| MORGAN LE FAY |
| Morgan the Fairy (Morgan Le Fay or Morgan L`a F`ee), Queen of Avalon, is the half-sister of the legendary King Arthur. She is also the mother of Sir Mordred by him. She is a mysterious, complicated figure who takes several forms in Celtic mythology, British lengends, and Anglo-French literature. To Celts she was the Winter Goddess of Death and Darkness, and a sovereignty goddess. Some see her as a Celtic queen, and/or a pagan priestess. She is said to dwell with her eight sisters in Avalon, the Fairy otherworld where they brought Arthur after his final battle. Morgan Le Fay is also a literary figure, a Christianized version of the Celtic goddess Morgen. The evil things she did to Arthur were actually tests of his suitability for kindship, misinterpreted by Christian re-tellers of the ancient tales. This explains her confilcting roles as both black witch and Arthur's healer/protector. It is also why there is no tale of Morgan and Merlin battling it out magickally as representatives of the opposing forces of good and evil. King Accolon of Gaul is Morgan's lover in some myths. She is the mother of Yvain/Owein as well as Mordred/Modred. Morgan Le Fay is associated with both the mystical Isle of Avalon and with the Orkney Islands, Scotland. She is described as an old woman who is ever young and beautiful, and is usually depicted with dark hair or with red hair. Call upon Morgan Le Fay for magick, enchantment, sorcery, glamoury, art, shapeshifiting, healing, protection, witchcraft, sex magick, female power, lunar magick, and creating magickal weapons. |