Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the three good fairies in Walt Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. They are characterized as Princess Aurora's fairy godmothers and guardians, who appear at baby Aurora's christening to present their gifts to her.
What do the names Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather mean?
As their names suggested, Flora would have been in charge of the plants and vegetation, Fauna would have held dominion over the animal kingdom, and Merryweather would have controlled the weather.
Young Maleficent is alerted by three small fairies, Knotgrass (Imelda Staunton), Flittle (Lesley Manville), and Thistlewit (Juno Temple), that a thief has been apprehended by the forest guards at the Moors' border.
Merryweather and the two other fairies, Flora and Fauna, take extra precautions by raising the princess in a secluded cottage under the alias Briar Rose to protect her from Maleficent until her sixteenth birthday arrives. Years later, a 16-year-old Aurora meets a handsome man in the forest.
Sleeping Beauty (1959) - The Three Good Fairies / Gifts
What did Aurora call Maleficent?
Maleficent and Aurora
Even after learning Maleficent's identity and going away from her, after realizing that her father, Stefan, does not show any love or genuine care for her, Aurora sees Maleficent as her fairy godmother.
Fauna is the middle fairy, dressed in a green gown, a green hat, and a green cape clipped with a green triangle. She is shown to be a bit flighty, but is the kindest of the three and the most sensitive. Her gift to Aurora is the gift of song.
Maleficent really wasn't in the wrong. she was mad because her husband cheated on her. Every hero or villain has a backstory. In the newest version of the story, a movie just about Maleficent, you find out why she hates King Stefan.
Film. In Disney's 1959 animated version of Sleeping Beauty, the wicked fairy Maleficent is a dark, almost Satan-like figure who calls herself the "Mistress of all Evil".
The word flora refers to plants of a region, but the Latin girl's name Flora more specifically means “flower.” In mythology, Flora is the name of the Roman goddess of springtime. It is also the name of a ninth-century Spanish martyr-saint.
Fauna is a girl's name of Latin origin. While it translates to “young deer,” it has many other meanings to make your little one feel magical. In Roman mythology, Fauna was the goddess of the woodlands, flocks, and fields.
Usage. The name came into regular use by the 1700s in countries across Europe and elsewhere. The name was among the one hundred most popular names for girls in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s and remained among the top one thousand names used for girls through 1972 and then declined.
Carabosse was one of the fairies who lived in Sleeping Beauty's kingdom - in Perrault's version, she is the eighth fairy, and in the Grimms' version, she is the thirteenth.
She is represented as an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday.
Sleeping Beauty has been blessed to have 3 caring and protective fairy godmothers: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. After a very long sleep, this princess has been awakened by her “true love's” kiss to attend your enchanted event.
The wicked Fairy Carabosse has not been invited because no one has seen her for fifty years. Nevertheless she arrives, mortally insulted, just as the other Fairies are presenting their gifts. Carabosse's christening gift to Aurora is a curse: one day she will prick her finger on the needle of a spinning wheel and die.
The fourth fairy is the Fairy of Songbirds or Singing Canary Fairy, or the Canari qui chante. She is commonly called the Canary Fairy and wears bright yellow. Unsurprisingly, her gift is a lovely, melodious voice.
Viviane, a woman with a keen mind and great beauty charms Merlin, the enchanter of the forest. Water fairy, protector of the knight Lancelot, Viviane masters the enchantments and knowledge of nature. Throughout the Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake watches over and protects the knights and King Arthur …
Maleficent. Maleficent, the evil lady from Sleeping Beauty is one of the evilest characters of Dinsey. She suffered from Borderline personality disorder (BPD) which means a person has inappropriate or extreme emotional reactions, is highly impulsive and has a history of unstable relationships.
Emma immediately does some research and uncovers the truth that the woman, Lilith "Lily" Page, is not only Maleficent's daughter, but was once the childhood friend of Emma, who also discovers that fate has controlled her life down to the finest detail, which includes influencing the one friend she ever had.
With her life suddenly endangered, Gothel kidnaps the infant, imprisoning the princess in an isolated tower for eighteen years while posing as her mother to exploit her powers. Mother Gothel as she appears in Disney's Tangled.
In the original story written by the Grimm brothers in the 19th century, Sleeping Beauty was named Briar Rose. When Disney made a new version of the tale it was decided she would use both the names Aurora and Sleeping Beauty, although the three fairies refer to her as Briar Rose in order to conceal her identity.
