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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 ...
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English: Giambologna, Fata Morgana (Morgan le Fay), statue for "Fonte della Fata Morgana" (Morgan le Fay's spring) building. Grassina, Bagno a Ripoli, Firenze, Italy. Grassina, Bagno a Ripoli, Firenze, Italy.
Italian term Literal translation Definition A cappella: in chapel style: Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing Aria: air: Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo ...
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 .
Fata Morgana, a 1902–1910 novella by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky; Fata Morgana, a 1904 novel by André Castaigne "Fata Morgana", a 1941 long poem by André Breton; Fata Morgana, a 1977 crime novel by William Kotzwinkle; Fata Morgana, a 1992 crime novel by Roy Jacobsen; Fata Morgana, a 1999 science fiction novel by Leo Frankowski
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