Kieran Higgins, including The Forgotten Sister [51] and The Forbidden Sister. [52] | |
The Igraine Trilogy | 2016 | Morgan | A series by Lavinia Collins. [53] | |
Knights of the Tarot | 2016 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series of romance novels by Nina Mason, starting with Knight of Wands. |
Merlin's Secrets | 2016 | Evil | Morgana | A series of novels by Carmel Niland, beginning with A Darker Magic This Way Comes. [54] |
Morgana's Handmaid | 2016 | Morgana | ||
Nine Morgans | 2016 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by A.L. Tyler, including Morgan in the Mirror [55] and Morgan on the Run. [56] |
Space Lore | 2016 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A series of science fiction novels by Chris Dietzel. [57] |
The Queen of the North | 2016 | Other | Morgan | A series of fantasy novels by Lavinia Collins. [58] |
The Return of Sir Percival | 2016 | Evil | Morgana, Megaera Igaris | A series of romance novels by Alexander O'Keefe, beginning with Guinevere's Prayer. [59] |
The Traveller | 2016 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A series of novels by S.E. Wright, including Children of Avalon, [60] City of the Gods, [61] and Atlantis Bound. [62] |
Arthur's Legacy | 2015 | Morag | A series of novels by J. Hannigan, beginning with The Maid of Camelot, a story of Morag's daughter. | |
Fay Morgan Chronicles | 2015 | Other | Morgan le Fay, Fay Morgan | A series of urban fantasy novels by Katherine Sparrow, including The Magician's Mistake, The Dragon's Secret, The Witch's Hunger, The Demon's Revenge, The Hunter's Prey, and The King's Leash. It features an immortal Morgan as a Wiccan supply store in modern-day Chicago. [63] |
A Merlin Mystery | 2015 | Good | Morgan Pendragon | A series of fantasy novels by Jay Rudd. [64] |
Lakewood | 2015 | Evil | Morgana | A series by Sarah Kleck. |
The Last White Faerie | 2015 | Evil | Morgana, Morgan le Fay | A series by Roger Ewing Taylor. |
The Morgan Trilogy | 2015 | Other | Morgan | A series of fantasy novels by Lavinia Collins: The Witches of Avalon, The Curse of Excalibur, and The Fall of Camelot. [65] Collected as Morgan: An Arthurian Fantasy. [66] |
New Camerlot | 2015 | Evil | Morgan | A series of fantasy romance novels by Torie James. [67] |
New Knights of the Round Table | 2015 | Morgan LaFever | A series by John G. Hartness. [68] | |
Secret Knight | 2015 | Evil | Morgana le Faye | A series by Joshua Elliot James. [69] |
Sons of Camelot | 2015 | Good | Morgana la Fae | A series of fantasy novels by K.T. Tomb. [70] |
Tales of Lady Guinevere | 2015 | Other | Morgaine | A series of noevllas by Mande Matthews. [71] |
Validur | 2015 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by Chance Glenn, beginning with Flames of Camelot. |
Albion's Circle | 2014 | Other | Morgana | A series of novels by Jessica Jarman. |
Arthur Dies at the End | 2014 | Morgan le Fay | Jeffrey Wikstrom's series of comedic retellings of Le Morte d'Arthur , including Morgan le Fay, Queen of Gore. [72] | |
Avalon Relics | 2014 | Good | Morgana | A series of novels by J.L. Clark (Jennifer Yen) featuring the young protagonist Sophia Bennett as a modern descendant of Morgana. [73] |
The Camelot Wars | 2014 | Evil | Morgana, Morgan Le Fay, Morgause | A novel series by Michael Clary. In it, the evil sorceress Morgana invades the modern world, casting a spell that makes all modern technology useless and makes her forces travel the world searching for Arthur to end his life before he can claim the Excalibur and unite the people against her. [74] |
The Children of Arthur | 2014 | Good | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | A series of novels by Tyler R. Tichelaar, including Arthur's Legacy (2014) and Melusine's Gift (2015). [75] Lady Morgana is a druid priestess Lady of Avalon, an ally and former disciple of the wizard Merlin, and mother to Mordred, here a good prince son of Morgana and her half-brother King Arthur from before his marriage at the urging of Merlin. The villains are Constantine and Guinevere's half-sister, the Witch Queen Gwenhwyvach. Later, in the third book in the series, Ogier's Prayer, Morgan is the lover of Ogier the Dane and mother of his son. [76] |
Children of Avalon | 2014 | Good | Morgan le Fey | A series of novels by Meredith Bond, in which the Lady Morgan le Fay is the ruler of Avalon and a sister to the power-hungry Nimue, the villain of the story: Air: Merlin's Chalice, Water: Excalibur's Return, Fire: Nimuë’s Destiny. |
The Children of Camelot | 2014 | Good | Morgana | A young adult novel series by Donna Hosie, starting with The Ring of Morgana and continued in The Fire of Merlin and The Spirit of Nimue, wherein the teenage protagonist Mila Roth's parents are "the awakened King Arthur and Gorian druid queen, Morgana," and the Lady of the Lake is the antagonist. |
The Devices | 2014 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel series by Philip Purser-Hallard, beginning with The Pendragon Protocol and continued in The Locksley Exploit. |
Forever Camelot | 2014 | Evil | Morgana | A novel series by J. Lynn McCoy, in particular Prophecy. [77] [78] |
Forever Avalon | 2014 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A series of novels by Mark Piggott, in particular The Dark Tides. [79] [80] |
Guinevere | 2014 | Morgan | A trilogy by Lavinia Collins. [81] | |
I, Morgana | 2014 | Other | Morgana | A novel by Felicity Pulman, in which an elderly Morgana tells the story of her life. [82] It was followed by The Once and Future Camelot (2016), the story of Morgana's descendants: the medieval troubadour Marie and a 21st-century botanist Morgan. [83] |
The Knight Trilogy | 2014 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by Katie M. John. [84] |
The Lion of Wales | 2014 | Good | Nell ferch Morgan | A series of historical novels by Sarah Woodbury. [85] |
Le Fay | 2014 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A series of illustrated novels by Realm Lovejoy, beginning with Henge [86] and continued with Sword. [87] |
Legendary Saga | 2014 | Evil | Morgana LeFay | A novel series by L.H. Nicole, starting in Legendary and continued in Claiming Excalibur and Relics of Camelot. |
The Pendragon Legacy | 2014 | Good | Morgana | A series of novels by Sarah Luddington. [88] |
The Book of Cross | 2013 | Other | Morgana le Fay, Titania, Gloriana | The novels by Peter Roman: The Mona Lisa Sacrifice, The Dead Hamlets, and The Apocalypse Ark. [89] |
Daughters of Avalon | 2013 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by Darryl Jouett, including The Wizard's Book. [90] |
Heirs of the Magykal Realm | 2013 | Evil | Morgan le Fey | Two novels by Dawna Ravers: Colour Wielders and Severed Colours. |
King Arthur and Her Knights | 2013 | Good | Morgan le Fey | A series of novels by K.M Shea. |
Merlin Chronicles | 2013 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A series of novels by Daniel Diehl in which Morgana has been denied the throne because of her gender and became a powerful evil sorceress. She has stayed alive for 1,600 years by using sex to drain vitality from men. Now she owns a giant global corporation and works to find a way to bring back dragons. Merlin, who has escaped her survived by hiding inside a magic sphere, and a young archaeologist Jason Carpenter join forces to find and defeat Morgana before it is too late. [91] |
The Merlin Spiral | 2013 | Evil | Ganieda, Morgana | A trilogy of novels by Robert Treskillard. |
Morgana Trilogy | 2013 | Good | Morgana Pendragon | A young adult novel series by Alessa Ellefson: Blood of the Fey, Fire of the Fey, and Rise of the Fey. |
Pendragon | 2013 | Evil | Morgana Le Fay | A trilogy of fantasy novels by Nicola S. Dorrington. [92] |
The Prophecy of Three | 2013 | Evil | Morgana | A young adult novel series by Sam Whitehouse, including The Keys of Time and The Demons Hunt. |
Seven Sisters of Avalon | 2013 | Good | Morgan, Morgaine, Morgana | A series of fantasy novels by Katrina Rasbold. [93] |
Tales of New Camelot | 2013 | Good | Morgan Le Fey | A series of fantasy novels by Brenda Gable. [94] |
Young Knights | 2013 | Evil | Morgan La Faye | A series of science fantasy novels by Julia Golding. |
AD 491 to AD 517 | 2012 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by Aenghus Chisholme, including AD 491: Merlin the Sorcerer, AD 494: Gwenhwyvar the Queen, and AD 499: Sir Guaen and the Green Knight. |
The Amethyst Dragon | 2012 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by D.C. Grace, including Dragon Wings and Pixie Dust. [95] |
Avalon | 2012 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | A series of novels by Robert Larrison, including Ghosts of Avalon (2012), Queen of Avalon (2012), and the prequel The Last Battle for Camelot (2013). |
The Avalon Legacies | 2012 | Good | Morgaine Le Fay | A series of novels by Nicole Hill, including Legacy Forgotten and Legacy Foretold. |
Children of Merlin | 2012 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A series of modern fantasy romance novels by Susan Squires. [96] Also known as the Magic series. [97] |
The Knights of Camelot | 2012 | Good | Morgana Avallach | Morgana is a featured character in this novel series by Sarah Luddington, including in Lancelot's Burden (2012), Lancelot's Challenge (2012), Betrayal of Lancelot (2013), Passion of Lancelot (2013), and Revenge of Lancelot (2014). [98] |
Otherworld Chronicles | 2012 | Evil | Morgaine | A juvenile novel series by Nils Johnson-Shelton, including The Invisible Tower (2012), The Seven Swords (2013), and The Dragon King (2013). [99] [100] |
Pendragon Legacy | 2012 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A series by Katherine Roberts, beginning with Sword of Light and continued in Lance Of Truth (2012), Crown of Dreams (2013), and Grail Of Stars (2014). In it the witch Lady Morgan is now dead, having first drowned her druid mentor Merlin, but her spirit advises her evil son Mordred from the underworld of Annwn. |
Spell Sisters | 2012 | Evil | Morgana Le Fay | A series of children's novels by Amber Castle, including Sophia the Flame Sister (2012), Lily the Forest Sister (2012), Isabella the Butterfly Sister (2012), Amelia the Silver Sister (2012), Grace the Sea Sister (2012), Evie the Swan Sister (2012), Olivia the Otter Sister (2013), and Chloe the Storm Sister (2013). In it, "Morgana is the elder sister of the other eight Spell Sisters who live on Avalon. She grew jealous of her sisters, and decided she wanted to take all of their powers and have Avalon all to herself." [101] |
Tales from Camelot | 2012 | Good | Morgan la Fay | A series by Paul Green, where Morgan is "an innocent victim of abuse who was rescued and brought in under her big brother's protective wing." [102] |
Wicked Little Things | 2012 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A series of romance novels by Kendra Leigh Castle, including Reflected Desire [103] and Taming the Dragon. [104] |
Excather | 2011 | Evil | Morgan | A series of novels by Gregory J. Downs, beginning with Mordred. [105] |
Men of the Isles | 2011 | Other | Morgana | A series of novels by Debbie Mazzuca. [106] |
Morgen of Avalon | 2011 | Good | Morgen | Carol Weakland's trilogy consisting of Dreamspell, Child of Destiny and Epiphany. [107] Morgen is a faerie goddess and Queen of Avalon dedicated to teaching people about peace, healing and their connection to the divine. She assumed mortal form as a changeling child to become King Arthur's healer and his true love, and helps him create a peaceful Britannia through her powers of healing and prophecy. Later books also feature a daughter of Morgen and Merlin, Eliana. |
The Perilous Order of Camelot | 2011 | Other | Morgeu the Fey | A series of novels by A. A. Attanasio, including The Dragon and the Unicorn, [108] The Wolf and the Crown, [109] and The Eagle and the Sword. [110] |
Spell | 2011 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | Lady Morgana le Fay is the villain of this children's novel series by C.J. Busby, including in Frogspell, Cauldron Spells (2012), Swordspell (2013), and Icespell (2014). [111] Morgana is the most powerful sorceress in the kingdom who is secretly plotting to kill her brother Arthur so that she could be queen. |
The Megaverse Series | 2010 | Good | Morgana Le Fay | A series of novels by Angela Knight, including Morgana's book The Oath of Service. |
Merlin Prophecy | 2010 | Other | Morgan | A prequel series to M K Hume's King Arthur Trilogy, wherein Morgan is especially featured in Hunting with Gods (2013). |
Dark Britannia | 2009 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | A series of novels by Bill Coffin, including Pax Morgana (2009), Pax Arcadia (2011), and Pax Britannia (2013). |
King Arthur Trilogy | 2009 | Other | Morgan the Fay | A series of three novels by M K Hume: Dragon's Child (2009), Warrior of the West (2009), and The Bloody Cup (2010). |
Pendragon's Banner Trilogy | 2009 | Good | Morgaine | A series of novels by Helen Hollick in which Morgaine is a pagan priestess known as the Lady of the Lake and the mother of Arthur's son Medraut (Mordred). |
The Red Monocle | 2009 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series of children's novels by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin, including The Taker and the Keeper (2009) and The Death of the Good Wizard (2011). Its Morgan is a contemporary world-threatening sorceress and an enemy of Merlin and his modern students, able to take the form of a snake (small or large) and work great magic. |
Twilight of Avalon | 2009 | Morgan of Avalon | A series by Anna Elliott in which Morgan is dead before the story begins. Dawn of Avalon is a stand-alone novella set in the world of Twilight of Avalon, telling the story of Morgan's and Melin's youth as lovers. [112] | |
Doomsday Brethren | 2008 | Evil | Morganna le Fay | A series of novels by Shayla Black, including Tempt Me with Darkness (2008), Possess Me at Midnight (2009), Seduce Me In Shadow (2009), and Entice Me at Twilight (2010). |
The Matter of Britain | 2008 | Evil | Morgana | A series of novels by Mark Adderley, including and The Hawk and the Wolf (2008) and The Heroes of Annwn (2013). |
Merlin Investigation | 2008 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by J.M.C. Blair: The Excalibur Murders (2008), [113] The Lancelot Murders (2009), and The Pendragon Murders (2010). [114] |
Otherworld | 2008 | Morgaine | A series of novels by Yasmine Galenorn, wherein Morgaine, the half-fae Queen of Shadow and Dusk is introduced in Darkling (2008) and returning in several of later books including Dragon Wytch (2008), Demon Mistress (2009), Night Huntress (2009), Bone Magic (2010), Harvest Hunting (2010), Courting Darkness (2011), Haunted Moon (2013), Priestess Dreaming (2014), and Panther Prowling (2015). | |
Realm of the Bear | 2008 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | A series of novels by S. R. Sorel. |
Guardians of Eternity | 2007 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A series of novels by Alexandra Ivy, including Embrace the Darkness (2007), Darkness Revealed (2009) and Bound By Darkness (2011). |
PenDragon's Requite | 2007 | Other | Morgana Cornwall, Morgana Le Fey | The "fallen princess of Cornwall, Morgana the renegade Fey" is introduced in Victor C. Brice's King Arthur Triumphant (2007) and featured in The Queens of Nightmares and Dreams (2011). [115] The third book, The Sovereign Prince (2014), features two children of Arthur's son Michael and Morgana. [116] |
The Three Damosels | 2007 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, The Morrigan | A trilogy of novellas by Vera Chapman, starting with The Green Knight and continued in King Arthur's Daughter. |
Camelot | 2006 | Good | Morgan le Fey | A series by Cynthia Breeding, including Fate of Camelot (2008) and Camelot's Enchantment (2011). [117] In it, Morgan is Faerie queen engaged to her demigod consort Cernunnos. [118] |
The Chronicles of Mordred | 2006 | Good | Morgan | A fantasy series by Douglas Clegg, beginning with Mordred, Bastard Son . |
The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica | 2006 | Good | The Morgaine, the Three Who Are One | A series of novels by James A. Owen, including Here, There Be Dragons (2006) and The Search for the Red Dragon (2008) and The Shadow Dragons (2009). The Morgaine are three witches: Gweynhfar (Guinevere), Circe, and Calypso. |
Grail Quest | 2006 | Evil | Morgain le Fay | A series of novels by Laura Anne Gilman, including The Camelot Spell, Morgain's Revenge, [119] and The Shadow Companion. |
Grey Griffins | 2006 | Evil | Morgan LaFey, Morgan the Black Witch | A series of juvenile fiction novels by Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis, featuring an immortal Morgan as an antagonist in The Revenge of the Shadow King and The Rise of the Black Wolf. The story, while set in present day, is loosely tied to Arthurian mythology, via a blood line connecting the hero directly back to Arthur. |
Knights of the Round Table | 2006 | Good | Morgana | A series of novels by Gwen Rowley, including Knights of the Round Table: Lancelot (2006) and Knights of the Round Table: Gawain (2007). |
Lords of Avalon | 2006 | Evil | Morgan Le Fey | A series of novels by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kinley MacGregor) in which Morgen Le Fey is a beautiful but heartlessly evil Queen of the Fey who will not stop until she restores her son Mordred to life and takes the throne of Camelot. |
The Promethean Age | 2006 | Good | Morgan le Fey, Morgan of Cornwall | A series of novels by Elizabeth Bear, including Ink and Steel [120] and Blood and Iron. [121] It combines elements of secret history of Elizabethan Age [122] and fantasy, the immortal Morgan le Fay is one of the rulers of an actually existing Kingdom of Faerie, secretly allied with the England of Elizabeth I. In this depiction, Morgan le Fay took the playwright Christopher Marlowe into Faerie in 1593, when history records his death, and made him her lover. The reluctant Marlowe is seen as compelled by magic to have sex with her. |
Luke Lancelot | 2005 | Evil | Morganna | A series of children's books by Giles Andreae, including Luke Lancelot and the Treasure of the Kings [123] and Luke Lancelot and the Golden Shield. [124] |
Nightside | 2005 | Evil | Morgan La Fae | A series of novels by Simon R. Green, in which she is mentioned in Hex and the City and Paths Not Taken, before appearing as a modern-era antagonist in A Hard Day's Knight. |
The Sisters Grimm | 2005 | Good | Morgan le Fay | In this series by Michael Buckley, the beautiful Morgan le Fay, who used to be King Arthur's trusted advisor in Camelot, is an Everafter who was part of a coven of witches called The Three to keep the humans of Ferryport Landing none the wiser of the existence of Everafters. She has a son named Mordred and is married to Mr. Seven in the Council of Mirrors. |
The Paths to Camelot | 2004 | Evil | Morgaine, Morgaine the Goddess, Morgaine the Sleepless, Morgan the Fey | In this series by Sarah Zettel, Morgaine is an evil sorceress who wants to destroy Merlin and take Camelot. She has the son her son Mordred and a good twin sister of Queen Morgause, who along with Merlin has once captured and imprisoned her. In the first book, In Camelot's Shadow, Morgaine acts through her apprentice and adoptive daughter Kerra and sorceress Euberacon. In For Camelot's Honor, Morgaine orks with Gwiffert, using magic to make the Welsh chieftain Elen, whose brother was Urien kills, betray Arthur. Elen escapes her power with Merlin's help and uses a magic spear of the Green Man to kill Morgaine's beloved husband Urien the Bull. In Under Camelot's Banner, Morgaine manipulates various people to break minor lands away from Camelot. She plots with the traitorous prince Colan against Lynet and Gareth and to overthrow the rule of Cambryn, where she, Morgaine and Guinevere grew up together, and also disguises as Guinevere to seduce Lancelot. In Camelot's Blood, Morgause's son Agravain and the half-water spirit Laurel Carnbrea, the Queen of Cambryn, help to defend the land of Gododdin from the Pictish invasion led by Morgaine and Mordred who have caused the disappearance of Morgause and drove King Lot to madness. In the end, Agravain defeats them and Laurel tricks and destroys Morgaine after a shapeshifting duel. |
Die Legende von Camelot | 2001 | Evil | Morgaine | A series of three novels by Wolfgang Hohlbein and Heike Hohlbein. |
Tales of Guinevere | 2001 | Good | Morgana | A series of novels by Alice Borchardt, beginning with The Dragon Queen. |
Rexcalibur | 2001 | Evil | Morgan | The Magic Returns and Eternity's Hope by Mitzi Kleidon. |
Shalott | 2001 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A series of young adult novels by Felicity Pulman, including Shalott (2001), Return to Shalott (2002) and Shalott: The Final Journey (2003). |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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Guenevere | 1999 | Other | Morgan Le Fay | A trilogy of novels by Rosalind Miles: Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (1999), The Knight of the Sacred Lake (2001), and The Child of the Holy Grail (2002). |
Arthur's Quest | 1999 | Evil | Morgana | Morgana kills Pendragon and travels to the 20th century in search of Excalibur [125] |
The Tales of Annwn | 1999 | Other | Morgan le Fay | Morgan is an ancestress of the sorceress Morgana in this series by Alison Baird, including The Hidden World and its prequel The Wolves of Woden. [126] |
Knights Quest | 1998 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A trilogy by Peter McElhinney: Knights Errant, Search for the Swords and Larthingal. |
Merlin's Legacy | 1998 | Evil | Morgana | Dawn of Camelot and Daughter of Camelot by Carla Simpson. |
The Squire's Tales | 1998 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A series by Gerald Morris. In The Squire's Tale, Lady Morgan first appears as a shapeshifting (introducing herself in form of a dragon) Arthur's half-sister and Gawain's aunt and a chaotic enchantress. Morgan has an elder sister Morgause who appears to be reincarnation of the evil goddess known as The Enchantress and is plotting to kill Arthur. In The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady, the readers learn about Morgan's failed attempt to heal Gawain's young sister Elaine and of her forbidden love of Arthur. In The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf, Morgan tutors the protagonist Lady Lynet in magic. In The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight, Morgan disguises herself as a crone to protect her young niece Sarah from Morgause's minion Meliagant. In The Lioness and Her Knight, a young Luneta of Orkney, a daughter of Lynet, goes to the fairy realm Other World and is thought by her great-aunt Lady Morgan to become an enchantress just like Morgan has also trained her mother and dozens of other sorceresses. In The Legend of the King, Morgan goes to a forever sleep together with Arthur. |
Harry Potter | 1997 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | In the franchise's lore, Morgan was a very powerful Dark witch, especially very adapt with transformation (into a bird) and healing spells, who lived during the Middle Ages. She was the half-sister of King Arthur and an enemy of Merlin and she played a role in many events during her lifetime. Like her half-brother, she was a monarch, ruling as queen of the island of Avalon. She is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and appears on famous wizard cards in some Harry Potter games. In 2011, Royal Mail issued a series of stamps featuring magical figures, including Morgan le Fay based on the Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. |
The Mordred Cycle | 1995 | A trilogy of novels by Haydn Middleton, including Morgan-centered The Queen's Captive. [127] [128] | ||
The Warlord Chronicles | 1995 | Other | Morgan | A series of historical-fantasy novels by Bernard Cornwell beginning with The Winter King and continued in Enemy of God (1998) and Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur (1999). Horribly disfigured in a fire that claimed her husband, she is the bastard daughter of Uther Pendragon, High King of Britain, and beloved half-sister of Arthur. She is a relatively minor character who begins the series as the chief lieutenant of the druid Merlin, but is eventually supplanted by the younger Nimue. Through a friendship and eventual marriage to Sansum, a bishop, Morgan ultimately converts to Christianity. She is portrayed as wise and waspish, and once referred to by the narrator Derfel as the most poorly tempered woman in Britain and called a saint in heaven. Also known as The King Arthur Trilogy. |
The Crossroads | 1994 | Evil | In Nick O'Donohoe's The Magic and the Healing and Under the Healing Sign (1995), Morgan the evil queen of Anavalon, Arthur's former kingdom and now a wasteland, who invades Crossroads, a magical realm where the paths to many worlds intersect. | |
Daughter of Tintagel | 1992 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by Fay Sampson, telling the story of Morgan from five various perspectives (including her own): Wise Woman's Telling, White Nun's Telling, Blacksmith's Telling, Taliesin's Telling, Herself. Reprinted in 2005 as Morgan le Fay. |
Le Cycle du Graal | 1992 | Morgane | A series of books by Jean Markale, including La fée Morgane. | |
Magic Tree House | 1992 | Good | Morgan le Fay | The lead characters of Mary Pope Osborne's long series of this children's books, Jack and Annie, are taken on secret missions throughout history by Morgan in the majority of the books, travelling through time in her magical treehouse. [129] |
Dark Ages of Britain | 1988 | Good | Morgan of Avalon | In Joan Wolf's The Road to Avalon, Born of the Sun (1989) and The Edge of Light (1990), Morgan is at once Merlin's daughter, Mordred's mother, and Arthur's lover. [130] In The Road to Avalon, Morgan is the youngest daughter of Merlin and loves Arthur, who refuses to marry him and conceals her pregnancy with their child Mordred for the good of Britain. Also known as Warrior Kings trilogy. |
Guinevere | 1987 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by Persia Woolley, including Child of the Northern Spring (1987), Queen of the Summer Stars (1991) and Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn (1993), in which Morgan is a power-hungry pagan high priestess and Lady of the Lake, who turns into an enemy of Guinevere and Arthur. |
The Pendragon Cycle | 1987 | Evil | Morgian | A series of novels by Stephen R. Lawhead. |
Wildworld | 1987 | Good | Morgana | In L. J. Smith's Night of the Solstice, Morgana is a half-fairy and largely sympathetic character and an ally of the children protagonists. In the sequel Heart of Valor (1990), one of her enemies is the evil Merlin. |
The Wizard of 4th Street | 1987 | Good | Morgan LeFay | In Simon Hawke's original The Wizard of 4th Street and the sequels The Wizard of Whitechapel (1988), The Wizard of Sunset Strip (1989), The Wizard of Rue Morgue (1990), The Samurai Wizard (1991), The Wizard of Santa Fe (1991), The Wizard of Camelot (1993), and The Wizard of Lovecraft's Cafe (1993), the half-breed magical alien/human Morgan, her son Modred, two descendants of her sisters Elaine and Morgause, Merlin, Gorlois's spirit and the descendants of his daughters all join forces with modern characters to fight evil through time and space. |
The New Magic | 1985 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by Pamela F. Service, set in Britain after five centuries of nuclear winter that cast it into "a new Dark Age that is, once again the setting for a conflict between Arthur and Merlin and their old enemy Morgan La Fay." [130] It includes Winter of Magic's Return, was followed by Tomorrow's Magic (1987), Yesterday's Magic (2008), and Earth's Magic (2009). |
The Keltiad | 1984 | Good | Morgan Magistra | A series of science-fantasy novels by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison wherein Morgan is one of the ancestors of the titular protagonist of the first cycle, Tales of Aeron. In the second cycle, Morgan appears as an important character in The Hawk's Gray Feather (1990) and The Hedge of Mist. [131] She is a great sorceress and a sister of Arthur, opposing her evil twin Marguessan (Morgause), and married to Taliesin who narrates the story. [132] |
Guinevere | 1981 | Other | Morgan Le Fay | A series of novels by Sharan Newman. |
Tales of King Arthur | 1977 | A series of children's booklets by Desmond Dunkerley featuring Morgan as Merlin's stepsister. | ||
Merlin | 1973 | Other | Morgan le Fay, Morgian | A novel series by Mary Stewart, including The Hollow Hills (1973), The Last Enchantment (1979), The Wicked Day (1983), and The Prince and the Pilgrim (1995). |
Dragon | 1961 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Children's fantasy books by Rosemary Manning, where Morgan is introduced in The Dragon's Quest and is Leodegrance's daughter in addition to Arthur's half-sister. |
Stories of King Arthur | 1905 | Morgana le Fay | Howard Pyle both wrote and illustrated his series of reworking of Le Morte d' Arthur: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903), The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905), The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905), The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions (1907), and The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur (1910). |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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Lancelot: The Betrayal | 2018 | Good | Morgana | A novel by Giles Kristian. [133] |
Mr. Lake | 2018 | Evil | Morgan | A novel by Joe Eliseon. [134] |
Riven: When Storms Collide | 2018 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Cathy Hird. |
White Knight | 2018 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A romance fantasy novel by Nicole Flockton and Abigail Owen. [135] |
Avalon Princes | 2017 | Morgana Pendleton | A novel by H. B. Loomis. | |
The Book Knights | 2017 | Evil | Morgan Fay | A young adult novel by J.G. McKenney. [136] [137] |
Farewell To Camelot | 2017 | Morgana | A novel by J.M. Owens. | |
Heirs of Avalon | 2017 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Béatrice Mary. |
Into Otherness | 2017 | Morgan le Fay | The third book of the Dragon Lord Chronicles series by Miles O'Neal takes place in early 16th century Scotland. A long dead Morgan le Fay mysteriously allies with Argyll- an evil dragon- to wreak havoc on Gerald the youngest dragon lord and those he loves. | |
King Judy | 2017 | A novel by David Clow. | ||
L.A. Knight | 2017 | Morgana | A novel by Amy Wolf. | |
Last Quest for Camelot | 2017 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Steve Manuel. |
Lord Protector's War | 2017 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | The second book in the Chronicles of the New Earth series of fantasy novels by Sean C. Helms. |
The Ring of Avalon | 2017 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by G.S. Forgey. |
Thorn Blood | 2017 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Elena Bryce. [138] |
Camelot Fallen | 2016 | Morgana | A novel by Joshua Darwin. | |
Enchanted Guardian | 2016 | Evil | Morgan LaFaye | A novel by Sharon Ashwood. [139] |
Hearken to Avalon | 2016 | Good | Morgaine | A novel by Arianna Alexsandra Collins. [140] |
Gawain and the Green Knight | 2016 | A novel by Stefan Emunds. | ||
Kings | 2016 | Morghe ferch Uther | A novel by Kim Iverson Headlee and Patricia Duffy Novak. [141] [142] | |
The Once and Future Camelot | 2016 | Morgana le Fay | A novel by Felicity Pulman. | |
Otherworld Challenger | 2016 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, Lisbet | A romance novel by Jane Godman. |
Sherlock Holmes and the Round Table Adventure | 2016 | Other | Morgan le Fey | A fantasy novel by Joseph W. Svec III. |
Airships of Camelot | 2015 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Robison Wells. |
Pendragon's Heir | 2015 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Suzannah Rowntree. [143] |
Merlin's Daughter | 2015 | Morgan la Fey | A novel by T. L. Ashcroft - Nowicki. [144] | |
The Millennial Sword | 2015 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Shannon Phillips. [145] |
Morgan: A Camelot Tale | 2015 | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Deborah Foulkes. [146] | |
Pendragon | 2015 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Christopher Bramble. |
The Last Merlin | 2015 | Evil | Morgana | A novel by Matthew Jocks-Warren. |
White Wolf of Avalon | 2016 | Good | Morgan le Fey | A fantasy romance novel by Eva Gordon. [147] |
Blood of Kings | 2014 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A series of novels by Billy Wong. [148] |
Camelot Burning | 2014 | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Kathryn Rose. | |
The Camelot Code | 2014 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Mari Mancusi. [149] |
Chapel of Carnal Love: A Novel | 2014 | Morgan | A "sexy fairy tale" by Susan Starr Richards. [150] | |
Captain James Hook and the Siege of Neverland | 2014 | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Jeremiah Kleckner and Jeremy Marshall. | |
King and Raven | 2014 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Cary James. |
King Arthur and the Quest for the Holy Grail | 2014 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Stephen Sim in which Lady Morgan is a protagonist against the Queen Guinevere. [151] |
King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court | 2014 | Other | Morgan le Fay, Morgan the Wise | A science-fiction/fantasy crossover novel by Kim Iverson Headlee, sequel to Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and written as if by Mark Twain. Queen Morgan, upset that the Yankee has destroyed her world, casts a spell trying to get to Connecticut of 1879 to kill him before he can travel back to the sixth century. But her spell misses by 300 miles and 200 years, landing her in the Washington, DC of 2079, where she decides to rebuild her kingdom. [152] [153] [154] |
Merlin's Daughters | 2014 | Evil | Morgana | A novel by John Andrucci. |
The Merrikan King | 2014 | Good | Fay Stone, Morgana Le Fay | A novel by Gerry Green. |
Lady Morgana | 2014 | Good | Morgana Dawson | A novel by Desy Giuffrè. |
Mordred and the King | 2014 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel by John Michael Curlovichè. |
The Prophecy | 2014 | Evil | Morgana | A novel by Lisa Jones. |
Saving Artur | 2014 | Good | Morgana the Fey | A novel by Hayley Shaver. |
Seeking the Eagle | 2014 | Evil | Morgana Le Fay, Madame Lafayette | A novel by Cameron Dickie. |
Sword Across Time | 2014 | Evil | Morganna | A novel by Cathy Walker|When the realm of Avalon disappears into the mist, it leaves behind a powerful and dangerous legacy of curses invoked in the heat of anger and passion. The words of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake have faded to a mere whisper over the centuries, yet their power remains strong and deadly.In the present, Gavin and Tamara delve into the ancient diaries left by their forebears and strive to keep the power of the legendary Sword Excalibur out of the hands of a dark and twisted Morganna. To prevent Morganna from harnessing the sword’s power, they must overcome the curse without becoming part of the blood ritual needed to ignite the power of the sword. But with Morganna growing stronger with each passing day, the stakes have never been higher. Will the descendants of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake be able to summon the strength and wisdom needed to triumph over evil and safeguard the sword’s power for generations to come? Sword Across Time is a gripping tale of magic, bravery, and sacrifice that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. |
Der Traum von Camelot | 2014 | Morgana | A novel by Viktor Goldmann. | |
Beyond the Myst: The Lost Years of King Arthur | 2013 | Evil | Morgana | A novel by Shari Prestwood, Ashley Kuppersmith, and N. K. Schlaudecker. |
Eochaidh: The Legend of the Horsemen | 2013 | Evil | Morganna | A novel by Terri Reid. |
Eternal | 2013 | Good | Morganna Alderley | A novel by Denise Dowdell-Stent. |
Heartskin Stories | 2013 | Good | Morgana | A book by JM Levar. |
Legend | 2013 | Good | Morgana, Donnchadh | A novel in the Area 51 series by Bob Mayer. |
Magic & Mayhem | 2013 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A novel in the Taurus Moon: Relic Hunter series by D.K. Gaston. |
Merlin's Booke | 2013 | Morgan | A novel by Jane Yolen. | |
Mordred and the King | 2013 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A gay erotica fantasy novel by John Michael Curlovich. |
The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin | 2013 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | A novel by L. Jagi Lamplighter. [155] |
The Archer's Madness | 2012 | Evil | Morgana La Fey, Eve Morgan | A modern fantasy novel by Daniel Burden. |
The Galahad Factor | 2012 | Good | Morgana | A novel by Michael Bernard. |
Incarnation | 2012 | Morgaine | A novel by Emma Cornwall. | |
Merlin's Candles | 2012 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by L.B. MacDonald. |
Morgaine: Das Leben einer Priesterin von Avalon | 2012 | Good | Morgaine | A novel by Christine Arana Fader. |
Orion and King Arthur | 2012 | Evil | Morganna, Aphrodite | A novel by Ben Bova. |
Poison | 2012 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A novel in the Legacy series by Molly Cochran. |
Queen Morgana and the Renfairies | 2012 | Good | Morgana | A novel by Teel James Glenn. |
Wicked Hungry | 2012 | Good | Morgan le Fey | A young adult urban fantasy novel by Teddy Jacobs. |
Beloved Wizard | 2011 | Morgan Le Fey | A romance fantasy novel by Shannan Albright. | |
Broken: A Paranormal Romance | 2011 | Morgana | By David H. Burton. | |
The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan Le Fay | 2011 | Other | Anna, Morgan, Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Alex Epstein, speculating about what could have happened in the legend to Morgan, born as Anna, between her being sent into an exile to Ireland at the age of 11 after the murder of her father Gorlois by Uther Pendragon, and her return years later as a powerful witch seeking revenge. [156] [157] |
The Death Catchers | 2011 | Good | Morgan le Faye | A young adult novel by Jennifer Anne Kogler in which the protagonist Lizzy Mortimer is the descendant of Morgan le Fay and Lancelot who opposes Morgan's evil sister, Vivienne le Mort. |
Kingdom Jumper | 2011 | Evil | Morgana | The novel by Emily Lark in the Children of Avalon series. |
Marco | 2011 | Celeste DeCumpania, Morgan | A novel in the Books of Insanity series by KT Pinto. | |
Mere Mortals' Magic | 2011 | Good | Morgenna la Fey | A fantasy novel by Ashleen O'Gaea. [158] |
Peltar and the Rainbow Knight | 2011 | Evil | Morgan LeFay | A novel by David McDonald. |
La Signora del Graal | 2011 | Morgana la Fata | A novel by Federica Leva. | |
Arthur of Avalon | 2010 | Other | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Gary L. Carlson. |
The Dragons 2: Excalibur | 2010 | Good | Morgan le Fey | A juvenile fiction novel by Colin Thompson. |
Heir to Avalon | 2010 | Evil | Morganna | A novel by C. A. Zraik. |
The Girl's King Arthur: Tales of the Women of Camelot | 2010 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A collection of five stories by Barbara Tepa Lupack, including one about Morgan. |
Kong Arthur og Ridderne af det Runde Bord | 2010 | Morgana | A juvenile fiction novel by Peter Gotthardt. | |
Morgana | 2010 | Morgana | A novel by A D Swift. | |
A Land Beyond Ravens | 2009 | Good | Morgaine | A novel by Kathleen Guler. |
Guinevere's Gamble | 2009 | Other | Morgan | A novel by Nancy McKenzie. |
Morgaine | 2009 | Morgaine | A novel by Jutta M. Baur. | |
Avalon's Eclipse | 2008 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by T. R. Myers. |
Clara of Camelot and the Search for Excalibur | 2008 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A novel by Ian Lauder. |
The Curse | 2008 | Evil | Morgana | A novel by Marian Nichols. [159] |
Damosel | 2008 | Other | Morgan Le Fay | A novel by Stephanie Spinner. |
Elfindale | 2008 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A book by Stuart Paul, where Morgan is a half-faerie sister to Arthur. |
Die Konigin Morgana | 2008 | Morgana | A book by Margot Beier. [160] | |
Morgan Le Fay | 2008 | Good | Morgan Le Fay, Ula, Carfus | A novel by Dozier Finley. [161] |
The Night Dance | 2008 | Evil | Morgan le Fey | A novel by Suzanne Weyn, mixing the Arthurian legend with the fairy tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. |
Sons of Avalon: Merlin's Prophecy | 2008 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Dee Marie. |
Sydney Wakefield: Into the Faraway | 2008 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A young adult novel by Kimberly J. Smith. [162] |
The Timeweavers | 2008 | Other | Morgan, Enchantress Queen, Raven Queen, Queen of Ravens | A novel by Morgan Fitzsimons and Kat Jones. |
Beyond the Legend | 2007 | Evil | Morgan le Faye | A novel by Jo Ann Mason. |
The Book of Mordred | 2007 | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | A novel by Vivian Vande Velde. | |
The Chronicles of Percyval | 2007 | Evil | Morgana, Black Queen | A novel by Michael Aguiar. [163] |
Song of the Sparrow | 2007 | Good | Morgan | A young adult novel by Lisa Ann Sandell. |
King Arthur | 2006 | Evil | Morgana | A book by Gwyn Thomas. [164] |
King Arthur and his Ribald (K)nights | 2006 | Morgan | A book by Art Banta. | |
Merlin's Apprentice | 2006 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A children's novel by Tanya Landman. |
Merlin and the Mystic Childe | 2006 | Evil | Morgan le Faey | A novel by Susan Sawyer. |
The Stones of Camelot | 2006 | Morgana Le Fay | A young adult novel by Brian Stableford. [165] | |
White Rose of Avalon | 2006 | Good | Morgaine | A fantasy romance by Kelley Heckart in which Morgaine is the Fairy Queen of Avalon and one of the three female protagonists. [166] |
Witchery: A Ghosts of Albion Novel | 2006 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | A novel by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson. |
The Heirs of Fate | 2005 | Other | Morgana | A book by Susan Wilson Younkins. [167] |
Morgana the Spooky Sorceress | 2005 | Evil | Morgana | An illustrated children's book by Tony Mitton and Arthur Robins. |
In Days of Knights | 2004 | Other | Morganna le Fai | A book by Philip H. Young. [168] |
Time and Again | 2004 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by R. Stachowiak. |
Arthur the King | 2003 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A historical novel by Allan Massie. |
Le Morte D'Avalon | 2003 | Other | Morgan, Morgan le Fey, Morrigan | A final part of the Arthurian series of novels by J. Robert King. |
Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? | 2003 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A children's novel in the Dragon Slayers' Academy series by Kate McMullan. [169] |
The Magic of Camelot | 2003 | Other | Morgan le Fey | A novel by Gabrielle Gilkison. |
I am Morgan le Fay: A Tale of Camelot | 2002 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Nancy Springer. |
Isle of Skye | 2002 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Constance Hall. |
King Arthur's Courage | 2002 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A children's novel by Stephanie Spinner. |
A Memória da Espada | 2002 | Fada Morgana | A novel by Roberto de Sousa Causo. | |
Queen of Camelot | 2002 | Morgan, Witch of Rheged | A novel by Nancy McKenzie, originally published as The Child Queen (1994) and The High Queen (1995). | |
The Dragon's Son | 2001 | Other | Morgan | A novel by Sarah L. Thomson in which Morgan is Arthur's half-sister and embittered former wife, and a mother of his two twin sons, including Medraud. It is written partially from Morgan's point of view. [170] [171] |
The Song of Arthur | 2001 | Good | Morgue | A novel by James Douglas Cramer. |
Camelot Remembered | 2000 | Evil | Morgaine | A book by Janet Zibell. [172] |
Temptresses: The Virago Book of Evil Women | 2000 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Shahrukh Husain in which the fairy Morgan, "long painted as her half-brother King Arthur's foe, is shown to have been testing his worthiness, selflessly allowing herself to be thought of as a villain in order to train him to be a better, more careful ruler." [173] |
Women of Camelot: Queens and Enchantresses at the Court of King Arthur | 2000 | Morgan le Fay | A book by Mary Hoffman and Christina Balit. [174] |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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Avalon: The Return of King Arthur | 1999 | Evil | Morgian, Moira | A novel by Stephen R. Lawhead. |
The Road to Avalon | 1988 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Joan Wolf. |
Guardian of the Balance | 1999 | Evil | Morgaine | A historical fantasy novel by Irene Radford. |
The Enchantresses | 1998 | Evil | Morgan | A novel by Vera Chapman. |
King Arthur | 1998 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A book by Rosalind Kerven and Tudor Humphries, [175] retitled Arthurian Legends. |
Prawdziwa historia Morgan le Fay i Rycerzy Okrągłego Stołu | 1998 | Other | Ana, Anna, Morgan le Fay | A novel by Krystyna Kwiatkowska. [176] [177] |
Merdinus | 1996 | Morgan | By Mike Resnick and Linda Dunn. | |
I, Morgain | 1995 | Other | Morgain | A novel by Harry Robin and Adolph Caso. [178] |
Merlin's Bones | 1995 | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Fred Saberhagen. | |
Merlin's Harp | 1995 | Other | Morgan le Faye, Witch Morgan, Witch Queen | In this novel by Anne Eliot Crompton, Morgan steals Calibur (Excalibur) out of her hatred for Arthur, but Merlin and Ninniane retrieve it and Arthur's son Mordred from her. She is later seen transporting the dead Arthur to Avalon. |
The Return of Merlin | 1995 | Evil | "Fairy Fay", Morgan le Fay | A novel by Deepak Chopra. |
The Grail of Hearts | 1993 | A novel by Susan Shwartz. | ||
On All Hallows' Eve | 1992 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Grace Chetwin. |
The Witch of the North | 1992 | Other | Morgan La Fey | A novel by Courtway Jones. |
Avalon | 1991 | Good | Morgant | Mary J. Jones' "lesbian Arthurian romance" [130] in which Morgant is Nimue's lover. |
Castleview | 1990 | Other | Viviane Morgan, Morgan le Fay | A novel by Gene Wolfe. [179] [180] |
Firelord | 1990 | Other | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | Morgan le Fay, called Morgana, is a sympathetic character in Firelord by Parke Godwin, where she is presented as a fiery leader of the wild Prydn Pictish people who live north of Hadrian's Wall, and Mordred is her illegitimate son. The original novel was followed by the sequel Beloved Exile in 1984. The series' prequel, The Last Rainbow, tells the story of Morgana's ancestors. |
Morgane | 1989 | Morgane | A novel by Michel Rio. [181] | |
King Arthur's Mouse | 1988 | Evil | Morgana | A children's novel by Tony Langham. |
Last Sword of Power | 1988 | Morgan | A fantasy novel by David Gemmell (a sequel to Ghost King). | |
Magicians of Erianne | 1988 | Evil | Morgan le Fey | A young adult novel by James R. Berry. |
The Third Magic | 1988 | Other | Morrigan, Rigan (1) / Morgan Lefevre, Morgan LeFay (2) | A young adult novel by Welwyn Wilton Katz. Morgan Lefevre, a 20th-century Canadian, is transported to the Celtic kingdom of Nwm, to become Morgan LeFay. Arthur's sister is Morrigan, also known as Rigan. |
Knight Life | 1987 | Evil | Morgan le Fey | A novel by Peter David. [182] |
The Knights of the Hawthorn Crescent | 1986 | Evil | Miss Morgan | A children's book by Jenny Koralek. |
Broken Stone | 1985 | Morga | A novel by Richard Monaco. | |
Out of the Dark World | 1985 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Grace Chetwin |
Arthur and His Knights | 1984 | A book by Anthony Mockler. | ||
L'Enchanteur | 1984 | Evil | Morgane | An anachronistic fantasy novel by René Barjavel. |
The Grail Quest: From Frost to Flower | 1983 | Morgan le Fay | A children's book by Anne Reyersbach. | |
The High Kings | 1983 | Good | Morgen | A novel by Joy Chant. In the book, Morgen is one of the nine sisters in Avalon and a daughter of the lake fairy and Gorlas (Gorlois). [183] |
The Idylls of the Queen | 1982 | Other | Morgan le Faye | A novel by Phyllis Ann Karr. |
The Mists of Avalon | 1982 | Good | Morgaine, Morgan le Fay | A novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. |
The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter | 1981 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A novel by John Myers Myers. |
Witching Hour | 1981 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A romance novel by Sara Craven. |
Excalibur! | 1980 | Other | Morgana, Nimue | A novel by Gil Kane and John Jakes. |
A Dream of Fair Serpents | 1979 | Good | Morgan | A novel by Catherine Darby (Maureen Peters). |
The Grail War | 1979 | Morgana | A novel by Richard Monaco. | |
An Old Friend of the Family | 1979 | Evil | Morgan | A novel by Fred Saberhagen. |
Arthur Rex | 1978 | Other | Morgan la Fey, Little Sister of Poverty and Pain | A novel by Thomas Berger. |
Merlin: Darkling Child of Virgin and Devil | 1978 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Robert Nye. |
Excalibur | 1973 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Sanders Anne Laubenthal in which Morgan and Morgause oppose a modern Pendragon searching for Excalibur in Alabama. |
The Whispering Knights | 1971 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Penelope Lively. |
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | 1971 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | An illustrated children's book by Juliet Mozley. |
King Arthur's Sword | 1968 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A children's book by Errol Le Cain. |
The Sleepers | 1968 | Evil | Morgan | In this children's book by Jane Louise Curry, "four children discover Arthur and his knights sleeping underground. With the help of Myrddin, they prevent Morgan and Medraut from destroy the Sleepers and stealing the thirteen Treasures of Prydein (Britain)." [130] |
Druid's World | 1967 | Morgan le Fay | A novel by George Henry Smith. | |
Sword at Sunset | 1963 | Evil | Ygerna | A novel by Rosemary Sutcliff. |
Three Hearts and Three Lions | 1961 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Poul Anderson in which Morgan le Fay makes great efforts to seduce the protagonist, the risen Ogier the Dane - who had been her lover in an earlier incarnation - and divert him from his quest. Though clearly an Antagonist, in this depiction (as is often the case with Anderson's villains) Morgan le Fay has some redeeming features: she seems to be genuinely fond of Ogier and to welcome the prospect of dallying with him at Avalon - though, to be sure, removing him from the field would be a great coup for her side in the book's titanic war. Anderson attributes to Morgan le Fay a kind of amoral Nietzschean philosophy: "My belief is in joy, in the fulfillment of life, which I taught you once and would fain teach you again.(...) What is there about dull Law which drives you to defend it? You're but bulwarking loutish peasants and fat-gutted burghers, when the mirth and thunder and blazing stars of Chaos could be yours!". |
Half Magic | 1954 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel by Edward Eager. |
The Sword in the Stone | 1938 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A novel by T.H. White. |
The Sea Priestess | 1936 | Good | Vivien Le Fay Morgan, Morgan le Fay | A novel by Dion Fortune about Vivien Le Fay Morgan, a modern reincarnation of Arthurian character. It was continued in the novel Moon Magic (1956) and the short story "The Death of Vivien Le Fay Morgan". |
King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls | 1911 | Morgan le Fay | By Walter Crane. | |
Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table | 1905 | Morgan le Fay | By Beatrice Clay. | |
Marvelous History of King Arthur in Avalon | 1904 | Other | Morgan le Fay | By William John Courthope. |
Uther and Igraine | 1903 | Morgan la Blanche | By Warwick Deeping. |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic | 1898 | Good | Morgana | A book by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 1889 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A satirical novel by Mark Twain. The tale's Morgan le Fay represents an archetypical corrupt and cruel feudal aristocrat, keeping prisoners for decades in her dungeon. |
King Arthur's Court; or, The Feasts of Camelot | 1863 | Good | Morgana | A book by T. K. Hervey. [184] |
The Boy's King Arthur | 1859 | By Sidney Lanier. | ||
Idylls of the King | 1859 | Good | A cycle of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. | |
Avillion or the Happy Isles | 1853 | Good | Morgue la Faye | A book by Dinah Craik. |
The Mantle | 1826 | Evil | Morgana |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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"Guinevere and Morgana" | 2016 | Morgana, Morgan le Fay | ||
"Morgana" | 2014 | Morgana | A short story by Alastair Macleod. | |
"Queen Arthur" | 2011 | Morgana | An erotic novella by Julie Law. | |
"Le Fay: A Choice of Powers" | 2011 | Morgaine of Cornwall | A short story by S. E. Lee. | |
"Sisters of the Blade" | 2010 | Morgana | A short story by Loren L. Coleman. | |
"The Test" | 2005 | Other | Morgan | A short story by Fay Sampson. |
"Igraine" | 2000 | Other | Morgan | A short story by Debra A. Kemp. |
"The Architect of Worlds" | 1998 | A short story by Brian Stableford. | ||
"Totally Camelot" | 1998 | Morgan, the Queen of Air Darkness | A short story by Esther Friesner. | |
"The Treason of Morgan Le Fay" | 1998 | Morgan Le Fay | A short story by George Cox. | |
"The Dragon of Camlann" | 1997 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A short story by Darrell Schweitzer. |
"The Gest of Sir Brandiles" | 1997 | Morgan | A short story by Kurt Roth. | |
"Just Cause" | 1997 | Other | Morgan | A short story by Fay Sampson. |
"The Knight of Good Heart" | 1997 | Morgan | A short story by Liz Holliday. [185] | |
"Demon Sword" | 1995 | Good | Morganna | A revisionist short story by Bill Fawcett in which Morganna is a druidess determined to stop the tyrant Arthur by stealing his evil sword Excalibur. |
"Goldie, Lox, and the Three Excalibearers" | 1995 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A short story by Esther Friesner. |
"The Most Ancient Battle" | 1995 | Morgan | A short story by Michael G. Coney. | |
"The Rite of Challenge" | 1995 | Morgan le Fay | A short story by Peter Valentine Timlett. It was followed by "Launcelot's Grail" in 1996. | |
"Troubled Waters" | 1995 | Good | Morgana | A short story by Susan Shwartz about a conflict between Morgana and the Lady of the Lake, who wants to kill Arthur in Avalon. |
"The Three Queens" | 1993 | Good | Morgan the Black | A short story by Esther Friesner. |
"The Thirteenth Tree" | 1991 | Good | Morgan | |
"The Queen's Cat's Tale" | 1991 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, "Morgan La Chat" | A short story by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. [186] |
"X-Calibre" | 1990 | Evil | Morton | A short story by Garry Kilworth. |
"Uallannach" | 1988 | Morgan le Fay | A short story by Parke Godwin. | |
"Wake-Up Call" | 1988 | Good | Morgan le Fay | A short story by Esther Friesner. Republished in Up the Wall: And Other Stories with "The Three Queens". [187] |
"Morgan's Lament" | 1987 | Evil | Morgan | A poem by Janet P. Reedman. |
"The Lessons" | 1984 | Morganna Le Fey | A poem by Judith Roche. | |
" The Last Defender of Camelot " | 1979 | Good | Morgana le Fay | A short story by Roger Zelazny. |
"Bitterblooms" | 1977 | Morgan | A short story by George R. R. Martin. | |
"The Tale of the Enchantress and the Magic Scabbard" | 1940 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A short story by John Erskine. |
"Tristam" | 1927 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson. |
"Merlin Met Morgan-le-Fay" | 1922 | Morgan-le-Fay | A poem by Florence Converse. [188] | |
"Ogier the Dane" | 1906 | Good | Morgue le Faye | A short story by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. |
"The Legend of Sir Dinar" | 1895 | Morgan le Fay | A short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch. [189] | |
"Mordred: A Tragedy" | 1895 | Morgance | A poem by Henry Newbolt. | |
"Morgan le Fay" and "Accolon of Gaul" | 1889 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Two poems by Madison Cawein. |
"Morgain" | 1886 | Morgain | A poem by John Grosvenor Wilson. [190] | |
"Sir Launcelot" | 1881 | Evil | A poem by William Wilfred Campbell. | |
"Launcelot and the Four Queens" | 1870 | Evil | Morgane le Fay | A poem by Charles G. D. Roberts. |
"Merlin's Last Prophecy" | 1838 | Good | Morgain-le-fay | A poem by George Darley. [191] |
"Morte D'Arthur: A Fragment" | 1830 | Morgue | A poem by Reginald Heber. [192] |
Morgaine le Fey, a DC Universe supervillainess introduced in 1972, and Morgan le Fay, a Marvel Universe supervillainess introduced in 1955, are discussed in their separate articles.
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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King Arthur and the Dragon Rider | 2018 | Evil | Morgana | A series by M.E. Martin. |
The Musketeers | 2018 | Other | Morgan Fay | |
Immortal Brothers: The Tale of the Green Knight | 2017 | Good | Morgan le Fey | |
The Once and Future Queen | 2017 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Pendragon: The Quest For King Arthur | 2017 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | |
Kids of the Round Table | 2015 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A series by Robert Tinnell and Brendon Fraim. [193] [194] |
Merlin's Ring | 2015 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | [195] |
Armour of Light | 2014 | Evil | Morgana | A series by Lady Antiva. [196] |
Eye of Newt | 2014 | Other | Morgan Le Fay | A series by Michael Hague. |
Misfits of Avalon | 2014 | Good | Morgan | A series by Kel McDonald, starting with The Queen of Air and Delinquency. |
The Unwritten | 2014 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | |
Fables | 2013 | Good | Morgan le Fay, The Green Witch | |
Son of Merlin | 2013 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | |
Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur | 2011 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | In this version, Morgana was raised and thought in black arts by the evil Unseelie faeries, traded to them by Merlin for Arthur. When Morgana returns, she sends Merlin several years into the future, makes a fake copy of Excalibir, and challenges Arthur to war. |
Le Morte d'Arthur | 2011 | Morgan le Fay | ||
Avatar of the Futurians | 2010 | Evil | Morgana La Fay | |
Muppet King Arthur | 2010 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | A parody story starring Miss Piggy as Morgana who tries to undermine Kermit the Frog's Arthur with the help of Robin the Frog's Mordred. in the end, after Arthur gives up Camilla the Chicken's Guinevere to The Great Gonzo's Lancelot, he proposes to Morgana "and they all lived happily ever after". |
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression | 2009 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A Ghostbusters comic miniseries in which Morgan has been banished into a pocket dimension by Merlin, but breaks free and returns to the physical plane with a plan to conquer the world and reign for all time. She is tricked and destroyed by the time-displaced Ghostbusters when Peter Venkman flirts with her and set his Proton Pack to overload. |
Caliber | 2008 | Morgan | A miniseries by Sam Sarkar where Arthurian characters are reimagined in the Old West. [197] | |
Hellboy: The Wild Hunt | 2008 | Other | Morgan le Fay | |
Lancelot | 2008 | Other | Morgane | Including in the titular role in the volume Morgane. [198] |
Lords of Avalon | 2008 | Evil | Morgen le Fay | |
Avalon High: Coronation | 2007 | Evil | Morgan Frank, Morgan Le Fay | A comic sequel to Meg Cabot's novel Avalon High . [199] |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | 2007 | Evil | Morgana | In The Black Dossier. |
Mondes & Voyages | 2007 | |||
La Quête du Graal | 2006 | Evil | Morgane | |
Saddleback Illustrated Classics | 2006 | |||
Beyond Avalon | 2005 | Good | Morgan | |
Dracula vs. King Arthur | 2005 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Morgan and her son Mordred are both turned into vampires and become minions of Dracula. |
Mickey Mouse Adventures | 2005 | Morgan le Fay | ||
Gangs of Camelot | 2004 | Evil | Morgan | [200] |
Femzine | 2003 | Other | Morgan le Fay | |
Just Imagine...: Shazam | 2002 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Morgana | 2002 | Good | Morgana | [201] |
Arthur Pendragon | 2001 | Morgane | [202] | |
Tomb Raider | 2000 | Evil | Morgan Farrel, Morgan le Fay | Morgan Farrel is one of the students of Vanessa Fenway, Lara Croft's old college friend and a fellow archaeologist. later it is revealed her actual identity is of the immortal Morgan le Fay, who has been searching for the time-portal artifact Merlin Stone for centuries. When Lara destroys the stone, Morgan gets trapped in the prehistoric era. |
Warrior Nun Areala | 2000 | Evil | Fata Morgana, Morgen le Fay | In the spin-off miniseries Warrior Nun Brigantia, Fata Morgana (Morgen le Fay) steals the head of the king Bran the Blessed in 1940 and delivers it to Heinrich Himmler Nazis to enable them conquer Britain. The British government calls on Brigantia, aided by the awakened Arthur's sister (and Morgen half-sister) Anna the White Nin, to recover the head. Anna defeats Morgen with Excalibur's sister blade Ganieda, but Morgen apparently escapes to another realm. |
Arthur | 1999 | Morgwen | ||
Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table | 1999 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | |
Adventures in the DC Universe | 1998 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A different character than DC Universe's Morgaine le Fey (issue #15). |
Le Chant dExcalibur | 1998 | Evil | Morgane | [203] |
Lady Pendragon | 1998 | Evil | Morganna | |
Merlin | 1998 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A comic by Robin Wood. [204] |
Vamperotica | 1998 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Sláine | 1996 | Good | Morgaine La Fee | In "The Treasures of Britain". |
3-D Classic Comics | 1994 | In King Arthur and the Sowrd in the Stobne. | ||
Knights on Broadway | 1993 | Good | Tammy, Morgan le Fay | |
King Arthur & the Knights of Justice | 1993 | Evil | Morgana | |
Arthur au royaume de l'impossible | 1991 | Evil | Morgane | [205] |
Arthur Sex | 1991 | Other | Morgana | |
Camelot Eternal | 1991 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Jughead's Time Police | 1991 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Morgan is a time-travelling rogue Time Police agent from the future who has been mistaken for a witch in medieval times due to her use advanced technology. Jughead's Time Police foil Morgan's world-domination scheme and arrest her. |
Martin Mystère | 1990 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | [206] |
Corto Maltese: A Mid-Winter Morning's Dream | 1987 | Good | Morgana | |
The New Wave | 1986 | Good | Morgaine, Morgana, "The Lady" | |
The Black Dragon | 1985 | Good | Morgan Le Fey | |
Les Ecluses du Ciel | 1983 | Good | Morgane | |
Rom | 1982 | Morgan le Fay | ||
The Last Defender of Camelot | 1980 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | |
De Jeugdjaren van Koning Arthur | 1974 | Evil | Morgana | |
Knights of the Round Table | 1964 | |||
Adventure Comics | 1960 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
La Giovinezza d'Arturo | 1957 | Evil | Morgana | |
Robin Hood and His Merry Men | 1956 | Good | Morgane le Fay | Queen Morgane, Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, and the Queen of North Galis bear the wounded King Arthur away to Avalon after his battle with Mordred. [207] |
Knights of the Galaxy | 1952 | Morgan le Fay | ||
Forbidden Worlds | 1951 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | [208] |
Operation: Peril | 1950 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Princess Morgan conspires with Merlin, Mordred and the "Black Teutonic Knights" to kill King Arthur to claim the throne, but is betrayed by the time-traveller Dr. Tom Redfield who went back in time to retrieve Excalibur from the 6th century whom she tried and failed to seduce, and who defeats them and burns her and Merlin with the exhaust of his jet fighter. [209] |
Ibis the Invincible | 1946 | Evil | Morgana Le Fay | [210] |
Sir Batman and Robin at King Arthur's Court | 1946 | Evil | Morgan Le Fey | Queen Morgan Le Fay has kidnapped Merlin and Batman, Robin and Lancelot must save him from her clutches. |
Classics Illustrated | 1945 | |||
Jingle Jangle Comics | 1945 | Evil | Morgan | The disguised Queen Morgan steals Excalibur from Arthur, but it is retrieved by Bingo and Glum and a ring from the Lady of the Lake blows up her castle. [211] |
Super-Mystery Comics | 1943 | Evil | Faye Morgana | [212] [213] [214] [215] |
Top-Notch Comics | 1940 | Evil | Morgana de Fay | The witch Lady Morgana is the wife of the Knight of the Griffin, an enemy of Arthur, and use treachery to substitute Galahad's sword with a broken one, but Galahad wins and kills his opponent anyway thanks to Merlin's help. [216] Later, her men accidentally capture Galahad's squire Garlan and she sends a monster after Galahad when he comes for rescue him. [217] |
Thrilling Comics | 1940 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | The time-travelling Ghost expels Merlin from King Arthur's court. Merlin swears revenge and talks Queen Merlin into sending her knights to conquer England and dispose of King Arthur. They capture Ghost and Morgan orders him executed, but he escapes and helps Arthur beat back the attack using his 20th-century weapons. [218] |
Weird Comics | 1940 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | Queen Morgana attempts to rid Camelot of Sir Gareth, who is a rival to her son Mordred for the hand of Lady Elaine. But Gareth is protected by the time-travelling Sorceress of Zoom (an also villainous protagonist), who wants Gareth for herself and so she decides to get rid of Elaine, who is in Morgana's captivity, and defeats Morgana's men and magic. Morgana surrenders to her, but then Merlin's magic sends the Sorceress of Zoom back in time to the future. [219] |
Prince Valiant | 1937 | Evil | Morgan le Fay |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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The Kid Who Would Be King | 2019 | Evil | Morgana | Played by Rebecca Ferguson. [220] |
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | 2017 | Evil | Morgana | Played by Sara Malakul Lane. [221] |
Anomaly | 2016 | Morgan Le Fay | Played by Diana Cabuto. | |
Queens of Avalon | 2016 | Other | Morgana | Played by Heather Dale, the author of this musical. [222] |
The Secret of Joy | 2015 | Good | Morgan Le Fay | Played by Mia Christou. |
Dragons of Camelot | 2014 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Sandra Darnell. |
Magic Tree House | 2011 | Good | Morgan le Fay | Morgan le Fay is a good sorceress in an anime film adaptation of the book series of the same title. |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 2010 | Evil | Morgana le Fay | Played by Alice Krige. [223] |
Morgana | 2007 | Morgana | Played by Mónica Garcez. [224] | |
Perceval | 2007 | Morgana | Played by Carmen Cuello. | |
Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter | 2004 | Evil | Morgan LeFay | The vampiric Morgan is played by Kimberly Cash. [225] |
Young Arthur | 2002 | Morgana | Played by Laura Rees. [226] | |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 2002 | Evil | Morgana | Played by Kelly Le Brock. [223] |
Avalon | 2001 | Good | Morgan le Fay | |
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie | 2000 | Other | Morgan le Fay | An anime film entry in the manga and TV anime series. Morgan le Fay, voiced by Ayako Kawasumi, is a Faerie princess and the film-only character. |
Arthur's Quest | 1999 | Evil | Morgana | The treacherous and power-hungry Morgana (played by Catherine Oxenberg [223] ) is the dark-magic wielding "greatest warrior in the land" King Pendragon's former consort, [227] who travels into future to the modern-day America in pursuit of the Excalibur and the teenage Arthur, posing as his teacher. [228] In the end, Arthur, aided by Merlin, defeats and destroys her in a magical sword duel. |
A Knight in Camelot | 1998 | Good | Vivien Morgan | Played by Whoopi Goldberg. |
Merlin | 1998 | Morgana | Played by Lara Daans. | |
Prince Valiant | 1997 | Evil | Morgan le Fey | Played by Joanna Lumley. [223] |
Guinevere | 1994 | Morgan l'Fei | Played by Bríd Brennan. | |
Gawain | 1991 | Morgan le Fey | Played by Marie Angel. | |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 1989 | Evil | Morgana | Played by Jean Marsh. [223] |
Avalon | 1989 | Morgana | Played by Debbie Stevens. | |
Novye Priklyucheniya Yanki pri Dvore Korolya Artura | 1988 | Morgan le Fay | Played by Anastasiya Vertinskaya. | |
Arthur the King | 1985 | Morgan le Fay | Morgan, played by Candice Bergen, [223] is the "most vile and demented creature on earth" who plots to kill Arthur so her beloved son Mordred can take the throne. [227] | |
Sword of the Valiant | 1984 | Morgan La Fay | Played by Emma Sutton. [223] | |
Excalibur | 1981 | Evil | Morgana | Played by Helen Mirren. [223] Her young and aged versions are also portrayed by Kay McLaren and Barbara Byrne. |
Dr. Strange | 1978 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Jessica Walter. [223] |
Merlin's Magic Cave | 1977 | Good | Morgana | An animated feature wherein Morgana and Merlin narrate several folk and fairy tales by reading from Merlin's book. [229] |
Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay | 1971 | Evil | Morgane (Morgana) | A French erotic horror film originally titled Morgane et ses nymphes. Played by Dominique Delpierre. |
Lancelot and Guinevere | 1963 | Also known as Sword of Lancelot. | ||
A Connecticut Yankee | 1955 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | Played by Gale Sherwood in an NBC live musical television film. |
Knights of the Round Table | 1953 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Anne Crawford. [223] Morgan believes she deserves the throne of Britain as Uther's only legitimate child, but Merlin has Arthur being proclaimed king. Morgan and her lover Modred fight against Arthur and his allies; Morgan poisons Merlin and Modred kills Arthur before being defeated by Lancelot and dying in Morgan's arms. |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 1949 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Virginia Field. [223] |
Adventures of Sir Galahad | 1949 | Good | Morgan le Fay | Morgan le Fay (played by Pat Barton), Arthur's half sister and a magician, helps him fight against the evil Merlin's magic and the Saxon invaders. [230] [223] |
A Connecticut Yankee | 1931 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Myrna Loy. [223] |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 1921 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Rosemary Theby. |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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The Winter King | 2023 | Good/Evil | Morgan | Played by Valene Kane, [231] half-sister to Arthur and priestress of the old religion |
Cursed | 2020 | Good | Morgana | Played by Shalom Brune-Franklin, sister to Arthur and advisor to Nimue. |
Runaways | 2019 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Elizabeth Hurley. [232] |
Tales of Arcadia | 2017-2020 | Good (temporarily evil) | Morgana le Fay | Voiced by Lena Headey. In Trollhunters, Morgana (also known as, among others, the Pale Lady and Baba Yaga) is an ally of Gunmar and a fallen apprentice of the wizard Merlin. She is described as a being of shadows and is responsible for the war between humans and trolls, as well as the creation of shapeshifting troll changelings. She is revered as a goddess by some trolls. |
Fate/Apocrypha | 2017 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Older sister to Artoria (female version of Arthur) and neglected by her family, thus developing a hatred for Artoria and her reign. As a result, Morgan gave birth to Mordred and led the child onto the path to usurp Artoria. Here, portrayed as unconditionally evil. |
Seven Mortal Sins | 2017 | Good | Morgan, Camelot's Red Fairy | |
Oggy and the Cockroaches | 2017 | Morgane (Morgan) le Fay | Episode "Morgan the Fairy" (Oggy, Merlin et la fée Morgane"). | |
The Librarians | 2015 | Other | Morgan le Fay | In the episode "And The Rule of Three", Morgan appears as Lucinda McCabe (Alicia Witt), the head of an educational software company sponsoring a prominent science fair. In truth, she is using the fair as an opportunity to absorb the energy generated by the use of a magical app, resulting in a feedback loop that is only broken at the last second by the Librarians. She also infiltrates the Library itself, revealing her true identity. At the end, she vanishes abruptly, but not before warning the Librarians that a terrible catastrophe will soon befall the Library. |
Tales of Albion | 2014 | Morgan le Fay | Played by Julie Carter. [233] | |
Ultimate Spider-Man | 2014 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Voiced by Grey DeLisle. |
Merlin | 2012 | Evil | Morgane | Played by Marilou Berry. [223] |
Camelot | 2011 | Evil | Morgan Pendragon | Morgan (played by Eva Green [223] ) functions as the main antagonist of the series. She is a beautiful and ruthlessly ambitious daughter of Uther Pendragon, who dabbles in witchcraft and sees herself as the rightful heir to her father's throne. In her pursuit of power and revenge against those who harmed her in her youth in order to bring Arthur to the throne, which he legitimized, Morgan gives herself over to dark forces that allow her to threaten the court of Camelot from within. |
Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van het Magische Zwaard | 2011 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | Played by Peggy Vrijens. |
The Super Hero Squad Show | 2010 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold | 2009 | Evil | Morgaine le Fey | Voiced by Tatyana Yassukovich in the episode "Day of the Dark Knight", in which Morgaine petrifies Arthur and his entire court, forcing Merlin to pull Batman and Green Arrow into the past to combat her. |
Live from Lincoln Center | 2008 | Morgana | Episode "Camelot", played by Fran Drescher. | |
Merlin | 2008 | Other | Lady Morgana, Morgana Pendragon | Played by Katie McGrath. [223] Initially a friend, ally and potential love interest of both Merlin and Arthur; both being kept in ignorance of her magical heritage by Merlin and Court Physician Gaius, and feeling sympathy as well as both fear (due to the realisation that she herself has some form of magic) and increasing anger over Uther's unexplained hatred for Druids and magic-users leads to both emotional and real conflict with several characters, as well as within Morgana herself - she is also manipulated (sometimes unaware) by several figures from the very beginning, including the 'good' characters, Merlin and Gaius - culminating in her alliance with her half-sister Morgause. This results in a deep and lasting hatred for her former friends and home. (For more information, see the list of Merlin characters.) |
Kaamelott | 2008 | Good | La Fée Morgane | Played by Léa Drucker. [223] |
Justice League Unlimited | 2004 | Evil | Morgaine le Fey | Voiced by Olivia d'Abo in the episode "Kid Stuff". |
Guinevere Jones | 2002 | Evil | Morgana La Fay | Played by Mercia Deane-Johns. |
Justice League | 2004 | Evil | Morgaine le Fey | Voiced by Olivia d'Abo in the episode "A Knight of Shadows". |
Merlin: The Return | 2002 | Evil | Morgana | Played by Grethe Fox. [223] |
The Mists of Avalon | 2001 | Good | Morgaine, Morgan le Fay | Played by Tamsin Egerton and Julianna Margulies. [223] |
A Twist in the Tale | 1999 | Good | Morgana | Played by Claudia Black in the episode "Obsession in August". [223] |
Merlin | 1998 | Other | Morgan le Fey | Played by Helena Bonham Carter, [223] She is the half sister of Arthur and mother of Mordred. Initially depicted as the disfigured daughter of Igraine and Lord Cornwall, Morgan allies with Queen Mab and her servant Frik, in exchange for beauty and ultimately the throne. She sleeps with Arthur, fully knowing he is her half brother, so that her son can one day be king. However, she is eventually betrayed and killed by Mab, who throws her down the stairs of her castle. As she lays dying, the spell granting her beauty fades. She asks Frik, whom she has fallen in love with, if she is still beautiful, and Frik reassures her that she is beautiful beyond words. This portrayal is closer based on Morgause than Morgan. |
Stargate SG-1 | 1997 | Good | Morgan le Fay | In this science fiction series, Morgan (played by Sarah Strange [223] ) is depicted as one of the Ascended Ancients, aiding the main characters in their quest for the Holy Grail. The show's version of Merlin "is of particular interest because of her largely benevolent characterization in this series one that differs markedly from more common characterizations. Unlike the other, famous intergalactic take on the Arthurian legend seen in Camelot 3000 , the Morgan in Stargate is not a villain so much as a figure reminiscent of the Celtic 'fae' formidable creatures with greater powers than humans and different codes of conduct and behavior." [20] |
Darkstalkers | 1995 | Evil | Morgana | In this American loos adaptation of a Japanese video game series Darkstalkers , the evil sorceress Morgana is an ancestor of the antagonist succubus Morrigan Aensland. [229] Her spirit appears, and is apparently destroyed by the spirit of Merlin, in the episode "Donovan's Bane". |
Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders | 1995 | Evil | Morgana | Voiced by Deborah Allison. A thousand ago, Morgana was the leader of the evil ancient wizards, as well as the original creator and wielder of the Dark Stone. Having been defeated and banished into wild magic by Merlin, Morgana returns with a vengeance after the Dark Stone restores her physical form in her lair in the second season, allying herself with the first season's Lady Kale to destroy Merlin and take over the magic of Avalon. The Jewel Riders must ensure this will not happen and help Merlin vanquish Morgana's dark powers again. (For more information, see the list of Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders characters.) |
Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum | 1994 | Good | Morgana | Played by Rosi Campos. |
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice | 1992 | Evil | Morgana | In this cartoon series, Queen Morgana (voiced by Kathleen Barr) is the evil sorceress who serves as the primary antagonist of the series. She was responsible for sealing Arthur and his knights into the Cave of Glass. She despises Merlin and has great magical prowess. Among other things, Morgana constructed her "Warlord" warriors out of stone and can reassemble them using her magic. Her second-in-command is Lord Viper, who leads the Warlords and seems to be the only human in Morgana's army. |
Wail of the Banshee | 1992 | Evil | Fay Morgan | Played by Susie Blake. |
The Legend of Prince Valiant | 1991 | Evil | Morgana | A cartoon series adaptation of Prince Valiant comics where the villainous Lady Morgana (voiced by Patty Duke & Diana Muldaur) is Arthur's half-sister and Mordred's lover with a great knowledge of alchemy and herbalism. [229] |
MacGyver | 1991 | Evil | Morgana | In the two-part episode "Good Knight MacGyver", a concussion sends MacGyver to King Arthur's Court, where his strange ways help Merlin to free Galahad's lady Cecilia and bring the evil wizardry of Queen Morgana of Caledonia (played by Robin Strasser) to an end. |
Battlefield (Doctor Who) | 1989 | Evil | Morgaine | Played by Jean Marsh. |
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater | 1987 | Evil | Morgan le Fur | 'Morgan le Fur', played by the character Catnip, is the antagonist of the stage theater play in the cartoon's episode "Paws of the Round Table", where she tries to steal Excalibur before she is fought off by Arthur (played by Hello Kitty). [229] |
The Centurions | 1986 | Evil | Morgana | A descendant of Morgana named Melinda is the villain of the episode "Merlin", in which she attempts to recover Arthurian relics, and ultimately Excalibur (who she claims had been owned by Morgana before Arthur stole it), in an attempt to rule the world. The Centurions, aided by Merlin himself, thwart them and the villain Doc Evil. [229] |
Fables and Legends: English Folk Heroes | 1986 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | In this cartoon series, she is the villain of the episode "The Round Table" in which she had rejected "the true church" out of envy of King Arthur and became a powerful sorceress "through terrible pagan ceremonies" of "the ancient and dark eays of the false druids". She is the mother of Mordred and puts a spell on Lancelot to forget his wife Elaine. [229] |
The Twilight Zone | 1986 | Good | Morgan le Fay | Episode "The Last Defender of Camelot", played by Jenny Agutter. In this episode, she is a sharp-tongued yet honorable sorceress, who laments her modern-day villainous reputation as "horrible press" courtesy of Merlin and Thomas Malory. [223] |
The Smurfs | 1981 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Morgan witch who is the villain of the episode "Smurfs of the Round Table", where the Smurfs and shrunk Lancelot need to recover Excalibur from her and save Camelot from a total destruction. [229] Papa Smurf manages to vanquish Morgan by turning her into a rat which is then chased off by a cat. |
The Legend of King Arthur | 1979 | Morgan le Fay | Played by Maureen O'Brien. | |
The Freedom Force | 1978 | Evil | Morgana | The wicked sorceress Morgana appears in the episode "Morgana's Revenge" (also known as "Pegasus' Odysse") in which she is Hercules' scorned former lover who captures his Pegasus and enslaves Hercules himself. The rest of the Freedom Force, which includes Merlin, rescue them from her castle. |
The Ghost Busters | 1975 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | In the episode "Merlin the Magician", Merlin and jester Gronk are pursued from the Great Beyond by their nemesis Morgan, played by Ina Balin, [223] who intends to trap them in this era. The Ghost Busters befriend and assist the broken-down magician in his battle with the beautiful sorceress. |
Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table | 1966 | Morgana | Voiced by Lola Brooks. [223] | |
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | 1957 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Played by Laura Rees in the episode "Knight's Choice". [223] Previously banished from Camelot for trying to murder her brother Arthur, Morgan hopes to return if she can get her son Rupert to become a knight of the Round Table. Her plan is thwarted by Merlin. |
Title | Year | Nature | Character | Notes |
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Guinevere | 2022 | Good | Morgana | A roleplaying game were the player is in the position of Guinevere, who suffers from visions predicting the downfall of both Camelot and Arthur and Lancelot, both of whom the player can have Guinevere romance: "Promised to the legendary ruler of Camelot, you carry a secret that may be your new home's salvation... or its destruction." Made by Pixelberry Studios. |
King Arthur: Knight's Tale | 2022 | Other | Morgana le Fay | A follow-up to 2012's King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame , Morgana remains a “powerful enchantress” once allied with the Lady of the Lake. [234] Voiced by Emaline Tuck. |
Fate/Grand Order | 2021 | Evil | Morgan | Both a boss character and a summonable Servant. This version of Morgan is the queen of Fairy Britain, an alternate timeline where fairies are the dominant species instead of humans, and considers herself a separate being from the Fate/Apocrypha version of Morgan le Fay. She is a tyrant who rules with an iron fist, yet her rule is a necessary evil; without her, the fairies and humans would perish, either due to infighting caused by the fairies' capricious natures or due to the Great Calamities that periodically plague Fairy Britain. |
Smite | 2021 | Morgan Le Fay | ||
Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey | 2019 | Good | Morgana Le Fey | A narrative adventure game set in the 19th-century London. According to official synopsis: "The legendary sorceress suffered her curse during the fall of Camelot and has been forced to live in canine form ever since. It has been a constant struggle for Fey to reconcile how the world sees her and her personhood, her femininity, her desires. Will she ever regain her human form, but more importantly who will she be when that happens?" [235] Voiced by Perdita Weeks. |
King of Avalon | 2019 [236] | Morgana | ||
Empires & Puzzles | 2016 | Morgan Le Fay | Both a boss character and a recruitable hero in the Knights of Avalon event. | |
Avalon II | 2014 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | [237] [238] |
Bubble Witch 2 Saga | 2014 | Morgana Pendragon | ||
Heroes of Camelot | 2014 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | |
Sword of King: Excalibur | 2014 | Good | Morgana | |
Citadels | 2013 | Evil | Morgan | [239] |
Legion of Heroes | 2013 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A legendary hero summon character: "Morgan was the first human to ever learn fairy magic. Her first use of the power was to grant herself eternal youth and beauty, but her body has not been able to withstand the spell and the surging power has marred her skin. She continues searching for a way to heal herself, and has joined the Cult of Shadows to achieve such ends. She is one of the few on the order who still retains free will." Her secret identity is of Queen Fersona, another character. |
Mini Warriors | 2013 | Morgan le Fay, Morgana | Two different playable hero characters. [240] | |
Soul Sacrifice | 2013 | Other | Morgan le Fay (Illecebra), Nimue (Sortiara) | [241] |
Fantasica | 2012 | Other | Morgan le Fay | |
King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame | 2012 | Other | Morgana le Fay | A strategy/RPG hybrid in which Morgan is a half-Sidhe sorceress and one of the leading characters of the game. She goes with her army in a search for her mentor, Merlin, who was kidnapped by Nimue. But it turns outs Morgana worked not to help him, but to increase her power. [242] [243] |
Legend of the Cryptids | 2012 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | An MMORPG card game in which Morgan was added in the "Knights of Camelot" limited card pack that was available only in 2013. |
Wild Blood | 2012 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | |
Cabals: The Card Game | 2011 | Morgana Le Fay | In this card-based video game, Morgana Le Fay is one of the Hero cards used to build a deck in the game. [244] The magical leader of the green colored Danann Covenant also appears predominantly in the game's promotion and is used as the application icon. [245] | |
Faery: Legends of Avalon | 2011 | Morgiana | ||
Kingdoms of Camelot | 2009 | Morgana | ||
Runes of Avalon | 2007 | Evil | Morganna le Fay | A puzzle game in which the ambitious great sorceress Morganna has turned to evil and was vanquished by Melin but managed to escape. Years later, Morganna return to get her revenge and take over Avalon. Now Merlin's apprentice Evelyne must defeat Morgana and save both Merlin and Avalon. [246] [247] In the follow-up game, Runes of Avalon 2 (2008), Morganna was defeated by Evelyne in a fierce magical battle and is apparently gone forever [248] but her curses are still in force and so Evelyne now must destroy Morganna's legacy of dark magic and heal Avalon. [249] |
Stronghold Legends | 2006 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Knight's Apprentice: Memorick's Adventures | 2004 | Other | Morganna | An action-adventure game in which Morganna is a powerful sorceress and a half-sister to King, who has lives in seclusion in a floating part of Avalon since the Great War when she and Merlin defeated Mab. [250] During the course of the game, it is discovered that Morganna orchestrated the monster invasion to keep the Knights of the Round Table busy as she sent her son Mordred in Camelot to steal Excalibur. [251] [252] Eventually, it turns out that Morganna and Mordred have been only bewitched and corrupted by Mab in order to let her escape her magic crystal prison. After Mab is defeated, her influence is broken and they are reverted to their normal selves, remembering nothing. [249] |
Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom | 2002 | Evil | Morgana | A first-person slashed in which the evil sorceress Morgana is the antagonist of the game and Arthur uses the Excalibur to slay her in the final fight. [253] |
Legion: Legend of Excalibur | 2002 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | In this RTS / action-RPG hybrid, Morgan is a power-hungry evil sorceress who has killed her father Uther Pendragon. The player is cast in the role of young Arthur on a quest to unite the Kingdom of Camelot and destroy Morgan. [254] [255] [256] |
Dark Age of Camelot | 2001 | Evil | Morgana | |
Arthur's Knights II: The Secret of Merlin | 2001 | Other | Morgan | Morgan is a fairy Mother Goddess, a temptress who despises the hero Bradwen because of his rejection of her in favour of Morgan's sister Rhiannon. She tried to arrange for her champion, the Pied Knight, to kill Bradwen, but the situation is resolved without a fight, and Bradwen later also rescues St. Joseph who has been put under a sleeping spell by Morgan when he tried to convert her. [257] [258] [259] |
Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry | 2000 | Other | Morgan | Morgan is a great goddess whom Bradwen must outwit to get the fairies of her domain Avalon to help him against the evil sorcerer Morganor's ally known as the Witch of Winter. Later Bradwen refuses Morgan's advances and frees Gawain from her power, and they escape from Avalon. [260] [261] |
Dark Camelot (cancelled) | - | Other | Morgan le Fay | An early version (circa 1996) of the game that would eventually become the stealth game Thief: The Dark Project featured Mordred as a misunderstood hero and Morgan as the protagonist Mordred's "sort of good" advisor. [262] |
Chronicles of the Sword | 1996 | Evil | Morgana | |
Marathon Infinity (modded) | 1996 | Evil | Morgana | A first-person shooter with the mod titled Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge about a space marine's mission is to stop the time-travelling Morgana in three time periods. [263] |
Time Paradox | 1996 | Evil | Morgana | An adventure game where a woman named Kay is sent back in time to put out a threat from witch Morgana and rescue Merlin. [264] The game ends with Key finding and eliminating Morgana. [265] [266] |
King Arthur & the Knights of Justice | 1995 | Evil | Morgana | |
Eric the Unready | 1993 | Evil | Morgana | |
Tales of Magic | 1992 | Evil | Morgana | [267] |
Lance | 1991 | Evil | Morgana | A knight needs to recover the stolen Holy Grail from the evil witch Morgana and save Britannia. [268] |
Spirit of Excalibur | 1990 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | Also referenced in the sequel, Vengeance of Excalibur . |
Swords of Twilight | 1989 | Good | Morgana | In this tactical role-playing game, Morgana is the good Queen of Avalon and a sister of both Queen Gloriana of Albion and Prytania the Witch Queen of Annwyn. [269] |
Lancelot | 1988 | Evil | Morgan | |
Dragontorc | 1985 | Evil | Morag | |
Excalibur | 1985 | Evil | Morgana | [270] |
King Arthur's Quest | 1984 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | In this adventure game, the wicked Morgana, angry that Arthur has refused to accept her son Modred as one of the Knights of the Round Table has cast a spell that plunged the entire land into neverending winter. The player is cast in the role of Arthur who sets out to remove the curse. [271] At the end of the game, Arthur finds and rescues the enchanted Merlin, who defeats Morgana. |
Breakaway | Canceled | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | Playable character of a raven-themed evil sorceress character who is a great descendant of the "historical" Morgan. [272] |
The Battles of King Arthur | Canceled [273] | Evil | Morgaine | [274] |
Smite | 2021 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | [275] |
Title | Year | Nature | Name | Notes |
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2099 Wasteland | 2017 | Morgan le Fay | A post-apocalytpic version of the role-playing game Hypercorps 2099 where Morgan and Merlin are among the "Warlords of the Wasteland" ruling this world. [276] | |
Hocus | 2016 | Morgan le Fay | A card game. [277] | |
Albion's Legacy | 2015 | Evil | Morgana le Fey | A board game where Morgana is a playable character add in the Avalon expansion. [278] |
Cabals: The Board Game | 2015 | Morgana Le Fay | A board game. | |
Fairytale Games: The Battle Royale | 2014 | Other | Morgan Le Fay | A card game. [279] [280] |
Duel of Ages II | 2013 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A card game. [281] [282] |
The Resistance: Avalon | 2012 | Evil | Morgana | A card / deduction game in which Morgana's player must be pretending to be Merlin. [283] [284] |
Shadows over Camelot: The Card Game | 2012 | Evil | Morgan | A card game. [285] |
Shadows over Camelot | 2008 | Evil | Morgan | A board game. [286] The extension Merlin's Company adds the coven of Morgan's seven witches. [287] |
Arthurian Ghost Knights | 2007 | Morgan Le Fay | [288] | |
Arthur's Legacy: The Rebirth of Legends and Return of King Arthur | 2006 | Good | Morgana | A diceless role-playing setting. |
Camelot Legends | 2004 | Morgan le Fay | Morgan is one of the playable lords of Camelot. [289] | |
Weird 'n Wild Creatures | 2003 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A card game. |
Quest for the Grail | 1995 | Morgana le Fay | A card game. | |
Pendragon | 1991 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A role-playing game where the Witch Queen Morgan is a default adversary and the gamemaster is supposed to "always blame evil events on her, if she is not responsible. Any suspected ill-doing is her fault." |
Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game | 1989 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | |
Golden Heroes | 1985 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | The scenario Queen Victoria and the Holy Grail. |
Wizards, Warriors & You | 1984 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | The gamebook Ghost Knights of Camelot written by David Anthony Kraft. [290] |
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons | 1983 | Other | Morgan LeFay | A Lawful/Neutral Half-Elf Cleric/Druid antagonistic character in the Arthurian scenario "The Pillar of Clinschor" in the Wizards book in the Role Aids series. |
Knights of Camelot | 1980 | Evil | Morgan Le Fay | A board game with role-playing elements, in which Morgan if not avoided can seduce the players to enter her service. [291] |
Merlin | 1980 | Evil | Morgane le Fay | A board game by Greg Stafford in which the players play as either Merlin or Morgane. [292] |
Title | Year | Nature | Name | Notes |
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Artus-Excalibur | 2014 | Morgana | A musical by Frank Wildhorn and Robin Lerner. | |
Morgan le Fay | 2011 | Good | Morgan le Fay | In this opera by Mary Knickle, Morgan represents female power on an isle threatened by fearful male religious fanatics exploiting Mordred's unconcern with women's welfare. She is also hostile to Uther as the murderer of Gorlois, and to her own mother. She has an uneven relationship with her sister Elaine, who (coerced by the clerics) convinces her to return to Britain. Merlin appears as her lover, but she refuses him to save Avalon by withdrawing it from the world. Much of the libretto is drawn from Celtic druidic chants, the Old Testament and modern spiritual eco-feminism conceptions of power drawn from contemplation, calm and enjoying nature. |
Excalibur | 1998 | Evil | Morgana | A rock opera. |
EFX | 1995 | Evil | Morgana | A stage show. |
Gawain | 1991 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | An opera. |
Merlin's Tale of Arthur's Magic Sword | 1982 | Morgan le Fay | A children's play by Keith Engar. | |
Young King Arthur | 1980 | Evil | Morgan | A children's play by Clive Endersby in which Morgan is Mordred's sister and aids him with her magic in hopes for him to become the king. |
Camelot | 1960 | Other | Morgan le Fay | A musical. |
The Round Table | 1930 | Good | Morgana | A play by Georgene Webber Davis. |
A Connecticut Yankee | 1927 | Evil | Morgan le Fay, Fay Morgan | A Rodgers and Hart musical, in which Morgan sings about why and how she murdered sixteen of her husbands in Larry Hart's witty and final lyric, To Keep My Love Alive. |
The Queens of Avalon | 1911 | Good | Morgan le Fay | |
Merlin and Vivian: A Lyric Drama | 1907 | Evil | Morgan-le-Fay | A music drama. [293] |
Excalibur: An Arthurian Drama | 1893 | Evil | Morgan le Fay | A play by Ralph Adams Cram. |
Morgan le Faye | 1859 | Evil | Morgan le Faye | A play by Thomas Hailes Lacy, inspired by Sir Launfal and Le Morte d'Arthur . [294] |
Launcelot of the Lake | 1842 | Morgan le Fay | A play by Christopher James Riethmüller. [295] | |
Orlando Furioso | 1727 | Evil | Morgana | An opera. [20] |
Title | Author | Work | Year |
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"Morgana" [296] | Lord of the Lost | Thornstar | 2018 |
"Morgan La Fey" | Tuatha Dea | Kilts and Corsets | 2017 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [297] | Derek Fiechter | Dark Journey | 2014 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [298] | Avalon | Rebirth of Camelot | 2013 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [299] | Thierry Fervant | Legends of Avalon | 2013 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [300] | Paul Roland | Roaring Boys & Sarabande | 2012 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [301] | Evil Beach | Seasick - Tales from the Deep | 2012 |
"Lurid Bride: I. Morgan le fay" [302] | Turning Point Ensemble | Strange Sphere | 2012 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [303] | Lovespoon | Lovespoon | 2011 |
"Morgan le Fay" [304] | Brigands' Folie | Twain | 2010 |
"Morgaine" [305] | Brian Buller | The Riverbank Faerie | 2010 |
"Morgaine's Spell" [306] | Atham'e | Echoes of Avalon | 2009 |
"Morgaine" [307] | Gypsy | There's Still Hope | 2008 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [308] | Sunspot | Neanderthal | 2007 |
"Morgaine's Song" [309] | Lucid Madness | Gypsy Soul | 2007 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [310] | Wyllow Ravenscroft | Tales of Camelot | 2007 |
"Morgan Le Fay" [311] | Jon Symon | Warlock - Memories Of A White Magician | 1983 |
"Morgan La Fay" [312] | Ricky Dean Fisher | Acoustic Songbook Chapter 1: Bittersweet | 2007 |
"Morgane Le Fay" | Grave Digger | Excalibur | 1999 |
"Beech and Willow", "Four Queens", "The Lady", "Sword and Scabbard" | Anne Lister | Root, Seed, Thorn and Flower | 1997 |
"Gawain, An Aside from Morgan le Fay I" [313] and "II" [314] | Harrison Birtwistle | Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain | 1990 |
"Fata Morgana" | Fates Warning | Awaken the Guardian | 1986 |
"Pani Morgan Le Fay" | Grażyna Bacewicz | Przygoda Króla Artura | 1960 |
Title | Name | Year | Nature | Notes |
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Descendants: The Rise of Red | Morgie | 2024 | Evil | A young sorcerer, son of Morgana le Fay. [315] |
Cassette Beasts | Morgante | 2023 | Other | An egregore of the human spirit of rebellion and the ex-wife of egregore of conquest Aleph (who is derived from King Arthur both in and out of universe). She allies herself with the protagonist, offering them the opportunity to escape the island of New Wirral in exchange for being used for her own ends. [316] |
Sengoku Basara 4 | Kyōgoku Maria | 2014 | Other | The older sister of the knightly Azai Nagamasa, and an immensely powerful sorceress who can magically manipulate the sashes on her sleeves. |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Morgana | 2010 | Evil | An evil sorceress and the main antagonist. |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | Arthur Morgan | 2018 | Other | An outlaw who's capacity for moral and immoral behavior is central to the plot, much like his namesake Morgan le Fay. |
Death at King Arthur's Court | Warren Morgan | 2016 | A posthumous novel by Richard S. Forrest. | |
Morgana | Morgana | 2016 | Evil | A book by D.A. King. [317] |
The Arthur Paladin Chronicles | Morgan | 2014 | Good | Novels by David Alastair Hayden and Pepper Thorn, The Shadowed Manse and The Warlock's Gambit. |
The Far Kingdoms: Elements | Morgana | 2014 | Evil | The Far Kingdoms (2013): In this sequel to The Far Kingdoms, Morgana have survived her battle with Princess Arianna and returned to cast a powerful spell that turned all of Arianna's subjects into stone. Now Arianna needs to again defeat Morgana and remove the curse from her kingdom. [318] |
Dragon's Crown | Morgan Rizilia | 2013 | Good | A witch is the owner and shopkeeper of Morgan's Magic item shop. |
The House in Fata Morgana | Morgana | 2012 | A normal girl is accused of being a witch. Upon her death she lingers as a ghost and gains the ability to curse souls, causing those who wronged her to reincarnate and live tragic second lives. | |
The After Cilmeri | 2011 | Good | In this series of novels by Sarah Woodbury, Anna and David are confused for Morgana and Arthur in Prince of Time and Crossroads in Time. | |
Ōkami-san | Majolika Le Fay | 2010 | Good | An anime series with a character named Majolika voiced by Kimiko Koyama in Japanese and Lindsay Seidel in English. |
High School DxD | Le Fay Pendragon | 2018 | Good | In Highschool DxD light novel series, Morgana Le Fay was a legendary witch in ancient times and a contemporary of the Great Wizard Merlin, her descendant Le Fay Pendragon who inherited her magic talent is a prodigy witch of the Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn, is the love interest of the protagonist Issei Hyoudou. |
The Far Kingdoms | Morgana | 2013 | Evil | A hidden object puzzle game in which the dark witch Morgana and her minions took over the kingdom of Princess Arianna and bewitched everyone into believing she is the queen. Now Arianna needs to defeat Morgana's sorcery and save the kingdom from evil. [319] [320] |
Morgan Le Fay | Morgan Le Fay | 2012 | A novel by G. F. McCauley. [321] | |
Morgana, the Queen | Morgana | 2012 | A novel in an erotic fantasy series The Histories of the Divine Astarte by Jerome Brooke. | |
Knights of the Lunch Table | Morgan | 2011 | Evil | An old sister and bully of Artie Knight, a student of Camelot High School. |
Schreie der Vergessenen | Morgan le Fay | 2011 | Good | A film featuring a modern Germany magician known as Morgan le Fay (played by Barbara Meier). |
Tales of Monkey Island | Morgan LeFlay | 2009 | Other | A female bounty hunter. |
League of Legends | Morgana | 2009 | Evil | The demonic fallen angel Morgana is one of the many Champions (player characters) in this video game. Originally was to be named "Morgana Le". |
Wizard101 | Morganthe | 2008 | Evil | The dark sorceress named Queen Morganthe, [322] is the second main villain of this MMORPG, where she tries to learn the secrets of the magic of the lost world of Celestia at all costs. [323] |
Power Rangers S.P.D. | Morgana, Mora | 2005 | Evil | Morgana, also known as Mora in her child form, is a servant of the series' villain Emperor Gruumm. |
Tears to Tiara | Morgan | 2005 | Good | In this video game, manga and anime franchise, Morgan is a Gaelic female warrior, a wife of the protagonist great demon king Arawn, and a friend of Arthur (here also a Gael warrior). |
Morgaine the Sorceress | Morgaine Fabiano | 2004 | The protagonist in the series of novels by Joe Vadalma. | |
Winx Club | Morgana | 2004 | Good | The former queen of Tir Nan Og (inspired by Tír na nÓg) and the Earth Fairies and mother of Princess Roxy of Earth, of the show's protagonists. She first appears in the episode "Love & Pet". |
The Wheel of Time | Moiraine Damodred | 2004 | Good | [324] |
.Hack//Sign | Morganna | 2002 | Evil | An evil entity originally tasked with giving birth to Aura that traps Tsukasa inside The World and alters his memories to make him more miserable in the hopes that it will corrupt Aura. |
Divine Divinity | Morgana | 2002 | Good | Archmage Morgana is a friendly non-player character in this role-playing video game. |
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Morgana | 2000 | Evil | |
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Justice for All | Morgan Fey | 2002 | Evil | A spirit medium of the Fey clan branch family who wishes to usurp the title of heir to the Master of the clan from her niece, Maya Fey. She first tries to frame Maya for murder and later attempts to have her killed. |
Heart of the Dove | Faye Morgan | 1999 | A novel by Tracy Fobes featuring a witch named Faye Morgan, considered a descendant of Morgana Fay. | |
Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum | Morgana | 1997 | Good | A powerful sorceress who lived long, being found in many major events and passages of history and legend. |
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus | Morgana | 1996 | Good | |
Warhammer | Morgiana Le Fay / The Fay Enchantress | 1996 | Good | The spiritual leader of the land of Bretonnia and emissary of its patron deity, the Lady of the Lake. |
Master of Magic | Morgana | 1994 | Other | Morgana the Witch is one of the recruitable Hero units in the game. |
Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen | Morgana | 1993 | Evil | Morgana and Xenoc are leaders of a group of evil wizards and sorceress serving of the antagonist Alamar and based in the city of Sandcaster. The good sorceress Astra gives the player a quest to kill them and wipe out their followers. [325] |
Darkwing Duck | Morgana Macawber | 1991 | Good | A reformed evil sorceress who has become Darkwing Duck's love interest and a member of the Justice Ducks.n She has first appeared in the episode "Fungus Amongus" (chronologically, in "Ghoul of My Dreams" that was aired out of order). |
Small World: An Academic Romance | Fulvia Morgana | 1984 | Good | |
Knightriders | Morgan | 1981 | Other | A male character played by Tom Savini. |
Doctor Who | Cessair of Diplos, The Cailleach, Morgana Montcalm, Vivien Fay | 1978 | Evil | A character in The Stones of Blood serial. |
The Morgaine Stories | Morgaine | 1978 | Good | A series of science fantasy novels by C. J. Cherryh. |
The Worst Witch | Morgana | 1974 | Good | A cat of the witch teacher Miss Hardbroom. |
The Marrow of the World | Morgan | 1972 | Evil | [326] [327] |
Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword in the stone that is the proof of Arthur's lineage and the sword given to him by a Lady of the Lake are not the same weapon, even as in some versions of the legend both of them share the name of Excalibur. Several similar swords and other weapons also appear within Arthurian texts, as well as in other legends.
Guinevere, also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever, was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur. First mentioned in popular literature in the early 12th century, nearly 700 years after the purported times of Arthur, Guinevere has since been portrayed as everything from a fatally flawed, villainous, and opportunistic traitor to a noble and virtuous lady. Many records of the legend also feature the variably recounted story of her abduction and rescue as a major part of the tale.
Avalon is a mythical island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann. Since then, the island has become a symbol of Arthurian mythology, similar to Arthur's castle of Camelot.
Mordred or Modred is a major figure in the legend of King Arthur. The earliest known mention of a possibly historical Medraut is in the Welsh chronicle Annales Cambriae, wherein he and Arthur are ambiguously associated with the Battle of Camlann in a brief entry for the year 537. Medraut's figure seemed to have been regarded positively in the early Welsh tradition and may have been related to that of Arthur's son. As Modredus, Mordred was depicted as Arthur's traitorous nephew and a legitimate son of King Lot in the pseudo-historical work Historia Regum Britanniae, which then served as the basis for the following evolution of the legend from the 12th century. Later variants most often characterised Mordred as Arthur's villainous bastard son, born of an incestuous relationship with his half-sister, the queen of Lothian or Orkney named either Anna, Orcades, or Morgause. The accounts presented in the Historia and most other versions include Mordred's death at Camlann, typically in a final duel, during which he manages to mortally wound his own slayer, Arthur. Mordred is usually a brother or half-brother to Gawain; however, his other family relations, as well as his relationships with Arthur's wife Guinevere, vary greatly.
The Lady of the Lake is a title used by multiple characters in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur. As either actually fairy or fairy-like yet human enchantresses, they play important roles in various stories, notably by providing Arthur with the sword Excalibur, eliminating the wizard Merlin, raising the knight Lancelot after the death of his father, and helping to take the dying Arthur to Avalon after his final battle. Different Ladies of the Lake appear concurrently as separate characters in some versions of the legend since at least the Post-Vulgate Cycle and consequently the seminal Le Morte d'Arthur, with the latter describing them as members of a hierarchical group, while some texts also give this title to either Morgan or her sister.
Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgan[n]a, Morgain[a/e], Morgant[e], Morg[a]ne, Morgayn[e], Morgein[e], and Morgue[in] among other names and spellings, is a powerful and ambiguous enchantress from the legend of King Arthur, in which most often she and he are siblings. Early appearances of Morgan in Arthurian literature do not elaborate her character beyond her role as a goddess, a fay, a witch, or a sorceress, generally benevolent and connected to Arthur as his magical saviour and protector. Her prominence increased as the legend of Arthur developed over time, as did her moral ambivalence, and in some texts there is an evolutionary transformation of her to an antagonist, particularly as portrayed in cyclical prose such as the Lancelot-Grail and the Post-Vulgate Cycle. A significant aspect in many of Morgan's medieval and later iterations is the unpredictable duality of her nature, with potential for both good and evil.
Morgause is a popular variant of the figure of the Queen of Orkney, an Arthurian legend character also known by various other names and appearing in different forms of her archetype. She is notably the mother of Gawain and often also of Mordred, both key players in the story of her brother King Arthur and his downfall.
Accolon is a character in Arthurian legends where he is a lover of Morgan le Fay who is killed by King Arthur in a duel during the plot involving the sword Excalibur. He appears in Arthurian prose romances since the Post-Vulgate Cycle, including as Accalon in the French original Huth Merlin and Acalón in the Spanish adaptation El Baladro del Sabe Merlin.
In Arthurian legend, Ywain, also known as Yvain and Owain among other spellings, is a Knight of the Round Table. Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the enchantress Modron or the sorceress Morgan le Fay. The historical Owain mab Urien, the basis of the literary character, ruled as the king of Rheged in Britain during the late-6th century.
Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders, also known outside of North America as Starla & the Jewel Riders and sometimes spelled as the more traditionally Arthurian "Guinevere", is an American fantasy animated television series aimed at a pre-teen girl audience and produced by Bohbot Entertainment in association with Hong Ying Animation Company Limited. It was internationally syndicated by Bohbot on their syndicated Amazin' Adventures block, where it originally ran from 1995 to 1996, with two seasons and twenty-six episodes.
Firelord is a historical fantasy novel by Parke Godwin, first published in 1980. The novel is a retelling of the King Arthur legend.
The Knight of the Sacred Lake is a historical fantasy novel by Rosalind Miles. It was first published in 2000 by Simon & Schuster in the UK followed by Crown Books in the US. The book is a retelling of the Arthurian legend and follows the lives of Queen Guinevere, consort of King Arthur and her struggles with the king's nephews Agravain and Gawain; the queen is torn between her love for her husband, her land, and her lover, Lancelot. The book was part of a series, The Guinevere Novels, and was followed by The Child of the Holy Grail. Reviewing the book, Publishers Weekly described it as "a lush, feminist take on the English epic".
A Connecticut Yankee is a 1931 American Pre-Code film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was directed by David Butler to a script by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation, who had earlier produced the 1921 silent adaptation of the novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. A Connecticut Yankee is the first sound film adaptation of Twain's novel. It is unrelated to the 1927 musical also titled A Connecticut Yankee.
Stories involving the mythical wizard Merlin have been popular since the Renaissance, especially with the renewed interest in the legend of King Arthur in modern times. As noted by Arthurian scholar Alan Lupack, "numerous novels, poems and plays center around Merlin. In American literature and popular culture, Merlin is perhaps the most frequently portrayed Arthurian character."
Daughter of Tintagel is a series of historical fantasy novels by British writer Fay Sampson. It tells the story of the life of Arthurian legend character Morgan le Fay, presented through an oral history narrative from her early childhood to her disappearance. It was originally published as five books between 1989 and 1992, followed by an omnibus edition in 1992. The series was re-published in 2005 as Morgan le Fay.
Sebile, alternatively written as Sedile, Sebille, Sibilla, Sibyl, Sybilla, and other similar names, is a mythical medieval queen or princess who is frequently portrayed as a fairy or an enchantress in the Arthurian legend and Italian folklore. She appears in a variety of roles, from the most faithful and noble lady to a wicked seductress, often in relation with or substituting for the character of Morgan le Fay. Some tales feature her as a wife of either King Charlemagne or Prince Lancelot, and even as an ancestor of King Arthur.
Guiomar is the best known name of a character appearing in many medieval texts relating to the Arthurian legend, often in relationship with Morgan le Fay or a similar fairy queen type character.
Merlin is a legendary character who has appeared multiple times throughout comic books especially in DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
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