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Mother Abagail
Mother Abagail is recorded in 1 distinct story.
The Stand depicts Mother Abagail in the Nebraska dream. The Song of Susannah name occurs in an author-planning entry excluded from narrative character evidence. Old black woman explicitly introduces herself in Nick’s recurring guitar/cornfield dream, locates home Polk County Nebraska near Osceola and invites him and friends. Old woman who invites Nick in his Nebraska cornfield dream; actual identity is established across the novel.
Also recorded as Abagail Freemantle, Abagail Freemantle Trotts, Abagail Trotts, Abb, Abby, Abby Freemantle.
Stories and supporting passages
The Stand
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The Stand depicts Mother Abagail in the Nebraska dream; the fictional King diary in Song of Susannah names the same character in its planned superflu narrative.
narrative
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Old black woman explicitly introduces herself in Nick’s recurring guitar/cornfield dream, locates home Polk County Nebraska near Osceola and invites him and friends.
shared supernatural dream before physical meeting