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In Fairy Tales , a fairy godmother is a Fairy or person with Magical powers who acts as a Mentor or Parent to someone. IN FAIRYTALE AND LEGEND Typically, the fairy godmother's protègé is a Prince or Princess , and the godparent uses her magic to help or otherwise support them. The most well-known example is probably the fairy godmother in Charles Perrault 's '' Cinderella ''. Multiple fairy goodmothers appear in '' Sleeping Beauty '', in both Charles Perrault 's and the Grimm Brothers 's variants, including one evil, offended one. The popularity of these versions of these tales led to this being widely regarded as a common fairy-tale motif, although they are less common in other tales. Indeed, the fairy godmothers were added to ''Sleeping Beauty'' by Perrault, no such figures appearing in his source, " Sole, Luna, E Talia " by Giambattista Basile , and in the Grimm Brothers' variant of ''Cinderella'', Aschenputtel is aided not by her fairy godmother but by her dead mother. IN FICTION Fairy godmothers appear frequently in Fairytale Fantasy , especially comic versions and retellings of ''Cinderella'' and ''Sleeping Beauty''. In C. S. Lewis 's '' The Magician's Nephew '', when Uncle Andrew explains how he made the magical rings from dust left to him by his godmother, he points out that she may have had fairy blood, and so he might have been the last man to have a fairy godmother. '' The Fairly OddParents '' is a humorous Cartoon where the fairies Cosmo and Wanda are (rather incompetent) godparents. In '' Shrek 2 ,'' the Fairy Godmother turns out to be a conniving, crooked businesswoman (with a personality rather like that of the Stepmother in Cinderella), who is quite willing to resort to blackmail and/or murder to further her own interests. The '' Discworld '' novel '' Witches Abroad '' also features a plotting fairy godmother, Lady Lilith De Tempscire , who uses the Power Of Stories to control the city of Genua . During the book Magrat Garlick also takes on the role, but throws away the Magic Wand at the end. In " The Dresden Files " novels (primarily "Grave Peril" and "Summer Knight"), the main character, a modern wizard named Harry Dresden is revealed to have a faerie godmother by the name of Leanansidhe who enjoys ensnaring Harry in one-sided deals. SEE ALSO |
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