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Morgan le Fay — Morgan le Fay, von Anthony Frederick Sandys, 1864. Morgan le Fay, auch bekannt als Morgaine, Morgain oder Morgana und unter weiteren Namen, wie zum Beispiel im Mittelhochdeutschen: Feimorgan oder Famurgan, ist eine wichtige weibliche Figur in der … Deutsch Wikipedia
Morgan LeFay — Morgan le Fay, von Anthony Frederick Sandys, 1864. Morgan le Fay, auch bekannt als Morgaine, Morgain oder Morgana und unter weiteren Namen, wie z. B. im Mittelhochdeutschen: Feimorgan oder Famurgan, ist eine wichtige weibliche Figur in der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fata Morgana — is the Italian name for Morgan le Fay, the fairy half sister of King Arthur (both fata and fay mean fairy.) The other uses of the phrase below derive from this use, all meaning an illusion, or illusory prospect:* A Fata Morgana (mirage), a mirage … Wikipedia
Fata Morgana — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fata Morgana, cerca de la costa noruega El efecto Fata Morgana recibe su nombre del italiano fata Morgana (es decir: hada Morgana), en referencia a la hermanastra del Rey Arturo (Morgan le Fay) que, según la leyenda … Wikipedia Español
fata morgana — Fata morgana is Italian for mirage. The eponym is derived from Morgan le Fay, the name of King Arthur s half sister, a fairy and shape shifter who features in the Legend of the Grail.The term fata morgana is used to denote a complex type of… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Fata Morgana — 1818, lit. Fairy Morgana, mirage especially common in the Strait of Messina, Italy, from Morgana, the Morgan le Fay of Anglo French poetry, sister of King Arthur, located in Calabria by Norman settlers. Morgan is Welsh, sea dweller. There is… … Etymology dictionary
fata morgana — [fät′ə môr gän′ə] n. [It, lit., MORGAN LE FAY] a mirage, esp. one sometimes seen off the coast of Sicily near the Strait of Messina: so called because formerly supposed to be the work of Morgan le Fay … English World dictionary
Morgan le Fay — For other uses, see Morgan le Fay (disambiguation). Morgan le Fay, by Anthony Frederick Sandys (1829–1904), 1864 (Birmingham Art Gallery): a spell brewing Morgaine distinctly of Tennyson s generation. Morgan le Fay /ˈmɔrɡən lə ˈfeɪ/,… … Wikipedia
Morgan le Fay — /mawr geuhn leuh fay /, Celtic and Arthurian Legend. the fairy sister of King Arthur. Also, Morgain le Fay. * * * ( Morgan the Fairy ) Enchantress in Arthurian legend. Skilled in the arts of healing and changing shape, she ruled Avalon, the… … Universalium
fata morgana — /fatə mɔˈganə/ (say fahtuh maw gahnuh) noun 1. a mirage. 2. (upper case) a mirage seen especially in the Strait of Messina, formerly attributed to fairy agency, especially that of Morgan le Fay, sister of King Arthur and legendary enchantress.… …
Fata Morgana — It. /fah tah mawrdd gah nah/ Meteorol. a mirage consisting of multiple images, as of cliffs and buildings, that are distorted and magnified to resemble elaborate castles, often seen near the Straits of Messina. [1810 20; < It, trans. of MORGAN LE … Universalium
