MORGAN LE FAY ALPHABET - Name/Origin
Morgan le Fay /ˈmɔrɡən lə ˈfeɪ/, also known as Morgan le Faye, Morgen, Morgaine, Morgue, Morgana, Morganna,Morgant, Morgane, Morgne, Morge, Morgain.
“The name Morgan means “born of the sea,” (Mor means the ‘sea’) while le Fay means “a faery,” or “of the faeries.“ (…) The translation of her name has caused some people to consider that Morgan may have actually been the daughter of a Roman or Welsh Sea Goddess. (…) It is extremely easy to envision Morgan as a Sea Goddess or an aspect of the Irish Goddess of War, The Morrigan.” (x) (x)
” ‘Morgan’ was not a name, but the title
of a priestess, meaning no more than ‘woman come from the sea,’ in a
religion which even the Merlin of Britain would have found a legend and the
shadow of a legend.”
– The Mists of Avalon
“ ‘You’ll be reborn from the sea,’ said her mother. ‘When your boat lands in Ireland, you won’t be Anna anymore’. And she whispered a new name in Anna’s ear. ‘It means ‘born from the sea,’’ she said. (…) Now, as the boat pulled away from Din Tagell and everything she had ever known, she mouthed her new name, the one that meant “sea-born” in British. It was a darker, redder name than the name the wind had taken. It contained vengeance and power. It wouldn’t be so easily silenced. The sea breeze caught the name she spoke and hurled it, too, toward Britannia. ‘Morgan,’ she said, and then she shouted it: ‘Morgan!’"– The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan le Fay
“I was
Morgan le Fay, but I could not yet say what I might do, or might be unable to
prevent . Morgan le Fay had been with me all my life, riding my chest, as near
as my own heartbeat, yet she was a stranger to me.”
–
I Am Morgan le Fay
“Queen
Morgan le Fay,” I explained, “I’m a great sorceress – a colleague of Merlin’s.
A cousin of King Mark’s and the sister of the King of England”
–
Tintagel
“And she was herself again, Morgan, who had once
been named Anna. As the storm drove the ship toward Britannia, toward her
destiny, she gave thanks for this gift, the gale that was taking her home”
–
The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan le Fay