Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

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 and optical phenomenon

In literature:

* "Fata Morgana" (poem), a 19th century poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
* "Fata Morgana", a novella by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubyns'kyi, published in 1910.
* "Fata Morgana", the German title for the 1952 Miss Marple crime novel "They Do It with Mirrors".
* "Fata Morgana", a 1975 poem by Nikos Kavvadias.
* "Fata Morgana" (1977 novel), a 1977 crime novel by William Kotzwinkle.
* "Fata Morgana" (1992 novel), 1992 crime novel by Roy Jacobsen
* "Fata Morgana", an annual review since 1996, publishing prize-winning short stories in Italian, with the themes "doubles, opposites, enemies, lovers".
* "Fata Morgana" (1999 novel), a 1999 science fiction book by Leo Frankowski.
* "Fata Morgana", a contemporary French publishing house.
* "Fata Morgana" is the title of chapter 39 in Kurt Vonnegut's second novel "Cat's Cradle". It references both the phenomenon of the mirage and alludes to one of the novel's characters, Mona Aamons Monzano, princess of San Lorenzo.

In music:
* FATA MORGANA BAND FROM UKRAINE. https://cdbaby.com/cd/kerekesha
* Oleksij Kerekesha & Fata Morgana band . http://www.fata-morgana-band.com/
* Fata Morgana band. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015KOY92/ref=dm_sp_alb
* An 1868 polka by Johann Strauss II, op. 330.
* "Fata Morgana", a humorous, somewhat bumbling witch character in an 1919 absurdist opera by Sergei Prokofiev, "The Love for Three Oranges".
* A 1985 song by the Austrian band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung.
* "Fata Morgana" (1985 Sahara Elektrik), by Dissidenten.
* A 1986 song by the progressive metal band Fates Warning.
* "Fata Morgana" (Nico's Last Concert), a 1994 album of Nico's last concert.
* Fata Morgana (band), a 1997 musical sideproject of Mortiis who released:
** "Fata Morgana" (ep).
* A 1989 song by the late Israeli singer Ofra Haza on the album "Desert Wind".
* Fata Morgana is a production alias of electronic music producer Will Brunner.
* Fata Morgana is a rock band/side project involving Tim Alexander of Primus
* "Fata Morgana" is a song by the Spanish musician El Guincho.
* "Fata Morgana" is a 1995 album by Michael Askill with Omar Faruk Tekbilek
* "Fata Morgana" is an album title by hardcore band, Man With Target from Ajax, ON. Canada.

In film:

*"Fata Morgana" (1965 film), a 1965 film by Vicente Aranda
* "Fata Morgana" (film), a 1969 film by Werner Herzog.
* "Fata Morgana", a 2004 documentary movie by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio.
* "Fata Morgana" (2007 film), a 2007 film by Simon Gross.

Other:

* A 1573 building, Fonte di Fata Morgana.
* "Fata Morgana", a 1931 play by Ernest Vajda.
* "Fata Morgana-USA", a 1967 photomontage by Josep Renau.
* "Morgana Macawber", a character in the TV series "Darkwing Duck".
* A dark ride in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands
* "Fata Morgana" is the title of a work by André Breton.
* A television program in Belgium, Fata Morgana (television program)
* A board game publishing company based in Switzerland, notable games include Kremlin (board game) and Tichu

ee also

*Morgana (disambiguation)


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