Chapter 1
Spouses of ancient epics and folklore
Chapter 2
Victorian and nineteenth-century domestic struggles
Chapter 3
Spouses of twentieth-century American and Latin American literature
Chapter 4
Spouses of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction
YOUR GOAL
Master of Spouses of literary characters
Ch 4 · Spouses of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction
schopenhauer Speculative Fiction Spouses
Dancing in a hemlock glade, she's the real Lúthien carved on their Oxford stone.
schopenhauer Queen Guinevere's love triangle with Lancelot fractures the legendary kingdom of Camelot.
schopenhauer Persephone's seasonal marriage explains the natural cycle of the Earth's seasons.
BETA
schopenhauer Match literary characters with their spouses to discover the famous couples of classic literature.
Fun Fact
Arwen's lineage: Arwen and Aragorn are actually very distantly related; Aragorn is a descendant of Arwen's uncle, Elros, who chose a mortal life thousands of years earlier.
Glossary
spouse (noun)
A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner. J.R.R. Tolkien's character Arwen chose mortality to remain the loyal spouse of King Aragorn.
A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner. J.R.R. Tolkien's character Arwen chose mortality to remain the loyal spouse of King Aragorn.
Quiz
According to Greek myth, how many pomegranate seeds did Persephone eat, determining the number of months she must spend in the Underworld each year?
Quiz
In Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, what is King Arthur's sentence for Queen Guinevere after her treasonous affair with Lancelot is exposed?
Quiz
In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, what heirloom does Arwen give to Frodo Baggins to help him heal?
Quiz
In Frank Herbert's Dune, why wasn't Lady Jessica officially married to Duke Leto Atreides despite their deep love?
Quiz
In Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy, who does Katniss Everdeen eventually marry and have children with in the epilogue?
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In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, who is Percy's mother, Sally Jackson, forced to marry to mask Percy's demigod scent from monsters?
Quiz
In the video game and book series The Witcher, who is the powerful sorceress who is the canonical soulmate and adoptive wife-figure of Geralt of Rivia?
Quiz
In William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the name of the Fairy Queen married to Oberon, who is tricked into falling in love with a donkey-headed man?