Sea-morgan
nature_spirit water Breton single tradition · 1
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
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
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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