>>40997509
>Lady of the Lake
My guess is she originates as figures like Diana Nemorensis. At Nemi they had druidic nature worship centered around a lake reflecting the moon (queen of heaven?), and they also had a similar king-killing ritual.
>Before challenging the current ruler, the runaway slave had to pluck a golden bough from the grove of Nemi. The runaway slave and the current rex nemorensis would then fight to the death for the role of high priest. The tradition of the rex nemorensis offered the runaway slave a rags-to-riches opportunity of becoming king. However, it came at a cost: for the rest of his life, he had to fight challengers to the death in order to retain his position of power.

>Yoda
Big think, especially in the originals he's just as much a capricious trickster as some jedi master. In the new movies they depicted him as the black sun in front of a burning tree of knowledge.

https://youtu.be/6fek6iJlm8s