Before Disney got hold of the word, "maleficent" was a highfalutin adjective meaning "causing harm," the opposite of "beneficent." Even if you were not quite sure what it meant, you would know from the "mal-" prefix that it was up to no good, in the same wicked family as "malignant," "malevolent," and "malicious."
The name Maleficent is a girl's name meaning "causing harm". Disney turned Maleficent into a name in 1959, when it was used for the "Mistress of All Evil" in the film Sleeping Beauty.
Maleficent was the 13383rd most popular girls name. In 2021 there were only 6 baby girls named Maleficent. 1 out of every 296,581 baby girls born in 2021 are named Maleficent.
Maleficent means something very close to malevolent or diabolical and is a lot stronger than naughty or mischievous. Definitions of maleficent. adjective. harmful or evil in intent or effect. synonyms: baleful, baneful.
Maleficent is an explicitly satanic figure in the original Sleeping Beauty story, a "mistress of all evil" in league with "all the powers of Hell," but in Maleficent, she is presented as a more sympathetic character, and her horns and raven are still present even before Stefan's betrayal.
Aladdin's villainous Jafar is one of the most memorable parts of the animated classic, but as it turns out, he's essentially Disney's male version of Maleficent.
In Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent proclaims herself the Mistress of Evil. It's a reputation that she's earned after responding to King Stefan's snub by cursing Aurora with an eternal sleep (like the fairy-tale) and terrorizing his kingdom for no real reason.
The way the focus of the story is moved to Maleficent is rather fun; she starts off as one of the good people before the act of betrayal leads to bitterness and a desire for revenge. This doesn't mean she comes across as evil or as a real villain.
Scholars believe this Maleficent prototype represents an aspect of the lost goddess of antiquity. Though forgotten in Western culture, she was a crucial part of primitive civilizations.
Maleficent : Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and fall into a sleep like death! A sleep from which she will *never* awaken!
But once she is betrayed, “her heart begins to turn to stone and she becomes a more malevolent Maleficent, she hides her hair and horns under wraps,” designed and made by members of Team Maleficent from leather and other materials meant to look like snake and animal skins.
Later, Stefan betrays Maleficent and steals her wings so he could claim that he killed her and become king. After the painful loss of her wings, Maleficent becomes enraged over his treachery, and as her heart of gold turns to stone, she becomes the evilest magical being in the land.
In Maleficent, Maleficent becomes Aurora's Fairy Godmother. She watches over her and helps her grow up. You could say that Maleficent acts like Aurora's mother in these films, but she is not her biological mother.
Maleficent is the main antagonist of the Disney 1959 animated feature film Sleeping Beauty and Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants. She is the leader of the Villains. She is also Mal's mother, and Hades' ex-wife.
Weaknesses. All in all, despite her power, Maleficent only has one weakness: Iron: The slightest contact could burn her skin, and prolonged exposure could weaken her dramatically.
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.
Maleficent (Angelina Jolie), a bird-like human with black wings, horns and green magic; we later learn she's from a race called the “dark fey.” She meets with her love interest, Prince Phillip (Harris Dickinson) and they arrange to get married, bringing an end to the human and magic creatures' war.
On Maleficent's sixteenth birthday, Stefan kissed her. However, after some period of time after this, he didn't come to see Maleficent. Stefan later betrayed her and stole her wings, so he would be able to become the new king. Stefan later married Leila, Henry's daughter, and she became his wife and queen.
She was called "Beastie" by Maleficent. At first, Maleficent hated Aurora, but Maleficent soon had developed a close bond with her, so she now calls Aurora "Beastie" as a nickname and a sign of affection towards her.
Even though Maleficent is a heroine, she is still presented as a satanic figure. Her iconic horns (which Disney artist Marc Davis, who designed Maleficent, says were inspired by the traditional look of the devil, to “frighten everybody half to death”) are present even before Stefan's betrayal.
In most all other folklore, ravens are associated with death, the dead, and trickery. Thus, they can be "devilish" birds. In Maleficent, the name Diaval is pronounced similarly to "devil".
