# The Wife — The Windfairies character guide

> The Wife in The Windfairies by Mary De Morgan.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-the-ploughman-and-the-gnome

## Who they are

A generic but sustained character, possibly the ploughman's wife.

## Relationships

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

_family_

A strained marital relationship, with the Ploughman often distant and the Wife feeling neglected and lonely.

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

_social_

Neighbors who share gossip and mutual suspicion, their interactions laced with underlying envy and judgment.

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

_social_

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

### [Vain Kesta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/vain_kesta)

_rivalry_

A petty, envious rivalry over social standing and male attention, with the Wife feeling overshadowed by Kesta's charm.

### [Lucilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/lucilla)

_social_

A cordial but distant neighborly relationship, marked by polite conversation and mutual lack of deep trust.

### [Dumb Othmar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/dumb_othmar)

_social_

A quiet, pitying acquaintance as the Wife occasionally brings him food, but they share little real connection.

### [Adam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/adam)

_social_

A brief, transactional acquaintance, with Adam occasionally doing odd jobs for the Wife without any deeper rapport.

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

_family_

A strained marital relationship, with the Ploughman often distant and the Wife feeling neglected and lonely.

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

_social_

Neighbors who share gossip and mutual suspicion, their interactions laced with underlying envy and judgment.

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

_social_

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

### [Vain Kesta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/vain_kesta)

_rivalry_

A petty, envious rivalry over social standing and male attention, with the Wife feeling overshadowed by Kesta's charm.

### [Adam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/characters/adam)

_social_

A brief, transactional acquaintance, with Adam occasionally doing odd jobs for the Wife without any deeper rapport.

## In the story

### [The Rain Maiden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/chapters/the-rain-maiden)

The shepherd's wife, who longs for a child and is granted one by the mysterious woman, but later struggles with her daughter's unusual nature and her own ambitions for the girl's marriage.

### [The Ploughman and the Gnome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_windfairies_se/chapters/the-ploughman-and-the-gnome)

The ploughman's new wife, who refuses to give up her face to the gnome and becomes distraught.

## Links

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