[Facts] Actually, it was from a comic strip character.
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The Addams Family was a comic strip originally drawn by Charles Addams (I think.) The matriarch was Morticia Addams. You might be able to find stuff on the 'Net about that strip (if not in your favorite local library.)
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Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)