Disney: Mother Gothel is Meg from Hercules.
Loosely based on Megara and Deianira, Hercules' first and second wives in Greek mythology, directors Ron Clements and John Musker adapted Meg into a morally conflicted con artist, while basing her role and personality on 1940s screwball comediennes, particularly actress Barbara Stanwyck's performance in The Lady Eve ( ...
In Greek mythology, Megara (/ˈmɛɡərə/; Ancient Greek: Μεγάρα) was a Theban princess and the first wife of the hero Heracles.
Although she is an unofficial Disney Princess, Megara actually was a princess in Greek Mythology and is also a princess by marriage since she married Hercules in the TV series.
Ariel is the daughter of Triton, who is the son of Poseidon, who is the brother of Zeus who is the father of Hercules.
She got dropped because apparently, she had poor merchandise sales during her stay, and her entire characterization was deemed to be too mature for the Princess brand's targeted audience. Megara: Some say that her film underperformed in Disney's standards.
Fearing for his and his family's lives, he kills Megara and his three sons. Once Hercules realizes what he has done, he is struck with grief and full of remorse.
Megaera (/məˈdʒɪərə/ mə-JEER-ə; Ancient Greek: Μέγαιρα, romanized: Mégaira, lit. 'the jealous one') is one of the Erinyes, Eumenides or "Furies" in Greek mythology.
Hercules and Megara got married and had three strong sons. The family lived happily together.
After defeating the Minyans at Orchomenos, King Creon offered his eldest daughter, Megara, to Hercules as a bride in reward for his prowess in battle. Together, Hercules and Megara had anywhere between three and eight children.
The next biggest age gap is between Hercules and Meg, with Hercules thought to be 18 and Meg 28 in the 1997 film.
When Hercules grew up and had become a great warrior, he married Megara. They had two children. Hercules and Megara were very happy, but life didn't turn out for them the way it does in the movie. Hera sent a fit of madness to Hercules that put him into so great a rage, he murdered Megara and the children.
Megara makes mistakes. We watched her make a huge one in the movie when she betrayed Hercules. Sure, she did it to get out from under Hades' thumb (and I kind of respect that?), but it's not a decision most heroines would make. She misstepped, and we saw how she recovers from her error.
“Megara is afraid of heights, so it's easy to imagine her enjoying a stable, grounded ride like the carousel!” Ashley said.
The snakes had been sent by Hera. Of all the sons Zeus had fathered on other women, Hera hated Heracles most of all, for the seed of Zeus flowed in his veins most copiously. But Zeus protected Heracles and he grew into the strongest of men and the greatest of all Greek heroes.
Hercules killed his wife Megara against his will. Hera, jealous that Hercules was the product of an affair her husband had, sent him into a mad rage during which he killed his wife and children.
Seven wives
According to Hesiod, Zeus takes Metis, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, as his first wife.
Hera hates Heracles because he is a living reminder of her husband's infidelity. Because of this she is cruel to him. She could bring about Herakles' death but instead she wants him to suffer. She sends Madness to drive Heracles to murder his wife and progeny.
Realizing that he has been poisoned, Hercules builds his own funeral pyre and burns himself to death on it. After he died, Athena carried him to Olympus on her chariot. According to legend, he will spend the rest of eternity with the gods.
Among his lovers were said to be the young heroes Admetos, Iphitos, Euphemos, Elacatas, and Abderus, son of Hermes, whose love for Hercules cost him his life (see above).
Megara and Hercules had three sons (though some sources claim eight children): Therimachus, Deicoon, and Creontiades.
Megara sold her Soul to Hades to keep her Lover alive(after that he betrayed her) and Hades made an Deal with Meg. If she expose Herc's Weakpoint he will grant her Freedom.
Though this movie only shows Megara as Hercules' love interest, in Greek mythology, the demigod had several wives throughout the course of his life.