09-09-2013, 03:21 PM
How interesting. Yes, there are many stories which feature a woman such as Maleficent. I specifically wanted to incorporate those which include a female rival who sleeps. For that reason, in the back of my mind, I blend the inspirations for my character as having come from the evil witch/sorceress in the Sleeping Beauty-esque fairy tales with the evil queen/sorceress in the Snow White-esque fairy tales. Tracing those back, I came to the ancient story of Gold Tree and Silver Tree as also being tied to the mythology and largely excluded the Greek and Roman stories (at least from my mind) as they could largely stand on their own as having been about completely separate women.