@Josephine wrote:
I was just rewatching part of “The Return” and Bae’s conversation with Morraine was touched on at the beginning of the thread, but one part really stood out to me that hasn’t been mentioned here. Here is an excerpt from their talk:
Reul Ghorm is an ancient being that rules the night, the original power.
The part of her being one that “rules the night” isn’t something I really noticed before. I remembered her being the original power, but to me something associated with night is usually considered shady, evil, or bad. Daylight is good and strong. At least, to me that’s my association. I wonder why they included that phrase. Is that a clue that she isn’t all that wonderful?
The only possible connection I can think of is the character of the Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute which shares many concepts with fairy tales. Just looking at various descriptions of its characters you can see similarities in those of OUAT.