Sea-morgan

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Sea-morgans appear in tales collected by Ruth Tongue, attributed to western Somerset. A fisherman adopts an infant morgan who grows up to return to the ocean. Sea-morgan is a direct translation of the Breton "mari-morgan."

When

First attested
1900 CE
Attested period
1900 – 1900
Historical notes
Appears in 19th-century folklore collections.

Relationships

co occurs with
Mary Morgan, Morgens
cognate of
Morgan le Fay

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Sources

Source passages

“Controversial English folklorist Ruth Tongue collected several tales with the term "sea-morgan," as in "The Sea Morgan and the Conger Eels" and "The Sea-Morgan's Baby," attributed to western Somerset, in which a fisherman adopts an infant morgan who grows up to return to the ocean. Sea-morgan is a direct translation of the Breton "mari-morgan."”

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