# The Moonbeam — On a Pincushion character guide

> The Moonbeam in On a Pincushion by Mary De Morgan.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Moonbeam

**First appearance:** 0001-the-story-of-vain-lamorna

## Who they are

A personified moonbeam that appears in the fairy tales.

## Relationships

### [The Sunbeam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_sunbeam)

_rivalry_

The Moonbeam and The Sunbeam are natural opposites, locked in a celestial rivalry or conflict of light and darkness.

### [The Nightingale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_nightingale)

_friendship_

The Moonbeam and The Nightingale share a poetic companionship, often found together in nocturnal scenes.

### [The Sunbeam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_sunbeam)

_rivalry_

The Moonbeam and The Sunbeam are natural opposites, locked in a celestial rivalry or conflict of light and darkness.

### [The Nightingale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_nightingale)

_friendship_

The Moonbeam and The Nightingale share a poetic companionship, often found together in nocturnal scenes.

## In the story

### [The Story of the Opal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/the-story-of-the-opal)

Loved by the Sunbeam; she perishes with him, their essence forming the opal.

## Links

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