68A-Morgan Le Fay: Get Thee to a Nunnery

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Sorceress. Confidant. Traitor. Sister. All of those words describe Morgan Le Fay, King Arthur's half-sister. She is by far the most complex character I've come across in the Arthurian legends, but she's constantly portrayed in the medieval and early modern texts as a one-note traitorous baddy who is evil because she's an evil sorceress and evil sorceresses are evil. If you're familiar with the legends, you're going to see a Morgan you've never seen before. If you're not, get ready to meet one of the most interesting, tragic figures you'll come across. Sponsors: The Great Courses Plus: Go to http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/myths to get a free trial of The Great Courses Plus, and while you’re there, check out the course “Fundamentals of Photography." Loot Crate: Here's the link for the Groot I was talking about. This 22" figure will be in the one mega crate sent out to a lucky subscriber. The rest of us will have to settle for a bunch of cool pop culture stuff worth twice what we paid for it. Darn. Check out http://www.lootcrate.com/legends code LEGENDS for $3 off any new subscription. Music: “Malachite” by Andy G. Cohen “Watching from Red Hill” by Artofescapism “Disinter” by Blue Dot Sessions “The Face of the Thrush” by Blue Dot Sessions “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar “Snowmen” by Kai Engel “Even when we fall” by Philipp Weigl “The Scent of Cedars” by Philipp Weigl “60s Quiz Show” by Podington Bear “Fits” by Podington Bear “Pop Brasilia” by Podington Bear “Seventh Hill” by Podington Bear “Starday” by Podington Bear “Toboggan (Smooth Run)” by Podington Bear “Trader Ho Hey” by Podington Bear

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0:00.0	This week, on the Mythic and Legends podcast, it's the start of the story of Morgan LaFay,
0:05.6	Arthur's half-sister.
0:06.6	He'll learn that in an unnery is, I guess, a great place to learn necromancy, and that
0:11.3	if a middle-aged man offers to teach him magic lessons in the woods, well, I don't even
0:15.8	think I need to finish that sentence.
0:17.6	It sounds sketchy enough already.
0:19.5	The creature this week is a little red monster from Detroit, Michigan, who will fill your
0:23.5	life with doom, destruction, and really bad breath.
0:32.4	This is the Mythic and Legends podcast, episode 68A, Get the 2-Anunnery.
0:37.6	This is a podcast right off stories from mythology and folklore.
0:44.0	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:48.4	Other stories you might have heard, but really should.
0:51.0	Today, we're back in the Arthurian Legends, but we're not really continuing from last
0:55.2	week, so if this is your first time hearing the podcast, feel free to jump in here.
1:00.1	Before we begin, I'm going to start this episode saying that I took some liberties with
1:03.2	the Morgan LaFay story.
1:04.9	The most coherent version is that of Sir Thomas Mallory, but one of his main sources,
1:09.6	was the 13th century French Volgate, which adds much more nuance and includes the whole
1:14.3	episode we're going to talk about today.
1:16.1	Basically, as with nearly every story in this podcast, there's no one official version.
1:21.4	The Arthurian Legends are basically just pseudo-historical supernatural fanfiction.
1:26.2	I merged all the versions I could to make the Morgan and the story today, and I'll
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