Here's a thread on some things I think I learned about Mary Magdalene while writing 'A Mary Magdalene Experience' https://www.gracedyas.com/current-1/amarymagdaleneexperience The Mary Magdalene we know is a composite of loads of women called Mary who were around Jesus. The Early Church put all the stories together and created one 'Mary Magdalene' character so that there would be less women in the story of Jesus.