Morgan le Fay
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Morgan le Fay is a powerful enchantress of Arthurian legend, often depicted as King Arthur’s half-sister and a complex figure who alternates between adversary and ally to the knights of the Round Table.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morgan le Fay canonical | 35 |
| Morgana | 6 |
| Morgaine | 3 |
| Morgan Pendragon | 1 |
| Morgan la Fée | 1 |
| Morgan le Fay (behind the scenes) | 1 |
| Morgan le Fay (in many versions) | 1 |
| Morgan le Fay (in some versions) | 1 |
| Morgan le Faye | 1 |
| Morgane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T537751 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morgan le Fay Context triple: [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, featuresCharacter, Morgan le Fay]
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A.
Queen Guinevere
Queen Guinevere is the legendary queen consort of King Arthur, renowned in Arthurian literature for her beauty, nobility, and central role in the courtly and romantic intrigues of Camelot.
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B.
Mary Walsingham
Mary Walsingham was an English gentlewoman of the 16th century, known primarily as the wife of statesman and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Walter Mildmay.
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C.
Gawain
Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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D.
Maud of Wales
Maud of Wales was a British princess who became Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
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E.
Merlin
Merlin is the legendary wizard of Arthurian myth, often depicted as King Arthur’s powerful but enigmatic advisor and magician.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morgan le Fay Target entity description: Morgan le Fay is a powerful enchantress of Arthurian legend, often depicted as King Arthur’s half-sister and a complex figure who alternates between adversary and ally to the knights of the Round Table.
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A.
Queen Guinevere
Queen Guinevere is the legendary queen consort of King Arthur, renowned in Arthurian literature for her beauty, nobility, and central role in the courtly and romantic intrigues of Camelot.
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B.
Mary Walsingham
Mary Walsingham was an English gentlewoman of the 16th century, known primarily as the wife of statesman and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Walter Mildmay.
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C.
Gawain
Gawain is a legendary knight of King Arthur’s Round Table in Arthurian literature, renowned for his chivalry and central role in tales such as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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D.
Maud of Wales
Maud of Wales was a British princess who became Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII.
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E.
Merlin
Merlin is the legendary wizard of Arthurian myth, often depicted as King Arthur’s powerful but enigmatic advisor and magician.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian legend character
ⓘ
enchantress ⓘ fairy ⓘ mythological character ⓘ sorceress ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| ally |
King Arthur
ⓘ
some knights of the Round Table ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Chrétien de Troyes’ romances
ⓘ
Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
surface form:
Le Morte d’Arthur
Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
surface form:
Post-Vulgate Cycle
Vulgate Cycle ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Avalon
ⓘ
King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form:
Camelot
|
| basedInTradition | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
| child | Yvain ⓘ |
| culture |
French Arthurian romance
ⓘ
medieval British literature ⓘ |
| earliestNameForm | Morgen ⓘ |
| enemy |
Queen Guinevere
ⓘ
surface form:
Guinevere
Sir Lancelot ⓘ
surface form:
Lancelot
|
| etymology | name related to Old Welsh "Morcant" or to Breton and Welsh words for "sea" ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ally
ⓘ
antagonist ⓘ healer ⓘ shape-shifter ⓘ sorceress of Avalon ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern fantasy depictions of witches
ⓘ
modern portrayals of Arthurian sorceresses ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Morgan le Fay
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Morgaine
Morgan le Fay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Morgan la Fée
Morgan le Fay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Morgan le Faye
Morgan le Fay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Morgana
|
| notableFor |
alternating between adversary and ally of King Arthur
ⓘ
plotting against Guinevere ⓘ testing the knights of the Round Table ⓘ |
| occupation |
enchantress
ⓘ
healer ⓘ |
| parent |
Gorlois of Cornwall
ⓘ
Igraine ⓘ |
| power |
flight
ⓘ
healing ⓘ illusion ⓘ magic ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ |
| relationshipToKingArthur | half-sister ⓘ |
| relative | King Arthur ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elaine of Benoic
ⓘ
surface form:
Elaine (Arthurian)
King Arthur ⓘ Morgause ⓘ |
| spouseOrLover | King Uriens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Morgan le Fay Description of subject: Morgan le Fay is a powerful enchantress of Arthurian legend, often depicted as King Arthur’s half-sister and a complex figure who alternates between adversary and ally to the knights of the Round Table.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Morgan le Faye
this entity surface form:
Morgaine
this entity surface form:
Morgana
this entity surface form:
Morgan la Fée
this entity surface form:
Morgana
this entity surface form:
Morgane
this entity surface form:
Morgana
this entity surface form:
Morgaine
subject surface form:
Forest of Brocéliande
subject surface form:
Frederic Sandys
this entity surface form:
Morgan le Fay (in many versions)
this entity surface form:
Morgaine
this entity surface form:
Morgana
this entity surface form:
Morgana
this entity surface form:
Morgan le Fay (behind the scenes)