The loathly lady is an archetype commonly used in medieval literature, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale. The motif was prominent in Celtic mythology and to a lesser extent Germanic mythology, where the lady often represented sovereignty.
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Famous quotes containing the words loathly and/or lady:
“Turns to meet the loathly birds
Flocking round him from the skies,
Waiting for the flesh that dies.”
—Ralph Hodgson (c. 1871–1962)
“and you said
that I looked almost like
a puritan lady and what
I remember best is that
the door to your room was
the door to mine.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)