I Believe the Arthurian Parallel Is Morgan Le'Fay.
The Name With No Man Send a noteboard - 27/11/2009 02:03:31 PM
But also their was an Arthurian queen with a similar name, and I'm not thinking of the one Morgase is named after either. I'm really rusty on my Arthurian legend and mythos. Haven't had a chance to refresh in forever, but you might check out the 13th Depository for more.
Maybe it's just because I read The Mists of Avalon too many times and remember how bitterly Morgaine as protagonist (note Bradley's spelling of "Morgaine" is just "Moiraine" without the first i and with a g added) resented being seen as a wode covered munchkin (i.e. small and blue in addition to her mystical powers.) Moiraine says after Rhuidean that she considered bedding Rand to gain a lever on him, but her trip through the ter'angreal showed her that every time she did "the result was disastrous." The MoA version of Morgaine, unlike in most versions of Arthur, slept with Arthur because it was required of her in her Maiden-High Priestess role, but it's clear her greatest motivation was that taboos aside she wanted him. In every version of Arthur the result is the same whatever the motive:
Morgan sleeps with Arthur and conceives Mordred as their child, so that Arthur feels obliged by paternal duty and guilt to accept him as a knight and tolerate his treason until it destroys Camelot.
Moiraine is one of the best examples of Jordan "what if...?"ing tropes in general and Arthurian ones specifically. Like the classic Animaniacs episode where a computer shreds the script and produces things like "Mindy and the Brain" and "Rita and the Rat" ( "Hey, Rita, what do you want to do tonight?" "I dunno... EAT YOU?!!!"


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22/11/2009 02:47:00 AM
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IIRC from God of War 2, they were Lahkesis, Atropos, and Clothos
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22/11/2009 04:47:50 AM
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Might have something on her name origin
22/11/2009 05:27:03 AM
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I Believe the Arthurian Parallel Is Morgan Le'Fay.
27/11/2009 02:03:31 PM
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I Didn't Know the Collective Title, But Looks Like a Good Catch. *NM*
27/11/2009 02:04:42 PM
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Hehe, Rand is living a peaceful farmlife when <fate> comes along and carries him off... *sigh* *NM*
27/11/2009 07:42:12 PM
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