S2.03 - Midnight's Daughter (Mother Archetype)

Thistle & Seed

Explore the role of the Mother in "Midnight's Daughter," a story about a woman whose belly swells until she gives birth to a child at night, but come morning, the girl disappears. The woman finds her belly round once more and labor pains come night after night, but all her efforts still leave her arms empty when the sun rises.