Mama Day (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gloria Naylor
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: The island of Willow Springs, off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, and New York City
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Power, personal or social, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, New York City, 1980’s, Quilts or quilting, Georgia, Islands, Women, Witches or witchcraft
- Locales: New York, NY, Georgia, Islands, South Carolina
Characters Discussed
Miranda (Mama) Day, the elderly matriarch of the Day clan and unofficial ruler of Willow Springs. Linked to Sapphira Wade, her ancestor, in terms of possessing intuition, herbal knowledge, and magic, she is a conjure woman with the power to destroy and to heal. As midwife and healer, she has medicinal powers superior to those of medical doctors.
Abigail Day, Miranda’s sister and soulmate, grandmother to Ophelia. Abigail and Miranda know each other’s minds and write joint letters to Ophelia.
Ophelia (Cocoa) Day, who, despite the title of...
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