# Mrs Dedalus — Ulysses character guide

> Mrs Dedalus in Ulysses by James Joyce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs Moll, Mary, Wilhelmina, Mrs Mary Dedalus born Goulding

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Stephen's deceased mother, who appears in his memories.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ulysses_se/chapters/i)

Stephen's deceased mother, whose deathbed request for prayer and subsequent haunting memory dominate Stephen's thoughts.

### [Proteus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ulysses_se/chapters/iii)

Stephen's mother; alluded to as a 'ghostwoman with ashes on her breath' in his reflections on his own birth.

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