"I'm not a witch, I'm not a witch!"
"Er, but, you are dressed as one."
"THEY dressed me up like this."
"No! Nooo! We didn't! We didn't!"
"And this isn't my nose, it's a false one!"
"Well... we did do the nose." Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail
As soon as I sent out the previous post, I realized I hadn't addressed one of my blog's possible associations. No, I am not a witch. I am not in a cult or a coven, and I won't be posting things of that nature. I'm a practicing Catholic, actually.
Also, I do know that the proper spelling is "Morgan le Fay" (so please don't comment endlessly on this). I'm more "fey" than "fay" and that's that.
So why involve her at all? Because Morgan le Fay is a wonderful badass, and a great feminist study. She wasn't really a villain until the French got hold of the Arthur legends. Mordred is the son of her sister Morgause in the earlier versions, and in some versions, she even nurses Arthur back to health on Avalon. However they differ, most agree that Morgan Le Fay is powerful, accomplished, and a worthy adversary for Team Merlin-Arthur. She's so much more interesting than Guinevere! She's also had a couple comic book appearances and that thrills my little nerd soul.
Plus, I bet you'd recognize her before Morrigan, the Celtic goddess of battle, fertility, and cats. So there!
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