# The Gipsy — The Windfairies character guide

> The Gipsy in The Windfairies by Mary De Morgan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the gipsy

**First appearance:** 0006-the-gipsy-s-cup

## Who they are

A wandering gipsy whose mysterious cup carries old magic, offering help or trouble to those who cross her path.

## Relationships

### [The Potter's Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_potters_wife)

_romantic_

A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil.

### [The Ploughman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_ploughman)

_rivalry_

A direct, hostile rivalry fueled by the Gipsy's affair with the Ploughman's wife, leading to threats and confrontations.

### [The Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_wife)

_social_

A wary, superficial acquaintance, as the Wife disapproves of the Gipsy's influence in the village.

### [The Potter's Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_potters_wife)

_romantic_

A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil.

### [The Potter's Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_potters_wife)

_romantic_

A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil.

### [The Ploughman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_ploughman)

_rivalry_

A direct, hostile rivalry fueled by the Gipsy's affair with the Ploughman's wife, leading to threats and confrontations.

### [The Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_wife)

_social_

A wary, superficial acquaintance, as the Wife disapproves of the Gipsy's influence in the village.

### [The Ploughman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/the_ploughman)

_rivalry_

A direct, hostile rivalry fueled by the Gipsy's affair with the Ploughman's wife, leading to threats and confrontations.

## In the story

### [The Gipsy's Cup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/chapters/the-gipsy-s-cup)

Boasts in a drinking booth about a charm cup to win a beautiful woman; later threatens the potter's wife before being thrown out.

### [Dumb Othmar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/chapters/dumb-othmar)

The mysterious dwarf who brings magical instruments to the village and orchestrates the theft of Othmar's voice.

## Links

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