Somnambula

Somnambula is a female Pegasus and figure of Equestrian legend first mentioned in season six's The Crystalling - Part 2. She makes her first physical appearance in, and she also appears in the season seven episode Daring Done?.

Design
Somnambula shares her name with a Generation 1 villain from the two-part My Little Pony n' Friends episode of the same name. While the character is a pony in the series, her G1 counterpart is a human witch.

Depiction in the series
Somnambula is first mentioned in The Crystalling - Part 2 by Sunburst as the subject of a spell called "Somnambula's Weather Abjuration".

In Daring Done?, Somnambula is the namesake of a village in southern Equestria, and her legend is known by all of its residents. In the story, the village is taken over by an evil Sphinx who demands most of their crops. Having little else, Somnambula gives up her pearl necklace to provide food and hope to the starving villagers. Her compassion inspires the Pharaoh's son, Prince Hisan, to stand up to the Sphinx, but the beast captures him and offers a riddle for the ponies to solve in exchange for his release.

Somnambula steps forth and correctly answers the Sphinx's riddle. When the monster angrily refuses to keep her promise, Somnambula asks to be given one more challenge on the condition that the Sphinx leave the kingdom forever. The Sphinx thus makes Somnambula walk towards Hisan across a deep chasm while blindfolded, casting a spell that prevents her from flying across. Guided by Hisan's voice, Somnambula succeeds with a leap of faith, and the Sphinx reluctantly flies away. Hisan repays Somnambula with a glowpaz necklace, becoming customary in the village to hang glowpaz around a statue erected in her honor.

In her series appearance, Somnambula's dialogue is provided by a narrating pony.

Depiction in comics
In IDW comics' series, Somnambula appears on cover A of  and as the central character of.

Somnambula also appears on 's cover RI.