The History of Morgana

Morgan le Fay , alternatively  known as Morgan le Fay , Morgane , Morgaine and other names, is a powerful sorceress in the Arthurian legend . The first works that have not made ​​her character Morgana beyond its role as a fairy or magician. It became much more prominent in the later cyclical prose works such as the Lancelot Grail and the Post- Vulgate Cycle , which becomes an antagonist of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere

It is said that Morgan is the daughter of Arthur 's mother , Lady Igraine , and her first husband , Gorlois , Duke of Cornwall , so that Arthur (son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon ) is his half brother. It has at least two older sisters, Elaine and Morgause , the latter is the mother of Gawain , Sir Gaheris , Gareth , Agravain , with King Lot and usually the traitor Mordred , with Arturo . In Arthur 's death Sir Thomas Malory and elsewhere, is married , unhappily , to King Uriens of Gore and Ywain is her son .

In more modern interpretations of the Arthurian mythology , Arthur and Morgana seduces him conceive the evil Mordred , although originally in La Mort d' Arthur this role is assigned to Morgause or Anna , one of his sisters . One of the first works in fairy speak as the mother of Mordred Morgana is the opera Merlin by Isaac Albéniz , though here no mention of any type of incest. Probably , this facet of Morgana and Arthur's mother 's murderer was popularized by Marion Zimmer Bradley 's novel The Mists of Avalon and John Boorman in Excalibur film . In " The Mists of Avalon" , or Gwydion Mordred , Morgana is engendered by Arturo under the guise of Horned God , for Celtic Beltane rites in Avalon , the child grows up with Morgause and Lot in Orkney and this modern author manages to combine the two traditions . Recall that states that Geoffrey of Monmouth Mordred , like Gawain , the son of Lot and Anna , sister of Arthur. Arthur was married to Morgana King Uriens and this gave him a son , Sir Owein . But Morgana and her husband never got along , and once tried to kill him

In some legends , Morgana tries to conspire against stealing Excalibur Arthur and handed it to his beloved Sir Accolon to murder him . Arturo Accolon kills in a duel and retires to rest to a nearby convent . Morgana , enraged , steals the scabbard of Excalibur ( Arthur makes invincible ) and throws it into the sea. Then he sends a layer , apparently to reconcile but the king refuses. On the advice of Nimue , the Lady of the Lake and Merlin's successor , Arthur puts the maid of her sister. The layer sticks to your body and begins to burn as if by magic . The king saves his life and Morgana escapes away from Camelot.

Franco Tagliani

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