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Lucy Clifford

British writer (1846-1929)

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The Beldam in Coraline

The Beldam, also called the Other Mother, is the central antagonist of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline; she is depicted across the book and film as a shape‑shifting, button‑eyed witch/creature who lures childr...

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Who created the Beldam character in Coraline and what inspired it?

Neil Gaiman created the character called the Beldam (the “Other Mother”) for his 2002 novella Coraline; the name and creature draw on older folklore—“beldam” as an archaic term for a witch or hag—and ...