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La Fata Morgana ("The Fairy Morgana") is the Italian name of Morgan le Fay, also known as Morgana and other variants, who was described as a powerful sorceress in Arthurian legend. As her name indicates, the figure of Morgan appears to have been originally a fairy figure rather than a human woman.
Fata Morgana (Italian for 'Morgan the Fairy' [1]) by Giambologna (c. 1574). The earliest spelling of the name (found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini, written c. 1150) is Morgen, which is likely derived from Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen, meaning 'sea-born' (from Common Brittonic *Mori-genā, the masculine form of which, *Mori-genos, survived in Middle Welsh as Moryen or Morien; a ...
Fata Morgana often refers to: Fata Morgana (mirage), an optical phenomenon; Morgan le Fay or Fata Morgana, a sorceress in Arthurian legend; Fata Morgana may also ...
Italian romances and folklore explicitly link Morgan's and sometimes Arthur's eternal domain with Mount Etna (Mongibel) in Sicily, [89] and the Strait of Messina, located to the north of Etna and associated with the optical mirage phenomenon of Fata Morgana ("Morgan the Fairy"). [90]
A Fata Morgana (the name comes from the Italian translation of Morgan le Fay, the fairy, shapeshifting half-sister of King Arthur) is a very complex superior mirage. It appears with alternations of compressed and stretched areas, erect images, and inverted images. [ 6 ]
Fata Morgana, Morgen le Fay: In the spin-off miniseries Warrior Nun Brigantia, Fata Morgana (Morgen le Fay) steals the head of the king Bran the Blessed in 1940 and delivers it to Heinrich Himmler Nazis to enable them conquer Britain. The British government calls on Brigantia, aided by the awakened Arthur's sister (and Morgen half-sister) Anna ...
Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests ...
Fonte della Fata Morgana The Fonte della Fata Morgana ( Fountain of Fata Morgana ), locally also called '" Casina delle Fate" ( Little Fairy House ), at Grassina , is a small garden building located not far from Florence , Italy, in the comune of Bagno a Ripoli .