num_pages: 277
description: The sister of King Arthur goes by many names: sorceress kingmaker death-wielder mother lover goddess. The Myth of Morgan la Fey reveals her true identity through a comprehensive investigation of the famed enchantress' evolution - or devolution - over the past millennium and its implications for gender relations today. While Western culture consistently seeks to control female sexuality by categorizing a woman's identity into either a mother or a lover i.e. a Madonna or a whore Morgan offers a unique duality a refusal to let her identity be fractured. Here Kristina Prez makes the connection between the tension between those two roles and Morgan la Fey's descent within Arthurian legend from goddess to witch.
language: English
title: The Myth of Morgan la Fey
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan