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Mythology
Here’s another woman from mythology on which to project your own lover. The enchantress Morgan le Fay, who figures in the Arthurian legends, was the oldest and most beautiful of nine sisters. She could be cruel and scheming, but was also skilled in the art of healing. In most versions of the story, she is related to Arthur - his half-sister. As a girl, she was a pupil of Merlin. Later she became lady-in-waiting to Guinevere. Married to King Urien, she bore him a son Owain, who once had to physically stop her from killing her husband. She took a lover, the knight Accolon of Gaul, and plotted with him to steal the sword Excalibur and to kill Arthur. She also had plans to persuade Lancelot to become her lover, and later threatened to expose Lancelot’s affair with Guinevere. Although she was jealous of her half-brother and often attempted to humiliate him, she was in the barge that carried Arthur to Avalon to be healed. Wife, lover, temptress, enchantress, healer - who could resist her spell?
Here’s another woman from mythology on which to project your own lover. The enchantress Morgan le Fay, who figures in the Arthurian legends, was the oldest and most beautiful of nine sisters. She could be cruel and scheming, but was also skilled in the art of healing. In most versions of the story, she is related to Arthur - his half-sister. As a girl, she was a pupil of Merlin. Later she became lady-in-waiting to Guinevere. Married to King Urien, she bore him a son Owain, who once had to physically stop her from killing her husband. She took a lover, the knight Accolon of Gaul, and plotted with him to steal the sword Excalibur and to kill Arthur. She also had plans to persuade Lancelot to become her lover, and later threatened to expose Lancelot’s affair with Guinevere. Although she was jealous of her half-brother and often attempted to humiliate him, she was in the barge that carried Arthur to Avalon to be healed. Wife, lover, temptress, enchantress, healer - who could resist her spell?
